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Solmax liners help secure 10-day build of Wuhan hospital

April 1, 2021

…Rural Construction Bureau calling for the rapid construction of a hospital like the one built to tackle the SARS virus in 2003. Preventing toxic wastewater and hazardous waste materials generated…

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FGI holds biennial meeting and introduces officers, board

March 11, 2021

…  The following research topics are being pursued by FGI at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: fPP case history fPP air channel seam testing PVC specification for desert applications…

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FDA continues to facilitate access to crucial medical products

March 23, 2020

…Alex Azar. “Today’s actions are another step by the FDA and HHS to eliminate every possible barrier to the all-of-America approach that President Trump has called for. With this boost…

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Erosion control using concrete-enhanced synthetic turf

February 1, 2020

…installed at Nellis Air Force Base The CEST was installed by the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) on a canal bank in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. This canal bank…

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Stabilization and reinforcement of wind farm access roads with geosynthetics

October 1, 2019

…California Bearing Ratio (CBR) value as low as 0.7% and silty/clayey sands with a CBR value of less than 4.0%. From the start of the project, the grading contractor had…

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FGI course addresses emerging topics in geosynthetics in Bogota, Colombia

August 22, 2019

…Chapter: Mauricio Rendon (IGS Colombia) Introducción a la Sociedad Internacional de Geosintéticos, Capítulo Colombia FGI PVC Spec: scope, origin & description of properties – T. Stark (U. of Illinois) Presentación…

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Oh no! The GCL got wet! Now what?

February 1, 2017

…case history presents a step-by-step procedure for assessing hydration of GCL that includes visual cues confirmed by laboratory procedures. Instead of relying only on visual cues, the procedures described allowed…

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‘Subtitle C’ mixed waste embankment cover system

August 1, 2015

…15.24cm filter rock layer was successfully addressed by the project team. This case history specifies how the contractors successfully placed this thin filter rock system using a portable conveyor device…

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Lined reservoirs for hydroelectric power project

July 9, 2015

…Mountain Pumped Storage Project near Desert Center, north of Interstate 10, would draw water from three wells on surrounding property and pump it 15 miles to lined reservoirs in two…

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Waste-to-energy plant reduces landfill waste by 90%

July 2, 2015

…facility, the Palm Beach Renewable Energy Facility 2 (PBREF2). The B&W press release described it as “the cleanest and most-advanced power plant of its kind in North America,” supplying power…

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