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ASCE elects new officers

August 24, 2009

…American Society of Civil Engineers represents more than 146,000 civil engineers worldwide and is America’s oldest national engineering society. For more information, visit www.asce.org. Source: ASCE, Reston, Va., 8-24-09…

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Abstracts invited for geosynthetic materials workshop

August 1, 2009

…information is available at www.astm.org/d35work110.htm or by contacting workshop cochairs Sam R. Allen, TRI/Environmental Inc., Austin, Texas (+1 512 263 2101, sallen@tri-env.com); or George R. Koerner, Geosynthetic Institute, Folsom, Pa….

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Call For Papers: TRB Annual Meeting

June 1, 2009

…for Authors. Authors submitting papers in response to this Call for Papers should submit full papers for peer review to the TRB online at www.trb.org by Aug. 1, 2009….

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Missouri students win fourth ASCE Geo-Institute wall competition

June 1, 2009

…wall supported 169lbs. Details of the rules for competition and judging can be found at http://content.geoinstitute.org/files/pdf/GeoChallenge2009RulesFinal.pdf Sponsors for the 2009 GeoCompetition included the International Association of Foundation Drilling, Carmeuse Industrial…

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Geosynthetics revive Irish bog

June 1, 2009

…Construction Standards: Geotextile Aggregate Path on Peat (Scottish National Heritage, 1999) www.snh.org.uk/publications/on-line/heritagemanagement/uplandpathwork/3.2.shtml. “Wise Use of Mires and Peatlands” (International Peat Society and International Mire Conservation Group, 2007) Free for download…

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Characterization of textured geomembranes predictive of interface properties

June 1, 2009

…B-19, Phase IA,” http://cedb.asce.org/cgi/WWWdisplay.cgi?9202568. (2) The construction of this sentence and its similarity to the title of GRI report #30 reference is not accidental. (3) Read customers. (4) The play…

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Testing seams

April 1, 2009

…the field. The methods are either hot-wedge or extrusion-fillet. Our GRI GM19 Specification covers it, LLDPE and fPP geomembranes. It is on our Web site: www.geosynthetic-institute.org. EPDM is in the…

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ASDSO seeking award nominees

April 1, 2009

…safety.” The Regional awards are given to individuals or organizations that have made outstanding contributions to dam safety To nominate or for more information: +1 859 257 5140, www.damsafety.org….

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GSI calls for requests-for-proposals

April 1, 2009

…of Directors. For more information on GSI and this particular program, visit: www.geosynthetic-institute.org, “GSI Fellowships and Projects.” Jamie R. Koerner, Director, Geosynthetic Institute; Special Projects Coordinator, GSI; E-mail: jrkoerner@verizon.net….

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Under the green roof: Ground control in northern California

October 1, 2008

…Morrison Planetarium, 8 scientific research departments, the world’s deepest living coral reef exhibit, a 4-story rain forest, and 20 African penguins. (View the “PenguinCam” at www.calacademy.org/webcams/penguins.) A pilot project of…

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