April 2020 Vol. 8

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NEWSMAKERS: * Concrete Canvas * COVID-19 * EuroBent * ExcelPlas * Golder Associates * IGS * NAUE * PFAS * Treadmark

Concrete Canvas Patent Success – Eurobent’s Second (Final) Appeal Dismissed (Breaking News)
http://cloud.excelplas.com/s/oawZmUgs2kmPkVu#pdfviewer

New PFAS Toxic Foam Class Action Launched on Behalf of 40,000 Landowners (Breaking News)
http://cloud.excelplas.com/s/NN1bvPMWNeAUZFL#pdfviewer

Trends and Advances in Geosynthetic Interlayers (Presentation)
https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4451&context=roadschool

Optimization of Settlement in Geogrid Reinforced Landfill Clay Cover Barriers
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-981-15-3215-3_8

Relative Sustainability of Road Construction/Repair: Conventional Materials versus Geosynthetic Materials (GSI White Paper #44)
https://geosynthetic-institute.org/papers/paper44.pdf

Reliability Analysis of Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil Slope Considering Local Reinforcement Failure
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0266352X20301269

Long-Term Measurements in the Woerden Geosynthetic-reinforced Pile-supported Embankment
https://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/jgein.17.00022

NAUE Group Release Corporate Video
https://youtu.be/_B8fvNYSov4 

Golder Associates – Rehabilitation of Historical Underground Mine Workings—A Phased Approach [PDF]
https://www.golder.com/download/695/insight-documents/82945/longopublishedpaper_jes_feb2020.pdf

Mine Waste Dams Threaten the Environment, Even When They Don’t Fail
https://www.greenbiz.com/article/mine-waste-dams-threaten-environment-even-when-they-dont-fail

Coupled Effect of Expanded Polystyrene and Geogrid on Load Reduction for High-Filled Cut-and-Cover Tunnels
https://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/%28ASCE%29GM.1943-5622.0001683

Performance Behavior of Geogrids at Interface of Ballast and Granular Soil
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40098-020-00424-4

Flexural Behavior of High Strength Self-Compacted Concrete Slabs Containing Treated and Untreated Geogrid Reinforcement
https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6439/8/4/23/pdf

Influence of Compaction and Water Conditions on Shear Strength and Friction Resistance between Geotextiles and Ash-Slag Mixture
https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/5/1086/pdf


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