Massive Fire at Tensar’s Geogrid Factory

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Massive Blaze at Tensar’s Geogrid Factory – Major Damage Reported

Tensar Issues Update After Huge Fire

China’s COSCO Shipping Accused of Contaminating Beach with Geotextile Geo-Tubes

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Evaluating the Impact of Hollow Spheres Floating Covers on Evaporation Reduction and Water Salinity Control in Reservoirs [PDF]

Australian Dredging Contracting Making Significant Progress with Installation of Geotextile Bags Tuvalu Coastal Protection Project
The contractor has dredged over 14,000 cubic metres of sand from the lagoon and filled 125 geotextile bags

International Man of Geomembranes Boyd Ramsey Presenting IGS Webinar on Sustainability of Geosynthetics

Boyd Ramsey’s Views on ‘PFAS and Geomembrane Lifespan’

Maccaferri Provides Retaining Wall Solution with Paragrid™ 30/15 Polyester Geogrid to Create Split Level Car Park

Revolutionary Geosynthetic Drainage Cell iglube™ Developed by Southern Geosynthetics Supplies (SGS)
See SGS iglube Dunstan’s Reserve Project” from Wayne Alexander on Vimeo

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The Filtration Mechanism and Micro-observation of Soil-Geotextile Systems under Cyclic Flows

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Improving the Punching Capacity of Footings using Geocell, Geogrid and Granular Soil Replacement

Connection Failure Between Reinforcement and Facing in Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil Bridge Abutments

Direction Dependent Interface Shear Resistance of Structured Surfaces in Sandy Soils Under Monotonic Loading

Enhancing Airport Pavement Performance with Geogrids Using Finite Element Method, Case study of Al-Najaf International Airport Runway

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