June 2018 Vol. 7

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GSE Patent Granted for Hot Wedges for Welding Conductive Geomembrane
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/9975293.pdf

Amcol Patent Self Healing Geocomposite for Salt Water and Brine Containment
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/9995014.pdf

New Patent for Geotextile tubes with porous internal shelves for inhibiting shear of solid fill material
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/9982406.pdf

Kaytech Wins 2018 PETCO Awards Recycling Innovator for Using Recycled PET in its Geotextiles (Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSkWBFt7-Vk

GHD Seeeking Technical Director Tailings / Geotechnical Engineer
https://www.glassdoor.com.au/job-listing/technical-director-tailings-geotechnical-engineer-ghd-JV_IC2274563_KO0,49_KE50,53.htm?jl=2580775061

Second Cell of the HDPE Tailings Dam Liner Being Installed for Lorena Gold Project, 15km east of Cloncurry
http://news2.paritech.com/comnews/20180619/01991563.pdf

Layfield Listed in Canadian Mining Suppliers Directory
http://canadianminingsuppliers.com/suppliers/layfield-group-limited/

New Gateway for Analysis, Design, Installation, and Performance of Geosynthetics Used in Transportation Facilities
http://www.trb.org/AFS70/AFS70.aspx

Centrifuge Model Tests on the Use of Geosynthetic Layer as an Internal Drain in Levees
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0266114417301735

Russian Geosynthetic Company Machina-TST Seeking Export Partners
http://roadtraffic.az/en-opennews/6797.41.html

South Australian Government Posts Feedback Form for Landfill Guidelines
https://www.epa.sa.gov.au/files/13484_landfill_feedback_form.pdf

REE attends GeoBarriers workshop in Munich – Red Earth Engineering
https://redearthengineering.com.au/ree-attends-geobarriers-workshop-in-munich/

IGS-NA GeoPipe Seminar Webinar (12th July 2018)
https://igs.wufoo.com/forms/q93y45l19ma5nc/

New Floating Cover for Seattle Reservoir
http://www.seattle.gov/util/EnvironmentConservation/Projects/ReservoirCovering/index.htm

Reliable Airport Connection Made Possible by Geosynthetics (by Maccaferri)
https://www.railway-technology.com/contractors/engineering/maccaferri/pressreleases/airport-connection-geosynthetics

Get Better Recovery from Heap-leach Systems (Feature)
https://search.proquest.com/openview/03eceed46449f9d85543cc8b263103b7/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=39

Mitigation of Subgrade Moisture in North Texas by Using Modified Moisture Barrier
https://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/9780784481592.044

Vale, BHP seen near Samarco settlement
https://www.afr.com/business/mining/vale-bhp-seen-near-samarco-settlement-20180614-h11ew1

Stress-controlled direct shear testing of geosynthetic clay liners II: Assessment of shear behavior
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0266114418300517

Measurement of Shear Strength and Interface Parameters by Multi-Stage Large-scale Direct/Interface Shear and Pull-out Tests
http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-6501/aacb8a/meta

Stress-controlled direct shear testing of geosynthetic clay liners I: Apparatus development
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0266114418300505

Effect of Geogrid Inclusion on Ballast Resilient Modulus: The Concept of ‘Geogrid Gain Factor’
http://proceedings.asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/proceeding.aspx?articleid=2685443

Reliability assessment of waterproofing systems of buildings underground parts
http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/365/5/052028/pdf

Comanco Completes Liner Installation on Landfill Expansion
https://comanco.com/blog/comanco-completes-liner-installation-on-landfill-expansion/

Bundle Geosynthetics New Web Page
http://www.gundlegeo.co.za/products-test/


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