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FHWA launches Geosynthetic Installation Notes Tracker mobile application

April 1, 2023

…The completed guides were never published for use by the FHWA; then in early 2021, the guides resurfaced and were put in the hands of the transportation program manager, Office…

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Geosynthetics for Precipitate Clogging

April 1, 2023

…precipitate clogging and requires a very open system utilizing geotextiles with an Apparent Opening Size (AOS) of #30-40, Percent Open Area (POA of >35%. Generally, woven monofilaments are used in…

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Former Raven division, now Viaflex, sets record year while charting course for growth

March 31, 2023

…business. Its niche is in developing and manufacturing thinner, lighter, stronger polymer film and sheeting solutions that help address application and product challenges across the globe, including: Geo: geomembrane liners…

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Geotextiles in agriculture and aquaculture

March 21, 2023

…Geotextiles are fabrics made with engineering plastics widely used in applications such as agriculture and aquaculture (1, 2). They can reinforce soil and protect crops from erosion, pests,…

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Wrekin Products reflects on geosynthetics success, announces appointments

March 16, 2023

…in 2022,” Fisher said. “While the construction industry has been facing challenges with supply and demand, wherever projects have been making progress it’s likely that geosynthetics had a hand in…

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Buttigieg: We are ‘rebuilding’ the foundation of transportation

March 7, 2023

…Pete Buttigieg, secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation, says his agency and the nation’s mobility community are currently involved in “one of the most exciting, productive, and…

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AASHTO offers ‘Stewardship & Oversight’ insights to FHWA

February 28, 2023

…The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) recently outlined in a letter to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) some of its concerns with an “updated…

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Concrete protection and restoration with CPL

February 24, 2023

…evaluation of geopolymer and conventional concretes.” Construction and Building Materials. (2017).(5) F. Mazzotta et al. “Performance evaluation of recycled rubber waterproofing bituminous membranes for concrete bridge decks and other surfaces.”…

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Shaw Industries acquires Watershed Solar

February 21, 2023

…Watershed Geo® are uniquely qualified to provide solar opportunities for repurposing land with no other use,” says Tim Baucom, president and CEO at Shaw. “They have the technology and the environmental…

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Biden touts infrastructure in State of the Union address

February 13, 2023

…the world in infrastructure, then we fell to thirteenth. [But] now we’re coming back.” Biden touted the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act or IIJA, enacted in November 2021,…

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