August 2018 Vol. 10

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Geotest Actively Servicing Africa
http://www.geotest.net.au/single-post/2018/08/24/GEOTEST-ACTIVELY-SERVICING-AFRICA

How Geosynthetics Add Value to Infrastructure in Africa
https://constructionreviewonline.com/2017/03/geosynthetics-add-value/

Kerry Rowe Lecture in South Australia –  Protecting the Environment with Geosynthetics (Wednesday 17 Oct 2018)
https://australiangeomechanics.org/meetings/2018-sa-terzaghi-lecture/

Jaylon Exhibiting at Waste Expo Australia (Melbourne Exhibition Centre, 3-4th October 2018)
http://www.wasteexpoaustralia.com.au/en/Exhibitors/4721399/Jaylon/Products/1402649/TDS

New player in GCL-Lined and Geomembrane-Lined Storage Lagoons in Maxbright & Sons in Victoria (MaxBright)
https://www.maxbright.com.au/storagelagoons/

Seeking Senior Project Engineer for NSW for Bulk Earthworks Placement of an Overlying Scalps Layer on Top of Geosynthetic Liners
https://au.linkedin.com/jobs/view/senior-project-engineer-at-hays-construction-co-824725834

Seeking Landfill Consulting & Design Engineer for Melbourne Projects
https://au.linkedin.com/jobs/view/landfill-consulting-design-engineer-at-alra-australia-s-leading-recruitment-agency-817346968

Watpac Annual Report on Earthworks and HDPE Geomembrane Lining Works (Declassified)
http://www.watpac.com.au/workspace/attachments/wtp_watpac_annual_report-2018_final_a.pdf

Assessment of GCL Bentonite Compatibility with Salinity Using Centrifugation-Based Water Retention
https://www.astm.org/DIGITAL_LIBRARY/JOURNALS/GEOTECH/PAGES/GTJ20170207.htm

GRI Updates Suite of Geosynthetic Test Methods (August 2018)
http://geosynthetic-institute.org/specifications.htm

Amazing Drone Photo of Geotubes with Dried Dredged Sludge being Harvested
https://cloud.excelplas.com/index.php/s/vKw1gv18c3HBfMn

Propex Launches New Geotextile – PETROMAT Plus-White
https://geosyntheticsmagazine.com/2018/08/23/propex-launches-petromat-plus-white/

GSI’s Koerner to Host Webinar on the Development of Geosynthetic Drainage
http://geosynthetic-institute.org/webinar.htm

Solmax-GSE Hiring Lab Technician for Houston Lab
https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/laboratory-technician-assitant-at-gse-environmental-817941456

Advanced Geosynthetic Solutions for Contaminated Land Remediation
http://www.grasspave.co.uk/news/53/contamination-expo-series-talk.html

Leister Triac ST Heat Gun for Geomembranes (Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymzAdLwTcHw

Laboratory and Numerical Investigation of Foundations reinforced with Geogrids and Geocells
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0266114418300815

Role of Soil Inherent Anisotropy in Peak Friction and Maximum Dilation Angles of Four Sand-Geosynthetic Interfaces
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0266114418300773

Impacts of a Geotextile Container Dune Core on Marine Turtle Nesting in Juno Beach, Florida, USA
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/rec.12878

Model Test on Internally Geotextile-Reinforced Granular Columns
https://www.astm.org/DIGITAL_LIBRARY/JOURNALS/GEOTECH/PAGES/GTJ20170332.htm

Advances and Challenging Issues in Subsurface Geotextile Drainage Module Technology
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Aminuddin_Ab_Ghani/publication/…/Advances-and-Challenging-Issues-in-Subsurface-Drainage-Module-Technology-and-BIOECODS-A-Review.pdf


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