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1. GSE Awarded Patent for Hot Wedge for Welding Conductive Geomembrane Liner
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/9033620.pdf

2. Raven Engineered Films Launches New Geomembrane Product Line – HydraFlex™ Ultra
http://globenewswire.com/news-release/2015/05/20/737746/10135260/en/Raven-Industries-Engineered-Films-Division-Launches-New-Geomembrane-Product-Line.html

3. Golder Associates Design New Landfill for Sita at Allawuna Farm (WA)
http://www.der.wa.gov.au/images/documents/our-work/consultation/allawuna/Appendix_A_-_D100-D107_WORKS_APPROVAL.pdf

4. Landfill Cell Detailed Designs for Cell 1 and Cell 2 for Sita Allawuna Farm Landfill by Golder Associates
http://www.der.wa.gov.au/images/documents/our-work/consultation/allawuna/Appendix_B_-_D200-D243_WORKS_APPROVAL.pdf

5. Allawuna Farm Landfill works approval application (open until 1 June 2015)
http://www.der.wa.gov.au/our-work/consultation/260-allawuna-farm-landfill-works-approval-application-closes-1-june-2015

6. New Tender – Construction of Landfill Liner Containment Systems Gold Coast City Council – Closes 10 June 2015
https://www.lgtenderbox.com.au/tender/display/tender-details.do?id=4604&action=display-tender-details

7. Ten Cate Geotube Expert Coming to Melbourne to Present Seminar on ‘Geotube® Dewatering Technology’
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ynm0yfl048mbpak/GeoTubes%20seminar%20invitation%2005-15.pdf?dl=0

8. Global Synthetics and Naue to Run Multicomponent GCL Seminars by K. Rowe
https://www.engineersaustralia.org.au/portal/sites/default/files/events/2015/DONT-MISS-Multicomponent-GCL-SEMINARS-MAY-2015.pdf

9. AKS Release New Video on their Anchor Sheet Liner
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tKUp6R6JVg

10. New Australia Distributor of Pre-Fabricated Primary and Secondary Containment Liners & Geomembranes including XR-5
http://www.marsonindustries.com.au/liquid-containment-liners

11. Fabric Solutions Publishes Installation Guide for Geosynthetic Liners 
http://www.fabricsolutions.com.au/wp-content/downloads/Duradam_Dam_Liner_Installation_Guide.pdf

12. GSE Publishes Geomembrane Client List
http://www.gseworld.com/About-Us/Client-List/

13. Proforma Forms for Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Liners, Leachate Collection Systems, and Final Cover Systems
https://www.tceq.texas.gov/permitting/waste_permits/msw_permits/msw_liners_covers.html

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1. New GSI White Paper 32 focuses on GRI-GM13 for HDPE GMB and looks at the rationale and background
http://www.geosynthetica.net/wp-content/uploads/GSI_WhitePaper32_HDPEGeomembranes.pdf

2. What is UV Radiation Exposure and Heat doing to your HDPE Liner? (Free Download)
http://www.infrastructurene.ws/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2015/04/Msiza-J.-and-Shamrock-J.-90.pdf

3. Lessons Learned From Geotextile Filter Failures Under Challenging Field Conditions (New Paper)
Robert Koerner and George Koerner, Geotextiles and Geomembranes, Volume 43, Issue 3 June 2015, Pages 272–281
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0266114415000059

4. Geofabrics upload Video on Megaflo® Subsoil Drainage System
http://youtu.be/FCs8CIDYi7E

5. Geofabrics Announces Oasis Floating Covers is in its Range
http://www.geofabrics.com.au/products/products/62-oasis-floating-covers/overview

6. Multicomponent Geosynthetic Clay Liners – Adelaide Seminar – Tue 19 May 2015 – 9:00 am to 1:45 pm
https://www.engineersaustralia.org.au/events/multicomponent-geosynthetic-clay-liners-adelaide

7. Experimental study of the behaviour of different geosynthetics as anti-reflective cracking systems using a combined-load fatigue test (New Paper)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0266114415000266

8. New Position – Sales Engineer – Geosynthetics Penrose, Auckland, New Zealand
https://au.linkedin.com/jobs2/view/48957054?trk=jserp_job_details_text

9. Profile on Mark Van Schoten (Associate at Peter J Ramsay & Associates, Melbourne)
Mark has worked on multiple Audit reviews of the construction of liner systems at landfills and leachate ponds in Victoria
http://www.pjra.com.au/users/mark-van-schoten

10. Layfield Webinar Floating Cover Systems – Designs, Applications, Materials for Australia – June 18th, 2015
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?ca=f058eccf-390c-4c57-93d5-120df4bf3155&c=2ea1a7c0-f8b6-11e4-8f72-d4ae52843dc7&ch=309e3b10-f8b6-11e4-9023-d4ae52843dc7

