June 2017 Vol. 9

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The Story of Solmax – Covering Success (GNA Feature)
How a Black-Belt Businessman Was Able to Make a Small Company a Worldwide Leader in Geomembranes
https://devenirentrepreneur.com/en/jacques-cote/

First Geomembrane to Meet NEW GRI GM30 Specification for Woven Tape Coated Geomembranes (New Products)
http://www.interwrap.com/Downloads/industrial-docs/RhinoMat-1000.pdf

RhinoMat™ Geomembrane Made from LLDPE plies on a High Strength Woven HDPE Core  (New Products)
http://www.interwrap.com/Industrial-Fabrics/RhinoMat-Geomembranes.html

AMPC Publishes Best Practice Guidelines for Geosynthetic Covered Anaerobic Lagoons [PDF]
http://www.ampc.com.au/uploads/cgblog/id299/Info-Sheet-for-CAL.pdf

Fibre-Reinforced Polymer (FRP) to Reinforce Concrete Canvas (CC) Panels
The relatively low tensile and flexural strength limit the application of CC products.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S026382231631217X

The Only HDPE Geomembrane Liner Featuring Consistent Texture and Friction Angle Values
http://agruamerica.com/products/microspike-liner/

Viking Containment (NZ) Install 600,000m² of HDPE Liner with 900,000m² of Geotextile Protection Underlay
https://www.solmax.com/en/technical-library/projects-references/central-plains-headrace-canal-new-zealand?utm_content=buffer1f3b5&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Australian Researchers Examine Effects of Defects in Geomembranes on Desiccation of Geosynthetics Clay Liners [PDF]
https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jgssp/2/70/2_IGS-27/_pdf

Huesker to Exhibit at AIMEX Australia´s International Mining and Exploration Exhibition 29 – 31 August, Sydney
http://www.aimex.german-pavilion.com/content/en/exhibitors/exhibitors_detail.php?exhibitor_id=66317

Taking Stormwater Storage Underground with Geomembranes [PDF]
http://foresternetwork.com/stormwater-magazine/sw-water/sw-stormwater/taking-stormwater-storage-underground/

Coletanche BGM Exhibiting at at AIMEX Australia´s International Mining and Exploration Exhibition 29 – 31 August, Sydney
http://www.aimex.com.au/en/Exhibitors/3172067/Coletanche-by-Axter

Specifying Permittivity in Geotextiles – Construction Geosynthetics Blog
https://blog.usfabricsinc.com/specifying-permittivity-in-geotextiles/

Use of Geosynthetics for Landslide Emergency Management: the Montaguto Earthflow (AV, Italy) [PDF]
http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/17/845/2017/nhess-17-845-2017.pdf

Sea Walls to Get ‘Geotextile’ Replacements
Geotextile sheets with latex coating on one side will be used for making bags to be filled with sand from the shore and aligned along the coast.
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/sea-walls-to-get-geo-replacements/article18771081.ece

List of Accepted Papers for GeoMEast 2017 Announced
http://www.geomeast2017.org/En/10/Details.aspx

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