January 2021 Vol. 3

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Reaching more Players in the Geosynthetic Industry 


NEWSMAKERS: * ACIGS * ASTM * ATAL UK * Bidim™ * Boyd Ramsey * Cirtex Civil * Concrete Canvas™ * DUX Geotextiles * ExcelPlas * Geofabrics * GNA * Huesker * IGS * Landfill Liner * Melbourne Water * Michael Sorenson * NAUE * Presto * Siamak’s Podcast * Southern Geosynthetic Supplies (SGS) * Tensar * Wood PLC

INDUSTRY NEWS

Announcing Certified Needle-Free bidim® Geotextile
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tm5Vq8mNSXk

New Drone Footage from Concrete Canvas® – the Original, Ground Breaking GCCM – Made in the UK and Sold to 80+ Countries for Over 15 Years
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNenDSYnyu8&t=6s

ASTM Special Issue Paper Apparatus to Measure Gas Permeability of Landfill Cap Barriers Subjected to Distortion
https://www.astm.org/DIGITAL_LIBRARY/JOURNALS/GEOTECH/PAGES/GTJ20190409.htm

Contract Awarded for Melbourne Treatment Plant Solar Farm
https://utilitymagazine.com.au/contract-awarded-for-melbourne-treatment-plant-solar-farm/?mc-cid-44292a3652&mc-eid=e1a2bfae56

Siamak’s Geosynthetics Podcast with Michael Sorensen of Cirtex Civil (NZ)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNKNxrjPXwk

New Chair Announced For UK IGS Chapter
https://www.geosyntheticssociety.org/new-chair-for-uk-chapter/

Presto Offers On-Demand Webinar Dashboard
https://geosyntheticsmagazine.com/2021/01/11/presto-offers-on-demand-webinar-dashboard/

Keeping on Track with Geosynthetics, Free Webinar (23 February 2021)
https://www.ice.org.uk/events/keeping-on-track-with-geosynthetics-webinar

Upcoming Webinar – ‘Ethics in Geosynthetics’ by Boyd Ramsey (28th January, 2021)
https://www.acigs.org/civicrm/?page=CiviCRM&q=civicrm%2Fevent%2Finfo&reset=1&id=28

Introducing Naue and Atal | Marketing leaders in Geotechnics with Geosynthetics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryxWTxIqIBE

GEOMEMBRANE

Failure Mechanisms of GCL and Textured Geomembrane Composite Systems
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0266114420301655

GEOTEXTILES

Sludge Dewatering with Geotextiles | Environmental Engineering | Experiment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_osaLk8gPNI

Heavy Weight PP Geotextile Used for Sea Wall Application to Prevent Coastal Erosion Exposing Old Landfill
https://cloud.excelplas.com/s/bcGt51GndUJeeKw#pdfviewer​
http://geosynthetics.com.au/port-fairy-seawall

Geosynthetic Tubes as Load Bearing Structural Components of Coastal Infrastructure
http://ipweaq.intersearch.com.au/ipweaqjspui/bitstream/1/6502/1/P915[2].pdf

GEOGRIDS

Tensar International Verified as a Supplier and Designer on the Railway Industry Supplier Qualification Scheme (RISQS)
https://news.railbusinessdaily.com/tensar-international-verified-as-a-supplier-and-designer-of-solutions-on-the-railway/

Huesker Demonstrate the Amazing Power of Geogrids for Soil Reinforcement in New Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cq50k56lJf4

Laboratory Evaluation of Interfacial Mechanical Properties in Geogrid-Reinforced Bituminous Layers
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0266114420301709

Investigation of the Load–Settlement Behaviour of Shallow Foundation on Bitumen-Coated Geogrid Reinforced Soil Bed
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41062-020-00397-6

Massive 12m High Geogrid Reinforced Soil Dump Wall at Matthews Quarries Tyers Site
http://geosynthetics.com.au/massive-12m-high-reinforced-earth-dump-wall

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