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No flames means less OH&S Issues https://www.leister.com/en/plastic-welding/products/automatic-welders/bitumat-b2/bitumat-b2 Watershed Geo Patents Solar Energy System for Use with Tufted Geosynthetics (Breaking News) http://www.freepatentsonline.com/10742164.pdf Watershed Geo Patents Synthetic Ground Cover System for Erosion Protection for Use With or Without a Sand/Soil Ballast (Breaking News) http://www.freepatentsonline.com/10689824.pdf University Professor Developing New Bentonite-Polymer Composite Geosynthetic Clay Liner (BPC-GCL) (Breaking News) https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-08/gmu-tdb081420.php Bentonite Performance Minerals, LLC Owned by Halliburton Entering Polymer-Modified GCL Space https://patents.google.com/patent/US9758432 Testing Fabric-encased GCLProducts – Do They Provide Better Long-term Creep Shear Behaviour? https://www.solmax.com/en/blog/testing-fabric-encased-gcl-products-do-they-provide-better-long-term-creep-shear-behaviour PFAS Contaminated Soil from Stalled West Gate Tunnel Project Being Stored Under Geotextile-Seeded Vegetative Cap http://cloud.excelplas.com/s/srxPAzTcUkB2B44 Geomembrane Liners For PFAS REMEDIATION & CONTAINMENT https://internationalcoversystems.com/geomembrane-liner-for-pfas-remediation-and-containment/ Cipageo® IGP Geomembrane with Proven Resistance to Potassium Chloride and Lithium Carbonate Brines for Lining of Evaporation Tanks and Evap Ponds Meets FGI 1117 Certification, developed by the Fabricated Geomembrane Institute (FGI) https://www.cipageo.com.br/en/cipageo-igp/ GSI to Host Geomembranes in Hydraulic Applications Webinar (16th September 2020) https://geosyntheticsmagazine.com/2020/08/12/geomembranes-in-hydraulic-applications/ Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) to Support ‘Green Recovery’ Infrastructure Projects with GCCM https://ee.ricardo.com/news/using-life-cycle-assessment-(lca)-to-support–E2-80-98green-recovery-E2-80-99-infrastructure-projects READ FULL RICARDO REPORT HERE: https://www.concretecanvas.com/documents/downloaddoc/cc-carbon-comparison-report.pdf Chinese Concrete Canvas Copies Continue to Emerge https://rongweirubber.en.made-in-china.com/product/UXnQNPsJbypC/China-Sell-8mm-10mm-Slope-Protect-Ditch-Lining-Concrete-Canvas.html PVC Sheet Piling for Cutoff and Containment Barriers https://geosyntheticsmagazine.com/2020/08/01/pvc-sheet-piling-for-cutoff-and-containment-barriers/ Poor-Dispersion Defects in HDPE Geomembranes by Dr. John Scheirs http://cloud.excelplas.com/index.php/s/TdtE7TYoZxPrRx5#pdfviewer Mandated Landfill Expansion Project has USD $4 Million Price Tag https://www.timesenterprise.com/news/local_news/mandated-landfill-expansion-project-has-4-million-price-tag/article_91616e76-566e-5e1e-a5bc-a1dfb68284f3.html Sustainable Transport and Infrastructure Major Project with Fortrac™ Geogrid Reinforced Soil (Video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOwkn6s4sBg Webinar – Roadways Founded on Expansive Clays: Characterization of the Problem and Mitigation using Geosynthetics (18 August, 2020) https://www.acigs.org/?page=CiviCRM&q=civicrm%2Fevent%2Finfo&reset-1&id=17 Subsurface Inflatable Geomembrane Energy Storage System Using Fluid Cavity Elements https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0266352X20302858?dgcid=rss-sd_all Best Project Material Co.,Ltd Showcase their HDPE Geomembrane Manufacturing in New Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvVA43JgEM0 Stay Up to Date with the Latest Geosynthetic News by Signing Up for the GNA Newsletter! https://www.geosyntheticnews.com.au/subscribe/ • GNA now has +30,000 views per month • Articles published on GNA get thousands of views and are distributed widely through 3rd Party Affiliates • GNA is now the most read source of Breaking News on Geosynthetics Worldwide • Since GNA is published up to 12 times per month, no other source of Geosynthetic Industry News comes close to being as current and up-to-date • In 2017 we have increased readership by 10,000+ though India, Africa and Asia • Special Advertising Packages Available for Geosynthetic Manufacturers, Installers, and Service Providers. 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