News and Articles
Gabion Walls Support Foundation Platform at Ocean Sky
In the construction of the foundation platform for a luxury housing development in Elche (Alicante), Spain, several gravity retaining walls were required. The complex was built on elevated ground and the walls were needed to properly contain the structural fill on which the foundation would lean. Gabion walls from Maccaferri were selected. The deve...
Reflections on the IGS Technical Committee Workshops in Munich
Dr. George Koerner, Director of the Geosynthetic Institute, published a very nice report from the Internationa...
ASTM International Awards Honor GSI and Robeson
During the twice-yearly ASTM Committee Weeks, various standards committees and subcommittees recognize key con...
Reinforcing Megastructure Foundations with Geosynthetics
The 74m-high reinforced soil structure at the Sikkim Airport (India) is one of the largest geosynthic megastru...
11ICG Extends Pre-Registration Rate to July 30
The 11th International Conference on Geosynthetics (11ICG) will be held 16 – 21 September 2018 at the COEX in ...
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...