March 2020 Vol. 1

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NEWSMAKERS: * AGRU * Atarfil * ASTM * Brendan Swifte * Concrete Canvas™ * CrossFilm™ * Eric Blond * ExcelPlas * Marc Amtsberg  * PTFE * TCI * TenCate 

Atarfil Australia Announcement (Breaking News)
http://cloud.excelplas.com/s/MEpy8AzF5DJCCtI#pdfviewer

Eric Blond Consultant Launches Website (Breaking News)
https://www.ericblond.com/ 

New Hollywood Movie on PFAS Contamination Hits the Screens (Breaking News)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvAOuhyunhY 

ASTM Committee D35 Member and Ex Golder Associates Geosynthetics Engineer Tim Bauters Dies in Snowboarding Accident
https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2020/02/2nd-snowboarder-dies-within-days-in-mt-hood-meadows-heather-canyon.html

GoFundMe Link to Benefit Tim Bauters’ Family
https://gf.me/u/xk66sr 

Geosynthetics Podcast with Brendan Swifte who has led Geofabrics Australasia for the Past 15 Years (Interview Series)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ol9xzKKVLM&feature=share 

New Movie Based on PFAS Contamination of Ground Water in USA (Breaking News)
https://www.theage.com.au/culture/movies/can-dark-waters-change-the-world-mark-ruffalo-hopes-so-20200224-p543th.html 

World’s Most Chemically Resistant Geomembrane
The PTFE Liner for most aggressive applications with unparalleled chemical resistance provided by CrossFilm™
http://cloud.excelplas.com/s/e17XMW1S8ERKbpW

After 7 Years AGRU High Temperature Resistant (PE-HTR) Geomembrane is Still Successfully in Operation at NZ Power Station Where it is Used to Contain Hot Water up to 100 °C
https://www.agru.at/en/applications/lining-systems/high-temperature-resistant-htr-geomembranes/

Protecting a Mine Leachate Spillway with Concrete Canvas™ (GCCM)
http://cloud.excelplas.com/s/tJVpMTXbyuqPcYX

Tencate Mirafi Presentation:Use of Geosynthetics for Site Civil Application (Wed, March 18, 2020)
Patti Murray Chen, P.E.- Engineering Business Manager, TenCate
Steve Klotz – Engineered Structures Region Manager , TenCate
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tencate-mirafi-presentationuse-of-geosynthetics-for-site-civil-application-tickets-97413015953

Geosynthetics Used for Antarctic Cell for Contaminated Soil
http://www.antarctica.gov.au/news/2020/fuel-munching-microbes-clean-up-antarctica 

Wind Tunnel Study of ClosureTurf Landfill Final Cover System
https://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/9780784482797.063 

Reliability Based Design Charts for Spatially Variable MSW Landfill Slopes
https://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/9780784482797.068 

ExcelPlas Geosynthetics Testing – WE KNOW POLYMERS, WE KNOW TESTING!
https://www.excelplas.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Excelplas-A4-Brochure-2pp-Geosynthetics-NTs.pdf 

Effect of Using Geosynthetics in Mitigation of Freeze-Thaw through Numerical Analysis
https://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/9780784482810.046 

Comparisons of Geotextile-Water Characteristic Curves for Wicking and Non-Wicking Geotextiles
https://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/9780784482797.061 

Landfill Slope Stability Improvement Incorporating Reinforcements
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/10/5/1572/pdf 

Special Issue “Sustainability in Geotechnics: The Use of Environmentally Friendly Materials”
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability/special-issues/sustainability-geotechnics 

ExcelPlas Laboratories Melbourne offer analysis services for the chemical identification and quantification of polymer additives in Geomembranes
Reverse Formulation, Deformulation of Plastics and Polymer Compounds – Over 25 years Experience in Polymer Analysis
https://www.excelplas.com/

Cabot Black Masterbatch for Geomembranes Significantly Boosts Heat and UV Stability of HDPE
http://cloud.excelplas.com/index.php/s/6jeYLf8Cm5Bs5km

 


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