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Presto GEOWEB slope protection with ATRA Tendon Clips

In North Yorkshire, U.K., 20 months of work has been completed by Balfour Beatty on a $21 million (£16 million) scheme to stabilize the cliff between Scarborough Spa and the Esplanade on Scarborough’s South Cliff. Installing the GEOWEB Geocell Soil Retention System The South Cliff Slope Stabilization Scheme involved piling along the rear of the [...]

By |2020-12-15T16:19:07-06:00December 15, 2020|

Lake Francis Dam maintenance with GCCM

By Kurt Chirbas Installing the GCCM at Lake Francis Dam The Yuba Water Agency in Yuba County, Calif., was established in 1959 to reduce flood risk and provide a sustainable water supply to the people of the region. Yuba County has historically endured devastating floods, due in part to Gold Rush-era hydraulic mining practices that [...]

By |2020-12-11T14:20:51-06:00December 11, 2020|

Modest declines expected in 2021 transportation construction market, according to ARTBA

The U.S. transportation construction market is expected to shrink 5.5 percent next year, driven primarily by the severe economic recession caused by the coronavirus pandemic, according to the American Road and Transportation Builders Association’s (ARTBA’s) annual forecast. Overall, the value of work is expected to drop from $294.2 billion in 2020 to $278.1 billion in [...]

By |2020-12-11T07:36:08-06:00December 11, 2020|

Publishing opportunity: Geosynthetics experts invited to send case studies

Geosynthetics magazine is encouraging industry experts to submit innovative case studies and other news for publication consideration. Geosynthetics delivers technical information for engineers, specifiers, landscape architects, government agencies, academics and installers. This publishing opportunity is extended to geosynthetics experts who possess solutions and case study content that will help readers drive projects forward. The articles [...]

By |2020-11-04T08:25:18-06:00November 2, 2020|

Ground improvements using geofoam: A case history

By Javaid M. Alvi, Ph.D., and Jahangir J. Kabir, Ph.D., P.E The project site is a triangular-shaped property located at the intersection of Raleigh Avenue and West Liberty Avenue in the Borough of Dormont, Allegheny County, Pa. (Figure 1). The site housed two Nissan buildings, one with a showroom at the top floor and the [...]

By |2020-10-15T09:18:03-05:00October 14, 2020|

The urgent call for PPE

Manufacturers new to PPE face challenges in supply chains and specs. by Janet Preus The rapid spread of the coronavirus was accompanied by an urgent call for personal protective equipment (PPE), particularly face masks. There were plenty of manufacturers who wanted to join the effort to provide PPE, but they had never made these products [...]

By |2020-04-09T07:24:14-05:00April 9, 2020|

Geosynthetics Conference 2021 Call for Proposals and Abstracts Now Open

ROSEVILLE, MN – Proposals and abstracts are now being accepted for Geosynthetics Conference 2021. Submissions include short course, workshop, training lecture, technical session and panel discussion proposals, as well as abstract submissions for technical papers of all types. Submissions will be accepted through May 1, 2020.  The 2021 Geosynthetics Conference takes place Feb. 21–24, 2021 in Kansas [...]

By |2020-03-31T11:52:02-05:00March 31, 2020|

Taking action

The textile industry moves quickly to provide critical supplies to fight COVID-19. This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (yellow)—also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19—isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells (blue/pink) cultured in the lab. Photo: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases – Rocky [...]

By |2020-03-30T13:57:34-05:00March 30, 2020|

Overcoming expansive soils with Tensar’s TriAx Geogrid

Expansion: it’s a win for communities when roads reach out and connect people to business, resources and formerly rural areas. But another form of expansion—soil that expands when water is added and shrinks when it dries out—can thwart this progress by making it hard to economically build and maintain long-lasting roads. “Expansive soil” is in [...]

By |2019-11-13T07:37:55-06:00November 13, 2019|
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