Cleanaway to Triple Size of its Ravenhall Landfill in Melbourne to 450 Hectares – Making it the Biggest Landfill on the Planet
http://m.theage.com.au/business/the-dirty-fight-over-melbournes-giant-rubbish-tip-ravenhall-20160415-go744j.html
New Player in QLD for Landfill Liner Design and CQA for Landfill Lining
http://www.iolar.com.au/blog
Aussie Innovation Impresses at Leading Geosynthetics Conference
http://www.manmonthly.com.au/news/aussie-innovation-impresses-at-leading-geosyntheti
ASTM Geosynthetics Committee Names James Goddard as New Chairman
http://news.thomasnet.com/companystory/astm-committee-names-james-goddard-as-new-chairman-20056395
India to Host Global Geosynthetics Summit in May 2016
http://www.fashionatingworld.com/new1-2/item/5231-india-to-host-2nd-global-geosynthetics-summit-in-may.html
Maccaferri Geotextile Tubes Used to Protect Indian Coastline
http://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/in-other-news/090416/geotextile-tubes-to-protect-coasts.html
India to Hold Seminar on Used of Geosynthetics in Coastal Protection
http://www.geosyntheticsasia.in/PDFdata/SPECIAL%20SESSION%20ON%20Coastal%20Protection.pdf
IGS India Publishes Geotechnical Newsletter for Q1 2016
http://www.igs.org.in/news_latters/January-March%202016.pdf
Strata India Uses Geocalls for Golf Course Protection
http://www.geosynthetica.net/slope-erosion-protection-golf-course-india/
Tencate Publish New Geotube Brochure
http://bishopwater.ca/a/uploads/case_studies/20160406104315_shorelineprotectionbrochure.pdf
Raven Installs New Advanced Cast Extrusion Lamination Line for Geomembranes
http://machineryandequipment.packaging-business-review.com/news/macro-engineering-installs-lamination-line-at-raven-industries-facility-in-us-110416-4861174
Analysis of the Reinforced Stone Column by Geosynthetic on Stability of Embankment [PDF]
http://www.avestia.com/CSEE2016_Proceedings/files/paper/ICGRE/112.pdf
Dynamic Stability Analyses of a Lined Geomembrane Rock Fill Dam [PDF]
http://www.ausenco.com/uploads/pages/1457911943-ItascaNumerical-Symp_Lima-2016_-Rockfill-dam-stability.pdf
Pullout Tests for Measuring Soil–Geosynthetic Interaction Parameters
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs40891-016-0050-x
Required Reinforcement Stiffness for Vertical Geosynthetic-Reinforced-Soil Walls
http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/jgeot.15.P.208
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