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Geotextile sandbag structure to save Eurobodalla beach
September 5th, 2023
Eurobodalla Shire Council crews have stacked 400 sandbags into a geotextile structure to protect the shoreline and Bay Road against potential collapse in Long Beach, a suburb of Batemans Bay in Eurobodalla Shire, New South Wales, Australia. Council’s project engineer, George Workman said the sandbags were a medium-term fix until a more permanent solution is […]
GEOWEB Slope Protection System provides transmission line stabilization solution
June 1st, 2023
The GEOWEB® Soil Stabilization System (geocells) provides vegetated slope protection solution for three Appalachian Mountain transmission towers. Transmission lines are integral to supplying power to homes and businesses throughout the country. Confronted with variable terrains, geohazards, and other site complications, transmission line construction projects must contend with a wide range of complexities, including the extreme […]
Coastal protection with geosynthetics
April 15th, 2022
Naue GmbH & Co. geotextile containers and geotextiles offer coastal protection with geosynthetics along the shoreline of Thorpe, England. Installing Secutex Soft Rock containers along the coastline at Thorpeness, England. Photograph courtesy of Naue GmbH & Co. KG Through a partnership involving the Suffolk Coastal District, the U.K.’s Environment Agency and local residents, work to […]
The GMA Techline
October 1st, 2018
Toxicity of nonwovens? Q: Are there any comprehensive tests (or a general synopsis) of the environmental toxicity of leachate from nonwoven polypropylene fabrics when aged in a freshwater or saltwater solution? Regulatory and municipal bodies in Europe and New Zealand are requesting more info about products that are used in riparian and coastal environments. A: […]
Geocells protect wind turbine generator footings in India
October 1st, 2018
Soil erosion from wind and rainwater runoff was plaguing Suzlon Energy Ltd., exposing the foundations for its twenty wind energy generators (WTGs) at Behpur, Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh, India. The foundations are circular footings set at shallow depths. Sites for WTGs are selected based on where the intensity of wind is high over a major period […]
Geosynthetics and erosion control
February 1st, 2018
Terra firma often does not morph in ways that modern society appreciates. Erosion from stormwater, snowmelt, long-term water flow and unrelenting waves sweep away soil and rock from steep slopes, riverbanks, ditches, channels, shorelines, building foundations and much more. To understand the power of erosion, simply think about the Grand Canyon, which was formed by […]
Report from the North American Geosynthetics Society (NAGS)
April 1st, 2015
By Bob Mackey ASTM Committee D35 on Geosynthetics The ASTM Committee D35 on Geosynthetics met in New Orleans, La., Jan. 28–30, 2015. There was significant progress within several of the D35 subcommittees as noted here: Subcommittee D35.03 on Permeability and Filtration The issue that generated a great deal of discussion at the January meeting of […]