July 2018 Vol. 11

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Global Geosynthetics Industry News
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USA Professor Receives IGS Award for Significant Contributions to Geosynthetics Research
https://news.psu.edu/story/529237/2018/07/26/academics/fox-receives-igs-award-significant-contributions-geosynthetics

Michigan DOT Repairs Culverts Along County Highway using GCCM (Concrete Canvas™)
https://www.roadsbridges.com/michigan-dot-repairs-culvert-along-oceana-county-highway-using-gccm

Solmax Seeking Corporate Legal Counsel for head office in Varennes, Quebec
https://gorillaw.ca/quebec/en/2018/07/13/corporate-legal-advisor-6-8-years/

ATC Williams is seeking Civil/Environmental Engineers (Specialising in Waste Management)
http://atcwilliams.com/careers

TOTAL Patents Conductive HDPE for Geomembrane containing nanographene, carbon nanotubes (CNT) or any combination thereof
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/WO2018130639A1.html

University of Utah Patents Geosynthetic Reinforced Bridge
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20180209106.pdf

Naue Case Study – More than 1,000m² Sealed Per Day at Pump Storage Station Dam with GCL
https://www.naue.com/more-than-1000m%C2%B2-sealed-per-day-at-the-hohenwarte-ii-pump-storage-station-a-controllable-seal-made-of-geosynthetics/

Landfill Cell Development and Capping Design and Approvals by Talis Consultants
http://www.talisconsultants.com.au/key-projects/waste-management/landfill-cell-development-and-capping-design-and-approvals/

Tensar Road Show- September 2018
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/detroit-tensar-road-show-september-2018-tickets-48254488474

Titan Completes Landfill Cell Expansion with Two-Layer Geosynthetic System
http://www.titanenviro.com/projects-and-solutions/project-profiles/landfills/landfill-multilayer-cell-expansion/

TMP to Attend the 11th International Conference on Geosynthetics (11ICG)
http://tmpgeosynthetics.com/news_content.aspx?id=14134

Geosynthetic reinforced column supported embankments and the role of ground improvement installation effects
http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/story/10.4141/news.2018.07.23.100550#.W11YctgzYQ8

Experimental and numerical investigation of the uplift capacity of plate anchors in geocell-reinforced sand
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0266114418300712

Desiccation Behaviour of Geosynthetic Clay Liners in a Laboratory Test
https://www.naue.com/naue-geosynthetics/bentofix/bentofix-x/desiccation-behaviour-of-geosynthetic-clay-liners-in-a-laboratory-test/#iLightbox[postimages]/0

Select Board green-lights ConCom review of SBPF erosion-control expansion
Proposal for expanding the geotextile-tube project at the toe of the Sconset Bluff
http://www.ack.net/news/20180725/select-board-green-lights-concom-review-of-sbpf-erosion-control-expansion

HDPE Liner Condition Assessment
https://www.cairnspost.com.au/classifieds/ad/2958631/

Geotube Pond Installation Project Completed on Florida’s East Coast
https://comanco.com/blog/comanco-wraps-up-geotube-pond-installation/


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