February 2019 Vol. 2

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Tensar Geogrid Patent Infringement Trial Begins Today in Montreal (to run for 10 Days)
https://www.ippractice.ca/file-browser/?fileno=T-1930-13
For More Information Contact:  Bob Sotiriadis, Intellectual Property Law Attorney  <[email protected]>

Breaking News – Amazing First Video of Vale Tailings Dam Collapse in Brazil
https://www.liveleak.com/view?t=u9zgm_1549043077

Geotextile Apparatus Inventor Appointed to Pavement Hall of Fame
https://www.forconstructionpros.com/pavement-maintenance/article/21040124/barazone-dubey-hood-join-pavement-magazine-hall-of-fame-n-2019

Dr. Barry Christopher Honored with 2018 Koerner Award and Lecture Series
https://geosyntheticsmagazine.com/2019/02/01/christopher-honored-with-2018-koerner-award-and-lecture-series/

European Geosynthetics Congress Announced for 2020 – EuroGeo2020 Warsaw, Poland 6th-9th Sept. 2020
https://10times.com/eurogeo-warsaw

Scam Warning on Fake London Geosynthetics Conference 
https://waset.org/conference/2019/02/London/ICGGE

Condition Assessment of a Leachate Pond Geomembrane After 25 Years of Service
https://geosyntheticsmagazine.com/2019/02/01/a-leachate-pond-geomembrane-after-25-years-of-service/

Geosynthetics for Waste Containment – Overview and Latest Research Findings and Product Developments
https://www.seima.sk.ca/resources/Documents/SustainTech%202018%20Presentations/
SustainTech%20Randal%20Osicki%20presentation%202018.pdf

Changing the ‘one per 500 feet’ Paradigm on Geomembrane Field Seam Sampling for DTs
https://geosyntheticsmagazine.com/2019/02/01/changing-the-one-per-500-feet-paradigm-on-geomembrane-field-seam-sampling/

Geocomposite Groundwater Drainage System for Bluff Erosion Protection
https://geosyntheticsmagazine.com/2019/02/01/geocomposite-groundwater-drainage-system-for-bluff-erosion-protection/

Concrete Canvas GCCM Installed to provide a channel and slope lining solution at a CSG compression station in Wallumbilla, Queensland
https://www.concretecanvas.com/blog/cc-channel-and-slope-protection-at-a-compression-station-in-wallumbilla-australia

Channel Lining and Slope Protection with Concrete Canvas [PDF]
https://www.ccportal.co.uk/s/g4TJAwtJPBRp9sm#pdfviewer

Presentation by Mike Dobbie (Tensar) (Declassified)
http://indogeotek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/PUM2018s-MIKE.pdf

Geofabrics Geosynthetics to the Rescue for Road Slip Remediation
https://www.geofabrics.co/sites/default/files/CaseStudy_Terramesh_ChainofPonds.pdf

Curtis Barrier International seeking Full Time Welding Technicians & Labourers 
Project Video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tclqYQvUtWs
Contact: http://www.curtisbarrierintl.com/contactus.html

New Design Methods to Incorporate Stabilisation Geogrids into Railway Trackbeds
https://www.tensar.co.uk/-/media/Files/general-documents/TensarRailGENov19.ashx

Raven’s New HydraLine LLDPE Geomembranes Targeting Landfill Cells and Mining Heap Leach Pads
https://s3.amazonaws.com/com-ravenefd-cdn/documentation/HydraLine-LL100.pdf

Richard Abell has joined Tensar as Regional Director for the UK and Ireland
https://www.tensar.co.uk/News-Events/News/Crewe_Green_Link_Road

Edith Cowan University Researcher Study Effectiveness of Reinforcing a Low-height Sandy Slope with Geosynthetic Reinforcement
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12517-019-4269-4

Magnitude and Significance of Tensile Strains in Geomembrane Landfill Liners (New Research)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0266114419300019

Water Content–Density Criteria for Determining Geomembrane–Fly Ash Interface Shear Strength [PDF]
https://www.matec-conferences.org/articles/matecconf/pdf/2019/11/matecconf_krynica2018_04005.pdf

Application of Geosynthetic Materials for Road Structures [PDF]
https://www.matec-conferences.org/articles/matecconf/pdf/2019/14/matecconf_gccets2018_01013.pdf

Tests of Geosynthetics-Reinforced Ballast Stressed State Under Heavy Trains [PDF]
https://www.matec-conferences.org/articles/matecconf/pdf/2019/14/matecconf_gccets2018_01004.pdf

Consideration of Creep of Geosynthetic Materials in the Numerical Modelling [PDF]
https://www.matec-conferences.org/articles/matecconf/pdf/2019/14/matecconf_gccets2018_01007.pdf

Long-Term Performance of Geosynthetic Clay Liners (GCLs) as Barriers in Landfill Applications (Thesis)
https://search.proquest.com/openview/f02b42856bc6e10672b4124f4c1d81fe/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y

Water Retention of Geosynthetics Clay Liners: Dependence on Void Ratio and Temperature (New Research)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0266114418301286

GNA Announced as the Media Partner for MAXConference in Russia
http://maxconf.ru/en/

Russian Conference on Geosynthetic Materials in Road Construction (March 12-13, 2019)
– http://maxconf.ru/en/event/84/
– http://maxconf.ru/en/news/item/445/


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