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GMA sponsors “Bring your executive to Capitol Hill”

June 1, 2008

…By Andrew Aho In April, members of Geosynthetic Materials Association (GMA) came to Washington, D.C., for the annual “Bring your executive to Capitol Hill.” The two-day event featured…

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North American Geosynthetics Society (NAGS): Report of the biennial meeting

June 1, 2008

…(financial and membership), contact person for members. The following conferences were co-organized/sponsored or co-operated: NAGS 2005, Las Vegas (co-organized with GSI/GRI-19); Geosynthetics-2007 in Washington, D.C. (cosponsored with IFAI and GMA);…

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GCLs and slope stability

April 1, 2008

…perhaps summarize the current stateof- the-practice regarding residual strength of reinforced GCLs used in bottom liners at landfills. (Myron, Washington) Reply: Of course, there are ongoing tests on GCLs constantly,…

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Geocomposite cover for sulfide tailings

February 1, 2008

…in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated, as in the use of the word Washington to mean the U.S. federal government….

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Rep. Heath Shuler receives award from GMA

February 1, 2008

Washington, D.C. After Shuler was introduced by Richard Goodrum of North Carolina-based Colbond Inc., the award was presented to Shuler by John Henderson, GMA Executive Council Chairman. Said Henderson: “The…

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Here’s quite a pair: Geomembranes and butterflies

October 1, 2007

…at the Smithsonian Institution’s Museum of Natural History Butterfly House in Washington, D.C. The membrane was specified in the construction plans in order to develop a series of planters in…

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Highways for LIFE: Changing the way today’s infrastructure is built

August 1, 2007

…your first line of communication on the program. FHWA’s Highways for LIFE team in Washington, D.C. can help If you’ve got a question about a particular technology or want clarification…

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Use of geosynthetics in deicing facilities at the Cleveland airport

June 1, 2007

…the Geosynthetics-2007 Conference and Trade Show in Washington, D.C., January 2007. References Colloid Environmental Technologies Co. 2000. Technical Reference 109—GCL Compatibility with Airport Deicing Fluid. Ohio Environmental Protection Agency. 2004….

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Caveat venditor—When practice is far from theory

June 1, 2007

…By Ian D. Peggs At the Geosynthetics-2007 conference earlier this year in Washington, I had dinner with a geomembrane manufacturer colleague and he asked me, “How should we…

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Experience with GCLs used as a conductive layer in geomembrane leak-location surveys

June 1, 2007

…Surveys,” Geosynthetics 2007 Conference Proceedings, Washington, D.C., USA, January 16-19, 2007. 4Touze-Foltz, N. and Giroud, J.P., “Empirical equations for calculating the rate of liquid flow through composite liners due to…

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