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FGI presents engineering innovation for outstanding project award to Hull & Associates

The Fabricated Geomembrane Institute (FGI) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign presented two Fabricated Geomembrane Engineering Innovation Awards during its biennial membership meeting in Houston, Texas, on Feb. 12, 2019, at the 2019 Geosynthetics Conference. The second award, the 2019 Engineering Innovation Award for Outstanding Fabricated Geomembrane Project, was presented to Hull & Associates [...]

By ATA|2019-04-12T08:40:42-05:00April 12, 2019|

FGI presents engineering innovation award to York

The Fabricated Geomembrane Institute (FGI) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign presented two Fabricated Geomembrane Engineering Innovation Awards during its biennial membership meeting in Houston, Texas on Feb. 12, 2019, during the 2019 Geosynthetics Conference. The first, the 2019 Engineering Innovation Award for Specifying Fabricated Geomembranes, was presented to J. C. York, P.E., of [...]

By ATA|2019-04-17T15:57:19-05:00April 12, 2019|

IFAI will present webinars on California Prop 65

The Advanced Textiles Association (ATA) will host a two-part webinar entitled “California Proposition 65—1986 to Today: What You Need to Know Even after All These Years” on January 29 and February 5, beginning at 1 pm EST each day. California’s Proposition 65, also known as the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act (or, more simply, Prop [...]

By IFAI|2019-01-15T14:47:04-06:00January 15, 2019|

Geosynthetics Conference 2019 prices increase soon

Time is running out to save on your Geosynthetics Conference 2019 registration and hotel. Register for the conference by Jan. 13 to save up to $100 and book your hotel by Jan. 18 to receive the group discounted rate. Don't miss out on the opportunity to participate in new conversations and valuable networking with 1,300 plus industry leaders [...]

By IFAI|2019-01-03T14:54:31-06:00January 3, 2019|

Modeling demonstrates benefit of geogrid-reinforced aggregate base

Improved modeling of geogrid for use with the Minnesota Department of Transportation’s pavement design software, MnPAVE Flexible, will allow pavement designers to simulate field tests of stiffness and resiliency in pavements over bases with and without geogrid. The department, known as MnDOT, is using modeling results from a recent study to develop a design input that quantifies the [...]

By IFAI|2018-12-21T10:21:40-06:00December 21, 2018|

GSI to host short course on QA/QC in waste containment, GMA members get discounted rates

The Geosynthetic Institute (GSI) will sponsor a short course “Quality Assurance/Quality Control of Geosynthetics in Waste Containment Facilities,” Jan. 14–16, 2019, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 3:30 pm EST. Geosynthetic Materials Association (GMA) member companies and their employees receive discounted rates on all GSI webinar and short course registrations. This [...]

By IFAI|2019-01-08T08:31:21-06:00December 20, 2018|

GSI to host webinar on pond liners, GMA members get discounted rates

The Geosynthetic Institute (GSI) will sponsor a webinar “Pond Liner Design and Performance,” on Jan. 10, 2019, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. EDT. GMA member companies and their employees receive discounted rates on all GSI webinar and short course registrations. The first ponds lined with geomembranes were installed in the 1930s. That said, the [...]

By IFAI|2018-12-18T14:38:20-06:00December 18, 2018|

FGI offers webinar on shear testing

The Fabricated Geomembrane Institute (FGI) will sponsor a free webinar “Geosynthetic Interface Shear Testing,” on Jan. 22, 2019, from noon to 1 p.m. CDT. In this presentation, Robert Swan of Drexel University will discuss the different methods of measuring geosynthetic interface shear strength, describe industry standard test methods and explore the accreditation process for laboratories [...]

By IFAI|2018-12-17T14:47:44-06:00December 17, 2018|

FGI is making free six-part short course available to public

The Fabricated Geomembrane (FGI) is releasing the presentations from the Aug. 3 “Geosynthetics in Civil Engineering Applications” short course as a six-part webinar series. Three webinars have been released, and three more will be released in the next few weeks. The webinars and release dates are: “Service Life of Geomembranes” by R. Kerry Rowe (9/11/18) “Testing [...]

By IFAI|2018-10-23T07:56:22-05:00October 16, 2018|

Owens Corning to present webinar on geosynthetic leachate reduction

Owens Corning will host a free webinar “Geosynthetic Solutions for Waste Facility Leachate Reduction” on Oct. 11 from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. CDT. The webinar will be taught by Andy Durham, senior geosynthetics engineer with Owens Corning. Managing landfills and waste disposal sites is challenging, especially as environmental regulations seem to constantly change. Geosynthetic [...]

By IFAI|2018-10-08T14:44:48-05:00October 9, 2018|

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