March 2014 Vol.5

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Last Places Available for Geomembrane Master Class in Melbourne next Tuesday 18 March 2014
To be held at Excelplas Geomembrane Labs in Melbourne – covering welding, failure prevention, CQA and leak location.
Must register today;  contact [email protected]

Geofabrics Australasia create an “Environmentally Sensitive and Sustainable” Solution for Marine Life
http://renews.biz/62663/material-comfort-for-marine-life/

SKM now rebranded as Jacobs
Jacobs Completes Merger Transaction with Sinclair Knight Merz
http://www.globalskm.com/Insights/News/2013/Jacobs-Completes-Merger-Transaction-with-Sinclair-Knight-Merz.aspx

Geosynthetics Material Association (GMA) Publishes Online Membership Directory (Search for Geo Contacts for Free)
http://gmanow.com/gma/members/search

Geosynthetics in heap leach facility design and operation
http://www.geosyntheticssolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Allan-Breitenbach-key-note.pdf

Geotextile Workshop 8-11 April 2014 Geneva Switzerland
http://www.index14.ch/en/visiting/geotextile-workshop-0-2651

Steve Corbet  AECOM, UK to discuss use of Nonwoven geotextiles to solve a variety of engineering problems in Transportation Engineering
Silke Brand-Kirsch Schlegel & Partners, Germany to discuss Trends driving the nonwoven market for geotextiles
Mikael Møller Fibertex Nonwovens, Denmark to discuss Geotextiles in Africa – Experiences from supplying large projects
Stelios Kakoulidis Thrace Plastics, Greece to discuss Geotextiles applications to Owens Lake (South California, USA) for dust mitigation

http://www.index14.ch/en/visiting/geotextile-workshop-0-2651

Floating a Geosynthetics Idea to Keep Beaches from Eroding
Geotextile tubes that are filled with cement and submerged. The tubes essentially serve as “speed bumps” for currents that otherwise would sweep sand away
http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20140220/article/140229976

Boral Deer Park Landfill Media Statement
http://www.boral.com.au/Images/common/stakeholder-relations/waste-mgmt-vic/Deer-Park-Landfill-ACA-statement-060314.pdf

Layfield seeks Sales Support Representative
http://www.layfieldgroup.com/pages/EmploymentOpportunities/JobPostings.aspx?id=10817

Layfield seeks Estimating Manager
http://www.linkedin.com/jobs2/view/11644735?trk=job_view_similar_jobs