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GSI to host webinar on geosynthetic drainage materials

January 11, 2019

…The Geosynthetic Institute (GSI) will sponsor a webinar “Geosynthetic Drainage Materials: Applications, Design, Installation and Performance,” on Jan. 24, 2019, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. EST. Geosynthetic Materials…

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KMS installs PURON PLUS package system in Canada featuring PULSION MBR

October 31, 2018

Koch Membrane Systems (KMS), a leader in the development and manufacture of membrane-based filtration technologies, announced the commissioning of a PURON PLUS packaged MBR system in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan,…

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Multilinear drainage geocomposites to filter oil sands tailing slurries

October 1, 2018

…FIGURE 1 Installing a geotextile filter at a tailing pond. Photograph courtesy Afitex-Texel Mining and some energy operations generate large quantities of water-containing tailings. These tailings are made…

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Geo19 Watch: Inaugural IAGI GeoGames debuts at Geosynthetics Conference 2019, Plenary lineup announced

October 1, 2018

…The International Association of Geosynthetic Installers (IAGI) is hosting the inaugural GeoGames on Feb. 12, 2019, in Houston, Texas, during Geosynthetics Conference 2019. The outdoor event, to be held in…

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Automation of large-scale geotextile and geomembrane fabrication

October 1, 2018

…and installation on the frozen pond were presented at the 2011 Canadian Geotechnical Conference (Mills 2011). The project continued for three years and eventually consumed 38 million square feet (3.5…

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Geosynthetics installers to compete in GeoGames during 2019 Geosynthetics Conference

August 27, 2018

…The International Association of Geosynthetic Installers (IAGI) will host the inaugural Geo Games at the 2019 Geosynthetics Conference in Houston, Texas, on Feb. 12, 2019. The remarkable proficiency and…

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Deploying a geosynthetic mattress ballast layer at an ore-processing site

August 1, 2018

…FIGURE 1 GBL installed on the side slope and suitably ballasted with UV-resistant sandbags and rope. The GBL is white due to the exposed nonwoven geotextile stitched to…

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Fabricated Geomembrane Institute highlights accomplishments and current activities

June 27, 2018

…usage and is now mobile friendly. Webinars: FGI has completed three very successful webinars in collaboration with the Geosynthetics Materials Association (GMA): “Fabrication, Installation, and Testing” on Oct. 19, 2017;…

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QA/QC for geosynthetics in waste containment is focus of GSI course

June 26, 2018

…of geosynthetics as placed in critical applications will be emphasized. It focuses on both the manufacturing of geosynthetics and on the installation processes. Applications are in waste containment (i.e., landfills…

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Monitoring the performance of Louisiana’s first GRS–IBS bridge

June 1, 2018

…in-service GRS–IBS abutment, various types of instrumentation were installed in the south abutment of the bridge. An instrumentation plan was developed to measure the load- and environment-associated responses and performance…

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