April 2021 Vol. 6

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INDUSTRY NEWS

Australian Company Develops New GCCM Liner for Civil Engineering and Mining Applications
https://cloud.excelplas.com/s/aDEcW0RI2FO2FYV#pdfviewer

Owens Corning Announces Agreement to Produce “Lake Liners” Using AquaFuse™ Reinforced Composite Polyethylene (RCPE)
https://www.wboc.com/story/43716150/aquafuse-and-owens-corning-to-produce-lake-liners

AGRU America, Inc. Announces Conductive Cap Strips for Liner Welding
https://agruamerica.com/conductive-cap-strips/

Lawsuit Alleges Defects in HDPE Liner
In the complaint, HRK seeks damages based on several points, including defects of the HDPE liner and known pre-existing subgrade instabilities of the stack system those liners were installed upon. HRK also alleges that Ardaman & Associates—the engineering consulting firm retained by FDEP prior to HRK’s purchase of the site—and Nadim F. Fuleihan—Senior VP and principal engineer for Ardaman—would have had reasonable knowledge of those points before dredge material was pumped into the old gypsum stack system.
https://thebradentontimes.com/piney-point-lawsuit-documents-call-simple-narrative-into-question-p22775-158.htm

Geotechnical Benefits Of Engineered Turf Final Cover System by Watershed Geosynthetics and Geosyntec Consultants [PDF]
https://watershedgeo.com/download/128/technical-support/16495/geotechnical-benefits-of-synthetic-turf-as-final-cover.pdf

GCLs

Cetco’s New Reactive Core Mat™ for Sub-Aqueous Sediment Treatment
https://www.mineralstech.com/business-segments/performance-materials/cetco/environmental-products/products/sediment-capping-technologies

Effect of Wet-Dry Cycles on Standard & Polymer-Amended GCLs in Covers Subjected to Flow Over the GCL
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S026611442100039X

GCLs in Containment Applications: Variably Saturated Behaviour (Published Webinar)
https://youtu.be/oeHYkrahc5c

GCCM

Australian Developed GCCM Hits the Ground Running
https://cloud.excelplas.com/s/aDEcW0RI2FO2FYV#pdfviewer

Tiltex Australia Announces that Inferior Quality GCCM Cementitious Materials are being Promoted to Mislead within the Australian Market
https://cloud.excelplas.com/s/LvOkbBazARXGrli#pdfviewer

Case Study – Using GCCM Duoliner HGS™ for Geomembrane Protection of Landfill Leachate Pond
https://cloud.excelplas.com/s/uibSYNnLXRVm7k3#pdfviewer

New GCCM SolidMat™ from GDA Active Composites for Slope Protection and Slope Lining
https://cloud.excelplas.com/s/p18kfXEgMiI0qFb

GCCM Market Report 2021 – Market Analysis with Business Opportunities, Key Strategies, Pricing and Insight to Sales Drivers Including Competitive Landscape Analysis (CLA) for GCCM Products
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NEW PATENTS

Russians Patent a Weld-Free, Three-Dimensional Geocell System for Soil Stabilization Using Preform Concept
https://www.freepatentsonline.com/EP3375938B1.pdf

Huesker Patents a Sensor Array for Load Monitoring of Ground Bodies Reinforced with Geosynthetic Materials
https://www.freepatentsonline.com/EP3803305A1.html

Maccaferri Patents New Geocomposite
https://www.freepatentsonline.com/EP3802107A1.html

OTHER NEWS

Analyst Comments on Solmax’s Pending Acquisition of Tencate Geosynthetics, Combining Two Leaders in the Global Geosynthetics Industry
https://www.news-herald.com/news/ohio/freedonia-analyst-comments-on-solmaxs-pending-acquisition-of-tencate-geosynthetics-combining-two-leaders-in-the/article_2f6e4ce3-ec19-5287-97ab-3baae0ec5aff.html

TenCate Geosynthetics Paving Product Selector
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfiRe8BWR-Q

Cirtex Seeking Sale Support
https://www.facebook.com/cirtexcivil/

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