December 2020 Vol. 2

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GNA – The Most Widely Read Online Geosynthetics Publication
Reaching more Players in the Geosynthetic Industry 


NEWSMAKERS: * ABG Geosynthetics * Anew® * Anue Water * ATARFIL * BBA * CETCO * Chevron Phillips * Circular Economy * Concrete Canvas™ * Dredging Services * ExcelPlas  * GDA * GCCM * GCL * Geofabrics * Geotube™ * GNA * Golder * Marlex * NAUE * PROPEX * RESISTEX® * TenCate * Texplor™ * Titan Environmental Containment * WSP

INDUSTRY NEWS

BREAKING NEWS – Golder Associates Sold to WSP
https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2020/12/03/2139044/0/en/WSP-to-Acquire-Golder-Creating-the-Leading-Global-Environmental-Consulting-Firm.html

New GCCM Patent for Multilayer Synthetic-Mineral Protective-Levelling and/or Sealing Lining
The European Patent Office (EPO) granted patent protection for a new product that can be included in the Geosynthetic Cementitious Composite Mat (GCCM) category
Manufactured by GDA Sp. z o.o. based in Gdańsk, Poland. GDA is also engaged in the production of geocomposite synthetic-bentonite materials, such as GCLs and waterproofing materials.
https://register.epo.org/application?number=EP17460027&tab=main

GDA Active Composites Seeking Distributors Worldwide for Their Novel GCLs and GCCMs Products
http://actigda.com/

ATARFIL Geomembranes Used for State-of-the-Art Hazardous Landfill in China with Texplor® Leak Detection
http://cloud.excelplas.com/s/nCyUAFLzAizax9e#pdfviewer

ATARFIL Geomembrane Installed at Golder-Designed Senex Energy CSG Produced Water Storage Dam in Queensland, Australia
http://cloud.excelplas.com/s/od8ri8JqmrQEnYl#pdfviewer​

Chattanooga-Based Propex is a Sustainable Success
https://livability.com/tn/chattanooga/healthy-places/chattanooga-based-propex-is-a-sustainable-success

Resilient Geosynthetic Infrastructure Slope Protection to Prevent Earthwork Failures
https://railway-news.com/infrastructure-slope-protection-prevents-earthwork-failure/

Joint Venture Article: RESISTEX® Geosynthetics Make Tailings Dams Safer and More Environmentally Friendly
https://www.northernminer.com/joint-venture-article/joint-venture-article-resistex-geosynthetics-make-tailings-dams-safer-and-more-environmentally-friendly/1003825483/

ANUE Water Names J.H. Wright as Exclusive Channel Partner for Gulf States, Florida Panhandle and Georgia
ANUE Water Technologies, the manufacturer of ANUE Geomembrane Covers with embedded carbon-filters and other sustainable and high-performance technologies to prevent odour, corrosion, scale, bacteria, and FOG (fat oil, grease) in municipal and industrial wastewater applications.
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20201130005065/en/Anue-Water-Names-J.H.-Wright-as-Exclusive-Channel-Partner-for-Gulf-States-Florida-Panhandle-and-Georgia

Geosynthetics: Surf’s Up With Smart Drainage Design
https://www.geplus.co.uk/features/geosynthetics-riding-the-wave-02-12-2020/

Chevron Phillips soon to Offer Marlex® Resins for the Circular Economy – Anew® Circular Polyethylene
https://injectionmouldingworld.com/first-u-s-commercial-scale-of-circular-polyethylene-produced-from-mixed-waste-plastics/
https://resource-recycling.com/plastics/2020/10/21/plastics-producers-tout-pyrolysis-achievements/

Chevron Phillips Chemical Successfully Completes first U.S. Commercial Scale Production of Circular Polyethylene from Recycled Plastics
https://www.bloomberg.com/press-releases/2020-10-08/chevron-phillips-chemical-successfully-completes-first-u-s-commercial-scale-production-of-circular-polyethylene-from-recycled

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GCCM

BBA Certifies Concrete Canvas™
https://www.bbacerts.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Concrete_Canvas_v1-WEB.pdf

THE DIG Podcast – “Concrete on a Roll”……”Just Add Water”
Ron Drewry of Titan Environmental Containment (Canada) Speaks About their Solution “Concrete on a Roll”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2n4I9sgDyQ&feature=youtu.be

US Issues GCCM Bid Request for Culvert Remediation (Declassified)
https://www.co.mckinley.nm.us/DocumentCenter/View/2095/IFB-2020-11-Manuelito-Canyon-RD-Culvert-Improvements-1?bidId=

GEOGRIDS

Weak Sub-Grade Soil Reinforced with Geogrid Materials -A Review
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/955/1/012108/pdf

GEOTEXTILES TUBES AND BAGS

Video of Wastewater Pond Desludging Made Easy Using TenCate Geotube®
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQYVgvD2Xqk

French Patent Geotextile Tubes That Colonize with Bacteria Secrete Calcium Carbonate
https://www.freepatentsonline.com/20200157757.pdf

NAUE Coastal Protection and Beach Extension with Geotextile Sand Bags in Pattaya, Thailand
https://naue.asia/geotextile-sand-bags-protect-holidays-in-southeast-asia/

Green Mining: Technical Study of Off-shore Tin Mining Using Cutter Suction Dredger and Geotube Embankments
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/599/1/012057/pdf

OTHER NEWS

Introducing the New IGS TC-B Committee
https://www.acigs.org/igs-tc-b-committee-introduction/

Concordia Professor Catherine Mulligan becomes President of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering
https://www.concordia.ca/news/stories/2020/08/14/concordia-professor-becomes-president-of-the-canadian-society-for-civil-engineering.html

What Our Readers Are Saying – Feedback from GNA Readers Around the World
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