August 2018 Vol. 8

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Risk-based Design in Geosynthetics (Free Podcast – Listen Now!)
https://agruamerica.com/risk-based-design-geosynthetics/

Design and Planning for Landfill Gas Collection Systems During Landfill Bottom Liner Design Process (SPECIAL FEATURE)
https://foresternetwork.com/daily/waste/landfill-gas/design-planning-landfill-gas-collection-systems/

Boyd Ramsey Delivers a Series of Lectures to the Australian Market on Geosynthetic Drainage Materials
http://www.boydramseyconsulting.com/ramsey-delivers-a-series-of-lectures-to-the-australian-market-on-geosynthetic-drainage-materials/

Fabricated Geomembrane Institute Exhibiting at Mining Exploration Show
https://www.miningexplorationinternational.com/

AECOM Landfill Closure, Rehabilitation a Major Issue as SA’s Landfills Reach Capacity
http://media.ngage.co.za/closure-rehabilitation-a-major-issue-as-sa-s-landfills-reach-capacity

Advanced Geosynthetic Solutions for Contaminated Land Remediation by Goran Erak (ABG Geosynthetics) (12-13th September 2018)
http://www.geotechexpo.com/

PFAS Contamination Found Near Landfill
http://www.seacoastonline.com/news/20180817/clg-chemicals-in-berrys-brook-not-coming-from-under-landfill

An Experimental Study On Combination of Geosynthetic Material With Sand For Evaluation Of Shear Strength Parameters
https://acadpubl.eu/hub/2018-119-14/articles/3/54.pdf

Engineering Graduate Student Receives Prestigious Geosynthetic Research Award
http://www.engineering.uga.edu/newsroom/news/engineering-graduate-student-receives-prestigious-research-award

Estimation of Service Life of Geosynthetic-Reinforced Asphalt Overlays from Beam and Large-Scale Fatigue Tests
https://www.astm.org/DIGITAL_LIBRARY/JOURNALS/TESTEVAL/PAGES/JTE20170605.htm

Field Experimental of Eliminating Geomembrane Air Expansion by Vacuumizing for Plain Reservoir
https://www.astm.org/DIGITAL_LIBRARY/JOURNALS/GEOTECH/PAGES/GTJ20160276.htm

Equivalent California Bearing Ratios of Multiaxial Geogrid-Stabilized Aggregates over Weak Subgrade
https://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/%28ASCE%29MT.1943-5533.0002487

Enhanced GCLs for Containment of Inorganic Waste Leachates
https://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/jgein.18.00024

ASTM Announces Dates for Next Geosynthetic Group D35 Meeting (5-7th June 2019) Denver CO
https://www.astm.org/MEETINGS/filtrexx40.cgi?-P+MAINCOMM+D35+-P+EVENT_ID+2920+-P+MEETING_ID+101295+/usr6/htdocs/newpilot.com/MEETINGS/otherprinterinfo.frm

Gundle Geosynthetics & AquaDam Exhibiting at African Mining Expo (10-14 September 2018) (Johannesburg)
https://www.electramining.co.za/exhibitor-directory.php


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