Geosynthetics magazine, an ATA publication serving the geosynthetics industry, has launched a new website. The site features the current issue of the magazine, up-to-date geosynthetics news, a blog and two years of previously published content, along with PDFs of older issues. New issues of the magazine will be uploaded on the first of every other [...]
Mirafi® MiraGreen™ D is a nonwoven drainage geotextile comprised of 30 percent (LEED calculated) recycled content, for site drainage applications that require a reliable product, as well as one that reduces dependence on virgin petroleum-based resins. The lightweight nonwovens are predominantly used for subsurface drainage applications along highways, green roofs, athletic fields and within embankments [...]
TenCate™ Industrial Fabrics has appointed Lancer Textiles, Elkin Park, Pa., as master distributor of its products to customers seeking small quantities, infrequent orders or special converting, such as slitting or re-rolling. Customers unable to meet the minimum order quantity now have access to the same first-quality products, allowing TenCate to expand its market. Lancer Textiles [...]
Geosynthetics-lined ‘floating trail’ protects and displays rejuvenated blanket bog at Cuilcagh By Shelby Gonzalez Introduction: Bringing a bog back to life In the late 1980s, the blanket bog on the slopes of Cuilcagh Mountain in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, was in bad shape. Years of overgrazing, mechanized peat harvesting, and other mistreatment had damaged the [...]
History, performance, and design of geotextiles in levees: A report from New Orleans. By Jody Dendurent and Mark Woodward Editor’s note: Part 1 of this 2-part series ran in the April/May issue of Geosynthetics. Following the Abstract and Introduction below, Part 2 concludes with sections 3, 4, and 5 of this manuscript. Abstract Geotextiles are [...]
Energy and waste-disposal companies recognize that landfills aren’t burial sites for garbage, but reactors in which gases produced by decomposing waste can be used for energy production. Republic Services Inc., Phoenix, Az., a national waste-management company, incorporates biogas-to-energy recovery systems into many of its 213 landfills. In San Antonio, Texas, Republic Services is taking energy [...]
History, performance, and design of geotextiles in levees: A report from New Orleans. By Jody Dendurent and Mark Woodward Abstract Geotextiles are a key element in building levees that will survive catastrophic storms. The geotextile-reinforced earthen levees in New Orleans performed remarkably well during Hurricane Katrina in August 2005. With the current focus on updating [...]
Typar®, a geotextile fabric that cuts construction and maintenance costs, is used in unpaved and paved roads, parking lots, industrial yards, subsurface drains, erosion control, landfills, recreation facilities and waste handling systems. Biobarrier® root control fabric offers guaranteed protection against root damage to landscapes and hardscapes, but costs only pennies per square foot per month. [...]
Aspect Environmental Lining Ltd., Frankton, New Zealand, has seen a decline in demand for decorative pond liners and agricultural manure basins; at the same time, lining installations for heavy construction work and landfill cells remain a strong business. Possible reasons for the demand shifts: in tough economic times, decorative ponds may be expendable, and bio-gas [...]
Beef producers in southwest Iowa asked Iowa State University (ISU) Extension specialists about shelters that would keep cattle out of mud, under a roof, and in an environment that would preclude manure run-off. In summer 2005, Shawn Shouse, ISU Extension field engineer, launched a study of hoop shelters with a 50- by 120-foot building on [...]
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