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AmazonSmile promotion

If you shop on Amazon, be sure to take advantage of the AmazonSmile promotion. From March 12–31, 2018, AmazonSmile will triple the donation amount to 1.5 percent to Industrial Fabrics Foundation. Go to smile.amazon.com/ch/52-2164483. For additional details about the promotion, click here

By |2018-03-22T00:17:51-05:00March 22, 2018|

Jules Duguay appointed vice president, Serge Ferrari Americas

Flexible composite material technology supplier Serge Ferrari has named Jules Duguay as vice president, Serge Ferrari Americas. A more than 20-year industry veteran, Duguay will lead business operations in North, Central, and South America. Duguay joins Serge Ferrari after spending 13 years in the textile industry, where he was responsible for managing a multi-million dollar [...]

By |2018-03-21T00:00:12-05:00March 21, 2018|

GMA meets with White House to discuss infrastructure a second time

On Tuesday, March 15, 2018, the Geosynthetic Materials Association (GMA) met with White House senior staff to discuss President Donald J. Trump’s “Legislative Outline for Rebuilding Infrastructure in America.” The leaders of GMA’s executive council emphasized the innovative and transformative benefits of geosynthetic products and the role geosynthetics can play in helping the administration achieve the [...]

By |2018-04-18T15:12:49-05:00March 20, 2018|

March is National Ladder Safety Month!

March is National Ladder Safety Month. The American Ladder Institute (ALI) highlights these workplace statistics to bring awareness to the importance of the safe use of ladders in the workplace: · $5.50 billion is spent on workplace falls from working at heights. · Falls from height are the third most common disabling workplace injury. · [...]

By |2018-03-20T06:42:02-05:00March 20, 2018|

SCS Engineers promotes Quinn to national expert on solid waste finance and rate studies

Vita Quinn, SCS Engineers National Expert on Solid Waste Finance and Rate Studies. Photo courtesy of SCS Engineers On March 13, 2018, SCS Engineers announced it had promoted Vita Quinn, MBA, to the company’s national expert on solid waste finance and rate studies. Quinn came to SCS with 12 years of experience as [...]

By |2018-03-14T10:07:12-05:00March 14, 2018|

Propex launches online course on engineered earth armoring

Propex GeoSolution’s Engineering Services team is offering the free online course “Engineered Earth Armoring Solutions: An Alternative to Rock Riprap.” Those who complete the course, taught by Drew Loizeaux, engineering services manager at Propex, will earn earn 3 PDH credits. Propex said learning objectives of the course include how to determine the hydraulic performance of [...]

By |2018-03-13T13:38:43-05:00March 13, 2018|

WL Gore launches Silicon Valley innovation hub

WL Gore has announced the establishment of an Innovation Centre in California’s Silicon Valley district, an area known for its abundance of high-tech start-ups and venture capital companies. The new 11,000-square-foot facility will offer start-ups the chance to collaborate with Gore scientists on a range of advanced materials science challenges. The purpose is to help start-ups [...]

By |2018-03-08T08:43:16-06:00March 13, 2018|

CORT Party Rental acquires Choice Linens of Seattle, Wash.

CORT Party Rental, a division of CORT, a Berkshire Hathaway Company, has acquired Choice Linens LLC of Seattle, Wash. A provider of fine linen rentals for 25 years, Choice Linens is known in the Seattle area for its trendsetting designs and outstanding service. “Choice Linens has been the ‘go to’ for high-quality, unique fabrics in [...]

By |2018-03-12T00:00:55-05:00March 12, 2018|

11th International Conference on Geosynthetics (11ICG) early registration deadline is March 30

The early registration deadline is March 30, 2018, for the 11th International Conference on Geosynthetics (11ICG) at Coex in Seoul, South Korea, from Sept. 16–21, 2018. 11ICG will be hosted by the Korean Geosynthetics Society (KGSS), the IGS Korea Chapter. The conference is expecting more than 1,000 experts from some 100 countries. Under the theme [...]

By |2018-03-09T00:00:43-06:00March 9, 2018|

TRI Environmental opens registration for geosynthetics short courses in Texas

On March 7, 2018, TRI Environmental opened registration for Training Week, May 7–11, 2018, in Austin, Texas. The company simultaneously announced it had added a new course to the week’s geosynthetics training and certification line-up, “Slope Stability of Containment Systems: Understanding Issues Related to Design and Interface Friction Testing.” The company said the short courses [...]

By |2018-03-09T00:00:29-06:00March 9, 2018|
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