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Geocomposite groundwater drainage system for bluff erosion protection

February 1, 2019

…Using the camera-locating device, the pipe televising crew indicated the downslope conveyance pipe was buried 6 feet (1.8 m) below the ground surface. The segment of collection piping running north…

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Working together to advance geosynthetics

February 1, 2019

…ACF West Inc., AGRU America Inc., CQA Solutions, Dalco Nonwovens LLC, East Coast Erosion Control, Hanes Geo Components, HUESKER Inc., LDS Geosynthetic Consulting Services, Maccaferri Inc., Owens Corning, Profile Products,…

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Slope reinforcement at the Atlanta airport

February 1, 2019

…950 thousand flights annually. Heavy rainfall was causing severe erosion and slope failure along a 1,000-square-yard (836-m2) steep hill next to the fifth runway. If not corrected, the increasing erosion…

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Registration open for the DFI 44th annual conference

January 21, 2019

…workforce and case studies including the following topics: Crawl, Walk, Run: Improving Future Practice Developments in Safe Geo-Construction The Digital Future Efficient Deep Foundations, Earth Retention Systems and Ground Improvement…

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Managing urban water issues with geosynthetics

November 19, 2018

…land is lost to urban sprawl, and managing stormwater and wastewater runoff from hard-surface pavements has become a growing necessity, green infrastructure strategies are front and center in the minds…

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Two Fleischmann amendments related to geosynthetics included in final FAA reauthorization

October 5, 2018

…concerns regarding the ballooning costs associated with building and maintaining our general aviation airport runways, especially in rural America,” he said. “This amendment will mitigate the hefty price tag these…

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Multilinear drainage geocomposites to filter oil sands tailing slurries

October 1, 2018

…the main chamber by a rubber membrane. The 2.9 psi pressure was selected to simulate conditions near the surface in a tailings pond, i.e., equivalent to the stress applied by…

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Geosynthetics and coal combustion residuals

October 1, 2018

…feet (4.1 million m3) of slurried ash that stimulated the EPA and then Congress to pass the Final Rule for “Disposal of CCRs from Electric Utilities” in 2015. As described…

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BOSTD America geogrid plant up and running in Oklahoma

September 28, 2018

BOSTD America’s new geogrid manufacturing plant is operational at the company’s American headquarters in Blackwell, Okla. Photograph courtesy BOSTD America The BOSTD Group, based in Europe, includes BOSTD…

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ARTBA testifies to House committee against century-old rule ‘stifling’ innovation in transportation

September 7, 2018

…A 1916 rule enacted by President Woodrow Wilson’s administration is curbing 21st-century transportation innovations that could improve safety and quality on the nation’s major roadways, the American Road and…

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