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EPA updates Superfund National Priorities List to clean up pollution and address public health risks

September 23, 2022

…to manufacturing facilities, exist nationally due to hazardous waste being dumped, left out in the open, or otherwise improperly managed. President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will accelerate EPA’s work to…

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5-Part Series (Part 4): Cold Resistance

September 9, 2022

…Flexible Polymers and Coated Fabrics, is commonly used to determine the glass transition temperature, the lowest temperature at which the polymer composite will exhibit fracture or crack when subject to…

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AASHTO issues materials standards maintenance guides

September 1, 2022

…pavement preservation specifications and quality assurance information within the latest edition. Those are in the Guide Specifications for Highway Construction, 10th edition, 2021 Supplement. Overall, the 42nd Materials Standards edition…

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Geo-Institute nominates board members

August 15, 2022

…2021, Burns received the Class of 1940 W. Howard Ector Outstanding Teacher Award, which is Georgia Tech’s highest award for teaching. Most recently, she was selected as a fellow in…

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An open solicitation to work on development of a new GSI specification for EIA geomembrane

August 1, 2022

…When the NSF ceased servicing NSF #54 “Specification for Geomembranes” in 1991, The Geosynthetic Institute (GSI) was requested by its membership to continue the effort. With a bit of trepidation,…

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Raven Engineered Films becomes Viaflex

July 28, 2022

film and sheeting solutions, Viaflex helps solve application and product challenges across the globe including agriculture – feed, grain and silage covers and containment liners and fumigation films; construction –…

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5-Part Series (Part 3): Performance flame retardancy tests ensure suitability for applications

July 15, 2022

…some of the test methods commonly used in the industry NFPA 701 – Standard Methods of Fire Test for Flame Propagation of Textiles and Films ASTM D2863 – Standard Test…

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5-Part Series (Part 2): Performance Tests to Ensure Suitability for UV Resistance

July 8, 2022

…Editor’s note: Last November 2021, e2 Technical Textiles discussed the five geosynthetics performance tests to ensure suitability for your application: Chemical Resistance, UV Resistance, Cold Resistance, Abrasion Resistance,…

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5-Part Series (Part 1): Performance tests to ensure suitability for your application – 1.1 Abrasion Resistance

July 1, 2022

…the  failure of reinforced polymers, leading to exposed fabric and weight loss (mg), or the percentage weight loss calculated at various revolutions for both films and reinforced polymers. TPU Vs….

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Nonresidential construction spending declined in April: AGC

June 6, 2022

…the upwardly revised March rate and 12.3 percent higher than in April 2021. However, the monthly gains were limited to private residential construction spending, which rose 0.9 percent for the…

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