July 2019 Vol. 13

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NEWSMAKERS: * Geosyn * Huesker * Imagine * Layfield * Low & Bonar * Naue * Presto * Seaman * Solmax * TechSpan 

Investors with $10 Trillion in Assets Pressure Miners Over Tailings Dam Safety
Photo: HDPE-lined Tailings Management Facility at Constancia Copper Mine in Peru
https://www.mining.com/miners-challenged-urgently-reveal-tailings-safety-records/18/

US Patent for Electrically Conductive GCL
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20190212222.pdf

Seaman Beta-Testing its Newest Version of the Product, XR5 QuickLiner™
http://www.manufacturing-today.com/sections/profiles/2300-seaman-corporation

Solmax Seeking Chemical Engineer to Perform Material Lab Testing of HDPE samples for Biogas Plant Application
https://www.fastjobs.my/malaysia-job-ad/97326/internship-for-chemical-engineering/solmax-international-asia-pacific/

Naue visit ATAL UK to Promote GCLs
https://ataluk.com/news/0/1096/german-partners-naue-visit-atal-hq/

Layfield Geosynthetics and Presto Geosystems to hold Webinar on Using Geocells to Build Better Roads Faster (Tuesday, August 20, 2019)
Dave Mueller, Technical Product Manager, Layfield Geosynthetics + Bryan Wedin, Chief Design Engineer, Presto Geosystems
– https://energynow.ca/2019/07/webinar-basics-of-road-design-using-innovative-engineered-technologies-presto-geosystems/
– https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/basics-of-road-design-using-innovative-engineered-technologies-tickets-65694817969

It Has Been a Tough Year for Low & Bonar
https://investors.lowandbonar.com/year-in-review-2018/chief-executives-review

Tough Year for Coated Technical Textiles Division of Low & Bonar
https://investors.lowandbonar.com/year-in-review-2018/coated-technical-textiles

Using Geosynthetic Clay Liners in Landfill Engineering [PDF]
https://iwmsa.co.za/downloads/Using%20Geosynthetic%20Clay%20Liners%20in%20Landfill%20Engineering.pdf

Alberta Government Publishes Approved Geosynthetics List
http://www.transportation.alberta.ca/PlanningTools/GMS/ProductList/Geosynthetics.pdf

Tracking the Ageing and Degradation of CSPE & Remaining Useful Life Assessment
https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1524874

Huesker Italy Manager Pierpaolo Fantini Elected as New Officer of Italian Chapter of IGS
https://www.geosyntheticssociety.org/italian-chapter-agi-igs-new-officers-board-elected-2/

Long-term Hydraulic Performance of Landfill Cover System in Extreme Humid Region
Geosynthetic Clay Liner was incorporated as additional barrier material, the Saturation Time Increased by two-fold (42 to 44 years)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969719327846

GCL Selected as Liner for Wildlife Habitat Pond Along High-Speed Rail Project Corridor
http://www.geosyn.co.uk/download/wildlife-habitat-pond-bentotex

Polymer Elution and Hydraulic Conductivity of Bentonite–Polymer Composite Geosynthetic Clay Liners (New Research by Craig Benson)
https://ascelibrary.org/doi/10.1061/%28ASCE%29GT.1943-5606.0002097

Alert – Fake Conference on Geosynthetics in Civil Engineering planned for Dubai, United Arab Emirates (March 21-22, 2021)
https://www.conferenceindex.org/event/international-conference-on-geosynthetics-in-civil-engineering-construction-icgcec-2021-march-dubai-ae

Engineer has Made a Career in Landfill Cover Design
https://www.strxur.com/landfill-cover-smith-gardner/

Effect of Shape of Damage Hole on Self-Healing Capacity of GCL
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nutthachai_Prongmanee/publication/…../Effect-of-Shape-of-Damage-Hole-on-Self-Healing-Capacity-of-GCL.pdf

Effect of the Position of Geotextile on the Performance Parameters of the Flexible Pavement
http://engineeringjournals.stmjournals.in/index.php/TTEA/article/view/2856

A Study on Soil-Geotextile Interaction Using Gradient Ratio Tests
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/334374192_A_study_on_soil-geotextile_interaction_using_gradient_ratio_tests

List of Companies with ASQUAL Certified Geomembranes [PDF]
https://tinyurl.com/asqualcertified

Extrusion Welding of Geomembrane by TechSpan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3yvY85spxE


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