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Cross USA Lecture Tour

August 1, 2023

…failure mechanism and runout analyses. He has also covered technical topics including design geosynthetic interface strengths for landfill stability, and behavior of textured geomembrane/nonwoven geotextile interfaces. Upcoming tour dates include…

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New vice chair for Council on Public Transportation

July 26, 2023

…The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) has appointed Jean Ruestman administrator for the Office of Passenger Transportation at the Michigan Department of Transportation to…

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Addressing the rising costs of landfill cover soil 

July 14, 2023

…system comprised of a structured geomembrane, an engineered turf, and a specified infill material.   FIGURE 1 A section of the ClosureTurf patented subtitle-D landfill liners using AGRU geosynthetics. This eco-friendly…

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Reducing carbon footprints: How Global Synthetics stacks up against traditional methods

June 20, 2023

…of diesel is assessed as 2.67 kgCO2e/L based on the DEFRA report (Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs, 2018). The embodied carbon of imported gravels is assumed to be…

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IECA webinar – From Bare Soil to Urbanization: Landcover and Runoff – June 22

June 15, 2023

…The International Erosion Control Association (IECA) and Storm Water Solutions (SWS) is presenting a webinar on June 22, 2023 – From Bare Soil to Urbanization: Landcover and Runoff….

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Embankment reinforcement using 1750 kN/m strength geogrids

June 1, 2023

…more precisely in Florianopolis, which is the capital city of Santa Catarina, Brazil. With a length of 4,828 km (3,000 miles), BR-101 is a major Brazilian highway that runs the…

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Erosion control and infrastructure

June 1, 2023

…shoreline applications of retention and detention ponds on infrastructure projects. Mechanical unrolling attachments for RECPs are regularly used for long runs common to infrastructure projects. The attachments expedite installation time…

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The ASTM D1505 Method

June 1, 2023

…to run and expensive test method. Values to four-to-five-decimal-place accuracy are routinely obtained.  This method can be extended to high-density materials greater than one if suitably dense liquids can be…

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Hugo, Colo., wastewater treatment system improvements

June 1, 2023

…FabricatedGeomembrane.com for either integrating into specifications or adapting and utilizing on existing facilities.   FIGURE 19 Liner installation complete Conclusion Across rural America, much of the old and failing wastewater…

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Geomembrane Residual Stress

June 1, 2023

…in the geomembrane from fabrication. This often occurs on thin geomembranes 0.75 mm (29.5 mil) thick or less that are run fast in production and where stretching may occur during…

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