11. Large Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil Wall Project in Greece
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V583ajCyyLU

12. Effect of Chlorine on Antioxidant and Stabilizer Depletion in HDPE Geomembranes (New Paper)
http://www.geoeng.ca/Directory/kerry%20Pub/2014%20Abdelaal%20and%20Rowe%2010ICG%2083%20Chlorine.pdf

13. New Report finds in Most Circumstances an Unreinforced 1200g Gas Geomembrane Will Not Survive the Construction Process Intact
http://mecconsultancy.com/ciria-735-recommendations/

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1. GRI GM-13 Raises the Bar on Stress Crack Resistance of HDPE Geomembranes to 500 hrs
http://www.geosynthetic-institute.org/grispecs/gm13.pdf

2. New Product – Oasis Floating Cover Geomembrane by Cooley with DuPont C3 Technology
https://www.dropbox.com/s/vb6bu3sakh1eng3/cooley_oasisfloatingcover_info%20_v1.pdf?dl=0

3. New Cooley EIA Oasis Geomembrane Training Course (9-10th June 2015 Adelaide)
http://www.geotest.net.au/#!NEW-COOLEY-EIA-OASIS-GEOMEMBRANE-WELDING-COURSE/cs2n/554c20d70cf2836c88248060

4. Raven Showcase their Exceptionally Flexible fPP Geomembranes
http://ravenefd.com/files/2614/3023/2465/Rufco_PP30-40_Metric.pdf

5. New Geomembrane Product – Excellent Multiaxial Performance of Cementitious Coating on Woven/Nonwoven Geotextile (tested by ExcelPlas)
https://youtu.be/xPzWqHkWBjk

6. Tension Creep Testing in Geomembranes (Technical Note)
http://agruamerica.com/blog/creep-testing/

7. New Coal Ash Geomembrane Cover System Exceeds EPA Guidelines for Coal Ash
http://www.gseworld.com/Applications/Coal-Ash/Coal-Ash-Cover-System/

8. URS Seeking Landfill Engineer with Geosynthetics Experience (Melbourne)
http://www.seek.com.au/job/28630326

9. McClure Earthmoving Secures Landfill Construction and Capping Projects in Western Victoria
Southern Grampian Shire Council – Capping of existing landfill site and construction of new cell and leachate pond, and Horsham Rural City Council – Capping of existing landfill site
http://mehmeh.net/projects/

10. Opportunity for Master of Engineering studies on Durability of Geomembranes (Monash University)
http://eng.monash.edu.au/data/events/2015/document/291phd-scholarships-gmb.pdf

11. Metallic Pollutant Removal in Leachates Extracted from Sediment by Smart Geotextiles
Ion exchange textiles (IET) by grafting carboxylic functions onto the surface of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) nonwoven fabrics in order to capture metals inleachates extracted from dredged sediment samples
https://www.erudit.org/revue/rseau/2015/v28/n1/1030006ar.html?vue=resume&mode=restriction

12. GTI Geomembrane Cover Contains Heat and Odour for Frozen Food Manufacturer
http://www.tpomag.com/online_exclusives/2015/05/gti_cover_contains_heat_and_odor_for_frozen_food_manufacturer_SC_001B0

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1. DDT Liners Wins 2015 IAGI’s Installation Award of Excellence (Congradulations from GNA!!)
DDT Liners Pty Ltd (Toowoomba QLD 4350, Australia) received the award for the Australian Pacific LNG Phase 1 Water Treatment Facilities – Reedy Creek. The project involved the lining of eight water storage and feed ponds over a period of almost 20 months.
http://www.iagi.org

2. EOI for Construction of Landfill Cell 09 Summerhill Waste Management Centre (NSW) – Contract No. 2015/359E 
http://www2.tenderlink.com/tender-search.php?category=2661×624&region=new-south-wales

3. RFT 08/15 Geosynthetic Closure Works and Rehabilitation of the Onslow Landfill (WA)
http://www.ashburton.wa.gov.au/building-planning/tenders/current-tenders

4. Observations of Bentonite Erosion from Solar-driven Moisture Migration in GCLs Covered Only by a Black Geomembrane (New Publication)
http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/content/article/10.1680/gein.14.00033

5. Call for Abstracts GeoAmericas 2016 Conference in Florida USA
http://www.geoamericas2016.org/wp-content/uploads/GeoAmericas2016_CallForAbstracts_web.pdf

6. AGL’s Dam Waste Plan Runs Flood Risk, Anti-CSG Group Says
http://www.theherald.com.au/story/3035120/agls-dam-waste-plan-risky-anti-cgs-group/

