October 2020 Vol. 8

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GNA – The Most Widely Read Online Geosynthetics Publication
Reaching more Players in the Geosynthetic Industry 


NEWSMAKERS: * BBA * ExcelPlas * Fabtech * Geofabrics * GNA * Golder * GSI * Huesker * Layfield * Propex * Swinburne * Teneo * Tensar * VISY

INDUSTRY NEWS

Breaking News – Geofabrics Partners with Visy to Drive a No Waste Circular Economy for PET
https://getthewordout.com.au/press-release/press-release-geofabrics-partners-with-visy-to-drive-a-no-waste-circular-economy-for-PET/

Additive Expert Joe Webster Develops Novel Stabilizers for Geosynthetics
http://stabilization-technologies.com/technologies/

New State-of-the-Art Geosynthetics Testing Laboratory Commissioned in Australia
http://cloud.excelplas.com/s/tQUZoCGhkhEdpeE#pdfviewer​

Siamak Paulson Joins ADE Consulting Group as GEO Business Unit Leader
https://ade.group/

Huesker Receives Three BBA Technical Approval Certificates
https://www.bbacerts.co.uk/publications/guidance/qr-codes/huesker-synthetic-gmbh/

Tensar Receives Two BBA Technical Approval Certificates
https://www.bbacerts.co.uk/publications/guidance/qr-codes/tensar-international-limited/

Propex GeoSolutions Receives Awards for Sustainability
https://geosyntheticsmagazine.com/2020/10/23/propex-geosolutions-receives-awards-for-sustainability-and-innovative-collaboration/

Golder Report on Monitoring Volatile Organic Compounds from Sunshine Landfill
https://sunshinelandfill.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/VOC-Report-67.pdf

QLD Government Publishes Engineering Consultants Prequalification Status
https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/-/media/busind/techstdpubs/Contract/Engineering-Consultants/Consultant-Prequalification-Status.pdf?la-en

GOLDER Final Report on South African Coal Mine Waste Management
https://www.golder.com/download/957/exxaro-coal-mine-grootegeluk-ba-and-wml-closure-of-dd/82137/1528677-324137-12-rep-bawml-closure-dd45-final-report-vol-1.pdf

Thermal Imaging of Large Floating Covers
https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/12/20/3455/pdf

GCLs

Hydraulic Conductivity of Bentonite-Polymer Composite Geosynthetic Clay Liners Permeated with Bauxite Liquor
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0266114420301230

Experimental Study on the Permeability and Self-healing Capacity of Geosynthetic Clay Liners in Heavy Metal Solutions
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0266114420301205

Experimental Investigation on Methane Advection and Diffusion in Geosynthetic Clay Liners
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0266114420301266

GEOGRIDS

Experimental Investigations on Pullout Behaviour of HDPE Geogrid under Static and Dynamic Loading
https://www.hindawi.com/journals/amse/2020/5408064/

Effect of Binder Rates and Geogrid Characteristics on the Shear Bond Strength of Reinforced Asphalt Interfaces
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0950061820332967

Study on the Stability of the Geogrid-Reinforced Earth Slope under the Coupling Effect of Rainfall and Earthquake [PDF]
http://downloads.hindawi.com/journals/mpe/2020/5182537.pdf

UPCOMING WEBINARS

Title: Lessons Learned from Forensic Investigation of Yeager Airport Reinforced Soil Slope Failure (5 November, 2020)
https://www.ice.org.uk/events/lesson-learnt-yeager-airport-slope-failure-webinar

Huesker – The Many Faces of Reinforced Soil Structures 
https://www.igs-uk.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/IGS-YGG-November-Flyer.pdf

GSI to Host Webinar on QA/QC of Waste Containment Systems (4 November 2020)
https://geosyntheticsmagazine.com/2020/10/21/gsi-to-host-webinar-on-qa-qc-of-waste-containment-systems-2/

JOBS

Teneo Seeking Site Civil Engineer for Geosynthetic installation Project in QLD
https://www.seek.com.au/job/50834005?type=standard


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