May 2017 Vol. 13

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Monitoring of Floating Covers Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Failure of Melbourne Water Floating Cover due to Scum Bergs [PDF]
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877705817320556

Solmax Sets Up ‘Find an Installer’ Portal
https://www.solmax.com/en/find-an-installer

Robert M. Koerner Award and Lecture: Geosynthetic Successes Hidden in the Details (Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5vPCIBJwvU&feature=youtu.be

ISO TC 221 Geosynthetics to Vote on New Stress Cracking Standard for Geomembranes
ISO/DIS 24576  – Test Method for Determining the Resistance of Polymeric Geosynthetic Barriers to Environmental Stress Cracking (Vote Terminates 2017-07-12)
https://www.iso.org/files/live/sites/isoorg/files/news/magazine/ISOupdate/EN/2017/ISOupdate_May_2017.pdf

Lab Technicians who Tested Concrete Used for Bridge Arrested Over Falsifying Results  (Breaking News)
http://shanghaiist.com/2017/05/24/hk-zhuhai-macau-bridge-problems.php

New Research Published from University of Warwick and Loughborough University on Geosynthetics Role in Sustainable Infrastructure
For further info contact [email protected]
http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/10.1680/jgein.17.00014

Catfish Mini-Dredger (SlurryCat™) in Operation in HDPE-Lined Tailings Dam at Rio Tinto Gold Mine (Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haXL06hleFc

Presto Seeking Product Development Engineer in Geosynthetics
https://www.milwaukeejobs.com/job/detail/25256215/Innovation-Engineer?keywords=eeo

Tonkin+Taylor Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil (GRS) Bridge Design Makes Inroads in Sri Lanka
http://www.tonkintaylor.co.nz/news/2017/5/bridging-the-gap-in-sri-lanka/

Catfish Mini-Dredger (SludgeCat™) Cutter Pumps for Handling Stringy, Fibrous Contamination in Wastewater Treatment Ponds (Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p03d0Y9vwoM

Analysis of Interface Shear Damage to HDPE Geomembrane in Contact with Gravel Drainage Layer [PDF]
http://cloud.excelplas.com/index.php/s/dJMr5fFDLHEn0o6

Design and Set Up of Geosynthetic Reinforcement in the Case of Landfill Piggyback Expansion [PDF]
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Abdelkader_Abdelouhab/publication/312057458

GTI Structurally Supported Geomembrane Covers for Wastewater Applications (Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4FX08m8_EQ

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