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Premier Product Showcase 2024

February 1st, 2024

Here is your first look at some of the new products and services that will be available from companies in 2024.  Information for this special section was provided by companies who submitted materials to us before the publication deadline. All photographs are courtesy of the company listing the product/service. Geotechnical Frontiers is coming back in […]

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Geomembranes as an effective environmental compliance solution in rail yards

January 11th, 2024

On the evening of February 3, 2023, a train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio. The tanker cars, carrying several types of chemicals, ruptured and caught fire. The aftermath unfolded in the news for days, weeks, and months. The event impacted the population of the small community most directly, but also created an environmental investigation for […]

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How geomembranes help improve water quality, lower costs and increase efficiencies in wastewater treatment – Part 4 

December 20th, 2023

By Felon Wilson “While the environment is a very emotional and even moral issue for most of us, to be effective in the area, as one practitioner put it, you need a good engineer, not a poet.” -  James W. Conrad, Counsel, American Chemistry Council In the final segment of our look at geomembrane uses in […]

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How geomembranes help to improve water quality, lower costs and increase efficiencies in wastewater treatment – Part 2

November 30th, 2023

“We forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are one.” Jacques Yves Cousteau  In Part 1: Wastewater Industry in North America,” a brief history of the efforts to deal with wastewater was explored along with estimates of the size of the industry itself. In this post, we will take a look at the current […]

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Powering through extremes: Fuel containment in Moose Creek

June 1st, 2023

FIGURE 1 Earthen trench. Photo courtesy of Latitude 63 Alaska, the Arctic, and similar cold weather regions are expected to play a key role in supplying future energy needs for the world. As energy resources continue to be pursued in these extreme climates to meet the energy demands of society, protection of our natural resources […]

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Seaman Corp. launches XR-FR, a fire-retardant flexible geomembrane

December 20th, 2021

A reinforced flexible geomembrane for secondary containment of spills is a good choice because they don’t leak, are less expensive and don’t require costly subgrade consideration and amendment. Widely used for oily wastewater and fuel containment, the XR-FR Fire Retardant Flexible Geomembrane is suitable for use with flammable liquids. Photograph courtesy of Seaman Corp. Seaman […]

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Four major takeaways from ASCE’s 2020 Code of Ethics updates

September 3rd, 2021

By Felon Wilson, Geomembrane Consultant, Seaman Corp. XR-5G geomembrane protecting structural EPS geofoam in a transportation application, Alondra Blvd. at I-5, Santa Fe Springs, Calif. Owner: CalTrans. Photograph courtesy of Seaman Corp. The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) first adopted a Code of Ethics in 1914 for the purpose of creating a model of […]

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