News and Articles
PVDs for Soil Improvement: Projects in Egypt and Mexico
By Namrata Bichewar – Prefabricated vertical drains are geocomposite drainage materials with an inner core of polypropylene wrapped in a nonwoven geotextile filter fabric. TechFab’s TechDrain PVDs are jointless versions of this high-performing class of products. The brand is available in corrugated and fishbone varieties. All PVDs should have high ...
IGS North America Extends Service Award Nominations to December 3
The North American Chapter of the International Geosynthetics Society (IGS North America) has established an E...
Select Abstracts from the Berlin 2 Geomembrane Workshop
The Berlin 2 geomembrane workshop, held 26 September 2014 in Germany, gathered engineering experts from around...
Titan’s TE Geogrids and Reinforcement Growth Continues
The geosynthetics industry’s global growth has drawn the interest of an increasing number of market research o...
Mine Haul Roads on Composite Geogrids in Northern Ontario
Mines depend on consistent access for site safety, operational efficiency, and profitability. Delays in access...
Podcasts
PODCAST: Disturbed Land Reclamation with Tom Williams
In this episode of GeoTalk, we check in with Tom Williams, a 40-year veteran of disturbed land reclamation work, much of which has been in connection with mining. Mining activities are integral to the success of an enormous number of industries, and ...
PODCAST: The Rise of ClosureTurf® in Fin...
Landfill engineering has advanced significantly over the past 35 years. Geosynthetic lining, capping, and fina...
PODCAST: The Coming Wave of Biogeotechni...
Biogeotechnical engineering is adding enzymes, microbes, and much more to the engineer’s toolbox Geosynt...
PODCAST: The Push towards Reinvention in...
Many infrastructure applications rely upon geosynthetic barriers. Over time, we’ve seen the specification of 4...
How RUSLE2 Benefits Ag, Mining, Urban De...
Nearly 80 years of erosion data in the United States informs the massive RUSLE2 database, led by the US Depart...
Featured Events
ELL Seminar Series – The Dipole Method (Webinar)
When: April 24, 2018 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Where: Online Webinar The ELL Seminar Series continues! The International Geosynthetics Society North America chapter’s next webinar offering is April 24, when Abigail Gilson, M.S., P.E...
GeoMEast 2018 International Congress and...
When: November 24, 2018 – November 28, 2018 all-day Where: MENA House Hotel, Kafr Nassar, A...
Construction QA/QC of Compacted Clay Lin...
When: May 10, 2018 all-day Where: TRI Environmental, 9063 FM2244, Austin, TX 78733, USA ...
Construction QA/QC for Geosynthetic Inst...
When: May 9, 2018 all-day Where: TRI Environmental, 9063 FM2244, Austin, TX 78733, USA ...
Slope Stability of Containment Systems &...
When: May 7, 2018 – May 8, 2018 all-day Where: TRI Environmental, 9063 FM2244, Austin, TX 7...