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ASD and LRFD of reinforced SRW with the use of software Program MSEW(3.0)

August 1, 2006

…Details of MSEW(3.0) are posted at www.GeoPrograms.com. Abbreviated names are just names, not substance; however, such names do imply design procedures with serious outcomes. While all wall designers in the…

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Retaining-wall dialog: ‘A tale of two walls’

August 1, 2006

…By Bob Barrett Introductory note from the letter writer: Geosynthetics editor, Ron Bygness, originally invited an article from me on the first GRS wall with negative batter in…

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Geofoam provides lightweight fill for York Bridge in Washington

August 1, 2006

…this summer. Because the bridge over the Sammamish River is surrounded by deep, compressible peat and clay soils, the King County Road Services Division needed to find a lightweight fill…

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Geotube dewatering containers help in cleanup of the Fox River

August 1, 2006

…(Environmental Protection Agency) Wisconsin DNR (Department of Natural Resources) The Little Lake Cleanup Team, the Wisconsin DNR, and Ron Bygness, editor of Geosynthetics (formerly GFR), contributed to this article….

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Minnesota engineering firm settles copyright lawsuit

August 1, 2006

…isn’t. In this case, it wasn’t.” Established in 1969, ASFE (Associated Soil and Foundation Engineers, a name no longer used) develops programs, services, and materials its members apply to optimize…

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Building the bridge of the future with GRS technology

August 1, 2006

…a conventional bridge, supported on a pile-cap abutments, GRS technology uses alternating layers of compacted fill and sheets of geotextile reinforcement to provide support for the bridge. GRS abutments can…

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Ground rules

June 1, 2006

www.gale-tec.com I-Corp International Inc., Ocean Ridge, Fla., +1 561 369 0795, fax +1 561 369 0895, E-mail: icorp@geosynthetic.com, Web site: www.geosynthetic.com North American Green Inc., Evansville, Ind., +1 812 867…

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Initial feedback from CQA-ICP testing

June 1, 2006

…ongoing improvement in the examinations or the program’s organization. Geosynthetic Institute, 475 Kedron Ave., Folsom, PA 19033-1208 USA; +1 610 522 8440; Fax (610) 522-8441; E-mail: gkoerner@dca.net; robert.koerner@coe.drexel.edu Editor’s note:…

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Shoreline restored with geotextile tubes as submerged breakwaters

June 1, 2006

…de C.V.; www.axisingenieria.com. Ramiro Rubio and Herbert Ricalde, Ministry of the Environment of Mexico, Yucatan Office. Editor’s Note: This follow-up story is a sequel to an article published in the…

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Further comment on ‘Landfill closure’ column

June 1, 2006

…To the editor: I want to express further thoughts on the Designer’s Forum column in the June/July 2005 issue of GFR (now Geosynthetics), titled “Landfill closure: A lesson…

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