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Piracy in the China marketplace
January 1, 1970
…a product design be protected if it’s being made in China? Put it in writing. Make sure to have a written agreement (or order) with a Chinese partner. Even though…
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Geotextiles in unpaved roads: A 35-year case history
January 1, 1970
…survived and continued in service despite 2 factors that had worked against them: The lack of adequate cover (in some cases, less than 6in. of stone) had adversely affected the…
Lake Tahoe bluff-restoration project recognized
January 1, 1970
…By James Chinchiolo The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) recognized recipients of the 2010 Best in the Basin Awards during its Feb. 23 meeting at the North Tahoe…
It was 1961 and I was in Wilmington, Delaware
January 1, 1970
…the tubes. There also were a few waterline breaks under the service road between the project site and a two-story brick warehouse that was founded on a pile foundation. I…
Measuring puncture resistance
January 1, 1970
…the accompanying photo at right.) My concern about conducting the test is that the default pressure rate is 1.0 psi/min. This is very fast for crystalline geomembranes in that stress…
Geosynthetics in the Greater Grand Forks Greenway
January 1, 1970
…additional erosion control. Adam Regn Arvidson is a landscape architect and freelance writer based in Minneapolis. He is founder of Treeline, a design/writing consultancy that focuses on environmentally sustainable projects….
Grand Isle to get storm-surge protection before 2009 hurricane season
January 1, 1970
…barrier island in Louisiana in southern Jefferson Parish, about 50 miles south of New Orleans (as the crow flies). The fast-track project is expected to be completed before the peak…
Go with the flow
January 1, 1970
…Keswick Reservoir and enters the upper Sacramento River near Redding. Still confused? Check out our online interactive map to get a look at the project site and the surrounding area:…
First artificial surf reef in Europe
January 1, 1970
…Ltd. in New Zealand, designed the surf reef after travelling through the Pacific Rim to study and measure 44 of the world’s best surf breaks. The reef is constructed out…
More historical notes from the early days of shear tests
January 1, 1970
…the best of my knowledge, this was the first paper presenting interface shear strength test results on textured geomembranes as well as the first paper presenting full-scale tests to evaluate…