February 2019 Vol. 3

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Huesker Launches New Stabilenka Xtreme™ – The World’s Strongest Woven Reinforcement Geofabric
https://www.huesker.co.uk/fileadmin/Media/Brochures/GB/PB_Stabilenka_GB.pdf

Chlorosulfonated Polyethylene (CSPE) Geomembrane Used for the Lining System and the same amount of 1.1-mm CSPE for the Floating Cover for Palos Verdes Reservoir
https://geosyntheticsmagazine.com/2019/02/01/reviving-the-palos-verdes-reservoir-part-3/

Hallaton Installs New Bituminous Geomembrane Liner At Bel Air Water Impoundment (Coletanche ES4 HFA)
https://hallaton.com/hallaton-installs-new-bituminous-liner-at-bel-air-water-impoundment/

Golder Construction Quality Assurance (CQA) Plan for Landfill Liner (Declassified)
http://www.mrwmd.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Module-6-Monterey-CQA_Plan-final-1-11-19.pdf

Golder Landfill Construction Drawings (Declassified)
http://www.mrwmd.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/MRWMD-MPLF-MOD-6-LINER-SET-REV-1-1.pdf

Geosynthetic Concrete Cloth Mats Protects Drainage Base During Highway Repair
https://www.estormwater.com/channel/casestudies/geosynthetic-mats-protects-drainage-base-during-highway-repair

WA Residents Take Legal Action Over PFAS Contamination
https://www.busseltonmail.com.au/story/5886655/property-owners-seek-damages-over-contamination/

PFAS contamination found at Parafield Gardens near Parafield Airport
https://cloud.excelplas.com/index.php/s/Rp8cf06NN0Frt5Q/download

N.J. landfill reverses decision to take thousands of tons of PFAS contaminated soil from Pa. military base
Landfill officials’ assurances that the double-lined facility would ensure the contaminated material does not leak, saying that any liner is likely to tear eventually.
https://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2019/01/31/n-j-landfill-reverses-decision-to-take-thousands-of-tons-of-contaminated-soil-from-pa-military-base/

Presentation by Siamak Paulson – Golder Associates
Risks and Rewards of Developing a Decommissioned Landfill into a Transfer Station focusing on the Capping System Design
https://www.wmrr.asn.au/Public/Conferences/ALTS19/Program/Public/Conference_Websites/
ALTS19/ALTS19_Conference/ALTS19_Program.aspx?hkey=1812cee6-2fa6-4666-b336-f1d9b4191026

Kerry Rowe on Developments in understanding the issue of Geosynthetics in Waste Management and Containment
https://www.wmrr.asn.au/Public/Conferences/ALTS19/Program/Public/Conference_Websites/
ALTS19/ALTS19_Conference/ALTS19_Program.aspx?hkey=1812cee6-2fa6-4666-b336-f1d9b4191026

Presentation by Andrew Green – Golder Associates Pty Ltd on An overview of construction costs for landfill cells and landfill closure
https://www.wmrr.asn.au/Public/Conferences/ALTS19/Program/Public/Conference_Websites/
ALTS19/ALTS19_Conference/ALTS19_Program.aspx?hkey=1812cee6-2fa6-4666-b336-f1d9b4191026

Presentation by Chris Nivison-Smith – GHD on Spray-applied geomembranes – utilising seamless solutions for landfill re–developments
https://www.wmrr.asn.au/Public/Conferences/ALTS19/Program/Public/Conference_Websites/
ALTS19/ALTS19_Conference/ALTS19_Program.aspx?hkey=1812cee6-2fa6-4666-b336-f1d9b4191026

Presentation by Liza Du Preez – Golder Associates on Infrastructure development over old landfills: What to do with the gas?
https://www.wmrr.asn.au/Public/Conferences/ALTS19/Program/Public/Conference_Websites/
ALTS19/ALTS19_Conference/ALTS19_Program.aspx?hkey=1812cee6-2fa6-4666-b336-f1d9b4191026

Presentation by Tanja Blazeka Kojc – GHD on Landfill Construction Quality Assurance – Victorian experience
https://www.wmrr.asn.au/Public/Conferences/ALTS19/Program/Public/Conference_Websites/
ALTS19/ALTS19_Conference/ALTS19_Program.aspx?hkey=1812cee6-2fa6-4666-b336-f1d9b4191026

Presentation by Fred Gassner – Golder Associates on Experience with Material CQA Testing Results
https://www.wmrr.asn.au/Public/Conferences/ALTS19/Program/Public/Conference_Websites/
ALTS19/ALTS19_Conference/ALTS19_Program.aspx?hkey=1812cee6-2fa6-4666-b336-f1d9b4191026

Presentation by Don Richardson – Golder Associates on Bituminous geomembranes as an option for containment liners on side slopes and ponds – learnings from case studiesCapturing Disaster
https://www.wmrr.asn.au/Public/Conferences/ALTS19/Program/Public/Conference_Websites/
ALTS19/ALTS19_Conference/ALTS19_Program.aspx?hkey=1812cee6-2fa6-4666-b336-f1d9b4191026

Presentation by Juan Riveros – Senversa on Case Study – PFAS Contaminated Soils/Material Containment Structure
https://www.wmrr.asn.au/Public/Conferences/ALTS19/Program/Public/Conference_Websites/
ALTS19/ALTS19_Conference/ALTS19_Program.aspx?hkey=1812cee6-2fa6-4666-b336-f1d9b4191026

George Koerner Issues Invites to Geosynthetic Institute Annual Meeting (Tuesday, February 12, 2019)
https://geosynthetic-institute.org/meeting.htm

Tender for Installation of Bituminous Geomembrane for Canal Liner
https://www.tenderdetail.com/Indian-Tenders/TenderNotice/19190209/E96E0FA8E3008419962697CB05E8E39C

ASTM WK66869 Revision of ASTM D7406 – 07(2012) Standard Test Method for Time-Dependent (Creep) Deformation Under Constant Pressure for Geosynthetic Drainage Products
https://www.astm.org/DATABASE.CART/WORKITEMS/WK66869.htm

Technical Seminar on Geosynthetics in Oman
https://www.tenax.net/en/news/tenax-will-attend-technical-seminar-geosynthetics-oman/

Tencate, Tenax, Presto, Nilex, Miliken, Low&Bonar all Exhibiting at IECA Erosion Control Exhibition (19-22 Feb. 2019)
https://www.eventscribe.com/2019/IECA/exhibitors/

Working Together to Advance Geosynthetics
https://geosyntheticsmagazine.com/2019/02/01/working-together-to-advance-geosynthetics/


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