March 2018 Vol. 5

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3D Modelling of Installed HDPE and GCL Liners (New Technology)
http://wastemanagementreview.com.au/view-landfill-3d/
Able to capture 3D data of as built clay liner and subgrade checks
Example: http://www.landair.com.au/landfills

Concrete Canvas wins three awards at The South Wales Chamber of Commerce Welsh Business Awards 2017 – the only company be win more than one award on the night
https://www.concretecanvas.com/blog
Press release: https://www.ccportal.co.uk/index.php/s/NarFbNeuG1Kqvlf#pdfviewer

Carpi and Colethanche Exhibiting at ICOLD 2018 dam Conferemce (1-6 July 2018)
https://www.icoldaustria2018.com/sponsoring-exhibition/list-of-exhibitors/

IGS Georeinforcement Workshop (June 2018)
http://www.geosyntheticssociety.org/igs-georeinforcement-geobarriers-workshops-june-2018/

French Announce Geosynthetics Conference (11-13 March 2019)
http://www.rencontresgeosynthetiques.org/programme.html

Storm Exposes much of the 3,100-foot Revetment made from sand-filled Geotextile Tubes at the Ocean Beach in Montauk
http://easthamptonstar.com/News/2018308/Montauk-Took-Beating

Large Geotextile Bags Cop a Battering but have Slowed Down Further Erosion of the beach
https://www.arranbanner.co.uk/2018/03/09/brodick-beach-gets-beast-of-a-battering/

Very Bottom Layer of the Geotubes (the first tier was installed below the beach level) Exposed by Wave Attack
If a line of geotubes (geotextile, sand filled tubes) remains intact during storm wave attack, then they act like a seawall
https://www.facebook.com/savenantucketbeaches/

Effect of Particle Size on the Mechanical Behaviour of Sand-Geotextile Composites
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/026611449390029N

Effects of Temperature Rise on Load-strain-time Behaviour of Geogrids (Ahead of Print)
https://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/jgein.18.00008

Application of Strength Reduction Method in Checking Safety Factor of a Fiber GeoGrid Reinforced Soil Slope
http://www.jeffjournal.org/papers/Volume13/V13i1(10)%20%20Jun%20Zhang.pdf

Investigation of Geogrid Reinforced Engineered Cementitious Composite for Culvert Repair: Extended Abstract
https://trid.trb.org/view/1495616

Geogrid Reinforcement in Hot-Mix Asphalt: Interlayer Shear Bond Strength Assessment
https://trid.trb.org/view/1495802

Geobag for Fecal Sludge Drying – Malacca, Malaysia (CASE STUDY)
http://www.cseindia.org/geobag-for-fecal-sludge-drying-malacca-malaysia-8333

Geomembrane Solutions from Itape
https://www.itape.com/-/media/files/product%20literature/market%20segment/
geomembranes/geomembrane%20solutions%20brochure.pdf

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