March 2019 Vol. 10

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A Competition Entry by Two Industrial Design Students has Grown into a Multi-Million-Pound Business – The Concrete Canvas™ Story
https://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/news/view/concrete-on-a-roll

Crystal Lagoon with White HDPE Geomembrane Under Construction in the USA
https://windsongranchliving.com/lagoon-construction-milestone/

Plastatech Unveils Line of Prefabricated Geomembrane Accessories
https://geosyntheticsmagazine.com/2019/03/26/plastatech-unveils-line-of-prefabricated-geomembrane-accessories/

Optimising Geosynthetic Clay Liner Overlaps: Implications on Hydraulic Performance
https://eprints.qut.edu.au/127212/

Russian Distributor of Concrete Canvas™ Announced
https://www.rbcc.com/membership/directory/1217

TenCate Geosynthetics Paving Case Study in Austria
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PX3wyGyt91c

Geosynthetic News Alerts (GNA) Becomes Number #1 Source of Current Geosynthetic Content
https://www.geosyntheticnews.com.au/

The Magic of Combigrid®/Secugrid® Reinforcement for Piling Platforms
https://globalsynthetics.com.au/the-magic-of-combigrid-secugrid-reinforcement-for-pilling-platforms/

New Webinar on “Geotextile Filters: Concerns and Issues,” on April 10 2019
https://geosynthetic-institute.org/gsi23description.pdf

How Turf Reinforcement Mats (TRMS) Can Cut Projects Costs in Half (Global Synthetics Sponsored Content)
https://globalsynthetics.com.au/how-turf-reinforcement-mats-trms-can-cut-projects-costs-in-half/

ATARFIL Geomembranes Attending World Mining Russia
23-25 April 2019, Moscow, Russia
https://www.atarfil.com/noticia/mining-world-russia/

Factor of Safety of Geosynthetic-Reinforced Slope in Unsaturated Soils
https://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/%28ASCE%29GM.1943-5622.0001399

Long-Term Field Performance of Geosynthetics in Pavement Subgrades in Virginia
https://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/9780784482124.026

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

Warning Over Fake Canadian Geosynthetics Conference
https://waset.org/conference/2020/08/vancouver/ICGACE

Experimental and Numerical Assessment of Geogrid-EPS Geofoam Systems for Protecting Buried Utilities
https://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/jgein.19.00013

An Irrefutable Case for Case Histories: Seismic Design of Municipal Solid Waste Landfills
https://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/9780784482162.013

Capacity Restoration and Slope Stabilization of the Gull Island Confined Disposal Facility
https://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/9780784482070.002

Effect of Temperature on Mechanical Performance and Resistivity of a New Sensor-Enabled Geosynthetic Material
https://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/%28ASCE%29MT.1943-5533.0002698

Evaluation of GCL and Geomembrane Characteristics on Failure Modes and Critical Shear Strength of GCL/Geomembrane Composite Systems
https://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/9780784482087.032

Lessons Learned Regarding Exit Strategies from Geosynthetic Drainage Composites
https://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/9780784482087.034

Use of Tactile Pressure Sensors to Measure Lateral Pressures at the Face of Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil Piers
https://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/9780784482087.019

Evaluation of Composite Subgrade Reaction Modulus of Geosynthetic-Stabilized Recycled Subbase over Subgrade
https://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/9780784482148.022

Experimental Study on a Geosynthetic-Reinforced Sand Fill over Marine Clay with or without Deep Cement Mixed Soil Columns under Different Loadings
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2467967418300485

Sorption of Chlorophenols on Geotextile of the Geosynthetic Clay Liners
http://www.eeer.org/journal/view.php?number=1031


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