November 2014 Vol.1

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1. ExcelPlas exhibiting at Melbourne Geosynthetics Conference is just 2 weeks away!  (10-14 November 2014) — the Largest gathering of Geomembrane Companies ever in the Southern Hemisphere!
See exhibitors at: http://www.7iceg2014.com/sponsorship-exhibition/exhibitors/

2. Geomembrane Lining for Large-Scale Underground Heat Storage Tank – New Technology !
http://solarthermalworld.org/content/germanydenmark-geosynthetic-lining-large-scale-underground-heat-storage-tank

3. Unique geosynthetic clay liner system for uranium – Cetco
http://www.cetco.com/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/Download.aspx?Command=Core_Download&PortalId=0&EntryId=667

4. GEOMEMBRANE TENDER 2014-006: Provision of the Stage 15 Landfill Cell Construction at the Red Hill Waste Management Facility.
Tenders shall be submitted electronically no later than 2.00pm Australian Western Standard Time (WST), Monday, 3 November 2014
http://www.emrc.org.au/public-notices-2.html

5. Geotest Seeking Geomembrane CQA Persons
http://www.geotest.net.au/#!careers/cvr3

6. Tailings over an area where the geomembrane liner had been torn and repaired during installation
http://ithinkmining.com/2014/10/25/clint-strachan-joins-edumine-webcast-on-mine-water-management/

7. Aeramix Water Treatment Plant Shines in North West Queensland
http://www.northweststar.com.au/story/2622508/richmond-shire-water-judged-states-tastiest/?cs=191

8. Geogrids used to create marine mattresses
http://geosyntheticsmagazine.com/articles/1014_f1_marine_mattress.html

9. Professional Development Series – Pavement Symposium – Sydney 7th Nov, Melbourne 10th Nov  and Brisbane 11th Nov  http://www.netpanel.netstant.com/user_files/global_syn_newsletters_attach461.pdf

10. Boral Landfill & Brisbane Airport projects
http://www.netpanel.netstant.com/user_files/global_syn_newsletters_attach480.pdf

11. LiteEarth Geomembrane Complete Independent Lifetime Testibng
http://www.liteearth.com/liteearth-completes-spectrum-of-independent-testing/

12. Surface Analysis of Weathered HDPE Geomembrane Studied by FTIR Spectroscopy
https://secure.ifai.com/ifai.com/store/item/642

13. Geosynthetic Tube Seawall
http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/bhubaneswar/states-first-geo-synthetic-tube-seawall-building-from-nov.html

14. Laboratory degradation of a polypropylene geotextile (New Publication)
This paper studies the existence of synergisms between some degradation agents of geotextiles. For that purpose, a polypropylene geotextile (stabilised with Chimassorb 944) was exposed to some degradation tests: immersion in liquids (water, sulphuric and nitric acids, sodium hydroxide and metallic ion solutions), thermo-oxidation and artificial weathering. The geotextile was (1) exposed individually to each degradation agent (single exposure) and (2) exposed successively to some combinations of two agents (multiple exposures). Results showed that, in some cases, the combined action of two degradation agents was more damaging than the sum of the individual effects of each agent. The most relevant examples of this included: (1) immersion in sodium hydroxide and thermo-oxidation, (2) immersion in iron nitrate and thermo-oxidation and (3) immersion in cadmium or copper nitrate and artificial weathering.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0950061814011325