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BREAKING NEWS
Fibromat to IPO – Prospectus Attached (Declassified) [PDF]
Your chance to subscribe to owing shares/stock in a geosynthetics company poised for rapid growth
Alujain Signs Strategic Partnership Agreement with British ABG Geosynthetics Co.
ABG. is a subsidiary of BontexGeo, one of the major European manufacturers of geotextile fabrics and geotechnical products
Geo-tube Erosion-Control Approval Brings Multiple Appeals
Multiple Appeals Filed to Stop Geo-tube Expansion Project
Along with the NLWC – a long-time opponent of the geotextile tube project – plaintiffs include a group of homeowners on the east end of the island
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CONFERENCE NEWS
Concrete Canvas to Roll into Brisbane for GeoAsia8 ! Team Heads Down Under for Geosynthetics Showcase – Stand Number for GeoAsia8 is 54
• Lim (Michael) Chong – Business Development Manager (Far East Asia) presenting ‘Surface Drainage Restoration in Mine Reclamation Using Geosynthetic Cementitious Composite Mat (GCCM)’
• Nick Kastoumis – Technical Manager – (Oceania) is available to chat about GCCM in a wide variety of applications
• Darren Hughes – International Business Development Manager is available for meetings and discussion on global opportunities for GCCM.
• Multiple Concrete Canvas Sales Partners Including Geofabrics which are Gold Sponsors, Polyfabrics which are Bronze Sponsors, along with TECHFAB INDIA and Afitex as well as:
• Sales Partner Gary Ng from G&E (Hong Kong)
• Sales Partner PGA Earth Structure Solutions (Philippines)
Detailed GeoAsia8 Program
NEW PATENTS
Solmax Patent New Methods for Detecting Holes in Geomembranes and Liners [PDF]
Rapidly Deployable Geosynthetic Floating Cover with Integrated Mechanical Fasteners [PDF]
INDUSTRY NEWS
Geoquest’s Geosynthetic Contribution to the Longest Bridge in Chile
Role of Geosynthetics in Civil Engineering Highlighted in India
Second Richard Bathurst Lecturer Revealed
A lecture series honouring ground-breaking practitioners in soil reinforcement geosynthetics has named Pietro Rimoldi as its next speaker.
Geomembrane Installation at Portsmouth Disposal Cell Milestone Supports Demolition of 33-Acre Facility
Crews at the Portsmouth Site install a thick geomembrane lining material inside the new cell at the On-Site Waste Disposal Facility.
GEOTEXTILES
Characterisation of Graphene-Based Geotextiles for Moisture Detection in Pavements
This study strongly correlated the geotextile’s electrical impedance and moisture content
GCLs
Estimation of the Hydraulic Conductivity of Bentonite–Polymer GCLs with Machine Learning Techniques
The dataset comprises 316 hydraulic conductivity tests from the literature, along with associated factors that impact the properties of GCL, such as polymer loading, mass per unit area, leachate properties (e.g. monovalent and divalent cations, concentration of Cl and SO4, ionic strength, relative abundance of monovalent to divalent cations, anion ratio), effective confining stress, and swell index.
GEOGRIDS
Failure Mechanisms of Geogrid-Reinforced Asphalt Pavements: A Viscoelastic 3D FEM Analysis
GEOCELLS
Experimental Study on Impact of Geocell on Pavement Performance Under Multi-Stage Loading
REVIEWS
A Review of the Use and Behaviour of Geosynthetics in France in the Past 50 Years
By Jean-Pierre Gourc and Philippe Dalmas
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Tensar, a Division of CMC Seeking Regional Sales Manager (for Western Australia – Perth)
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