7. ExcelPlas seeking installation partners for GeoSeamTracker™ – tracking and recording RFID tags for geomembrane welds/seams
The tracking tags which are permanently inserted into the air channel of each geomembrane seam can be encoded with the history of the seam.The system allows installers and facility owners to retrieve full details relating to the MQA of the liner and the CQA of the seams as well as condition assessment information over the lifetime of the liner.A handheld reader similar to a metal detector can be used to identify the location and history of each geomembrane seams (even when buried) by walking around the perimeter of the lined installation.
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8. An HDPE lined pond after 10 years of service in Thailand (Publication)
By Ng H.B. GSE Lining Technology Co. Ltd., Thailand
http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:igs&volume=4&issue=1&article=004

9. TERANAP Bituminous geomembrane at Kittilä Gold Mine, Finland
http://www.icopal.com/Press/Products/Kittila-Gold-Mine.aspx

10. Are Geotextile Scour Protections of Offshore Wind Turbines a Source of Environmental Contaminants?
https://kuestenforschung.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/230415-poster-cww-2015-sturm-et-al.pdf

11. Special Collection of New Papers on GCLs (New Publications)
http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/content/issue/gein/22/1

12. AGRU Publishes Technical Note on Tension Creep Testing in Geomembranes
http://agruamerica.com/blog/creep-testing/

13. Geomembranes on Display at OzWater15 in Adelaide SA 12-14 MayAXTER SAS – Coletanche Bituminous Geomembranes, Geomembrane Technologies Inc. (GTI), Layfield Environmental Containment
http://www.ozwater.org/meet-our-exhibitors

14. Laboratory Studies on Granular Filters and Their Relationship to Geotextiles for Stormwater Pollutant Reduction (Free Paper)
www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/7/4/1595/pdf

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1. DDT Liners Announce New Leak Detection Capabilities
http://www.ddtliners.com.au/capabilities/leak-detection/

2. Geomembranes on Display at OzWater15 in Adelaide SA 12-14 May
AXTER SAS – Coletanche Bituminous Geomembrane, Geomembrane Technologies Inc. (GTI), Layfield Environmental Containment
http://www.ozwater.org/meet-our-exhibitors

3. Pond Lining Systems (PLS) having installed over 3 Mill sq/m of EPDM rubber liner in the past five years now to diversify into the HDPE market
Pond Lining Systems seeking HDPE Welder Installers
http://www.seek.com.au/job/28449052

4. New HDPE-lined Tailings Storage Facility planed for Majors Creek Gold Project situated approximately 60km southwest of Canberra
Knight-Piesold Consultants to Design New Tailings Dam for Gold Mine in NSW
http://www.unitymining.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/150326-Knight-Piesold-media-release-f.pdf

5. Golder Associates to Conduct Feasibility Study on Mount Morgan Lined Tailings Dam
http://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20150415/pdf/42xx01rv4j5kmc.pdf

6. Leak Detection on EPDM-lined Ponds – White Paper (Free Download)
http://firestonebpco.com/assets/2015/04/lining-white-paper-successful-leak-detection-epdm-lined-ponds-water-features.pdf

7. The Problem with Premature Hydration of GCLs (Technical Note)
http://www.cornerstoneeg.com/2015/04/01/premature-hydration-gcls-problem/

8. Effect of Chlorine on EPDM Rubber Geomembranes (Free Download)
http://firestonebpco.com/assets/2015/04/lining-white-paper-chlorine-epdm-rubber-membranes.pdf

9. Bituminous geomembrane for the Confinement of Solid Waste http://www.coletanche.com/en/application/protection-environnement/dechets-solides

10. ASTM Geosynthetics Standards Now Available for Free by using Hyperlink below
Simply type the 4 digit standard number twice into the 1234 spaces below
http://www.astm.org/FULL_TEXT/D1234/HTML/D1234.htm

11. ASTM D5199 Standard Test Method for Measuring the Nominal Thickness of Geosynthetics (Free Download)
http://www.astm.org/FULL_TEXT/D5199/HTML/D5199.htm

12. GTI Completes Cover Work for Tasmanian Treatment Plant Expansion Project
http://www.environmental-expert.com/news/cover-work-for-tasmanian-treatment-plant-expansion-project-478273

13. Geofabrics Seeking Sales Coordinator for Melbourne
http://www.seek.com.au/job/28554726

14. TenCate records a 20% increase in revenues in the first quarter of 2015
http://globenewswire.com/news-release/2015/04/23/727349/10130390/en/TenCate-trading-update-for-the-first-quarter-of-2015.html?print=1

15. Interface Frictional Property Between Sand and Geomembrane (New Publication)
http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-642-04460-1_104

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