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Cirtex video spotlights geotextiles in coastline protection

Cirtex engineer and video narrator Michael Sorensen. Photograph courtesy of Cirtex Cirtex, in Kopu, Thames, New Zealand, released a video on June 19, 2018, that showcases geotextiles used for filtration and erosion protection in coastline seawalls. Narrated by Cirtex civil and geotechnical engineer Michael Sorensen, the three-minute video takes the camera down below [...]

By |2018-06-21T08:22:42-05:00June 21, 2018|

Flowrox introduces all-in-one geotextile filtration and dewatering unit

Flowrox Geobag. Photograph courtesy Flowrox Oy On June 11, 2018, Flowrox Oy, headquartered in Lappeenranta, Finland, launched the Flowrox Geobag™, an all-in-one roll-off geotextile filtration and dewatering unit that consists of Flowrox’s high-performance Packaged Pumping System™ and the company’s LPP-T transfer pump to ensure chemical dosing ability and high-performance pumping. The product is [...]

By |2018-06-18T16:21:08-05:00June 18, 2018|

GSI to host webinar on geotextile tubes

The Geosynthetic Institute (GSI) will sponsor a webinar entitled “Applications and Design of Geotextile Tubes,” on Wednesday, June 13, 2018, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. EDT. Geotextile tubes are large factory-fabricated textile tubes with multiple access ports for introduction of infilled material, which is usually dredged and in slurry form. After an overview, a [...]

By |2018-06-11T14:14:01-05:00June 11, 2018|

Army Corps apportions funding for short-term natural disaster recovery projects

On May 21, 2018, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) announced short-term projects that it will complete with funding provided in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, signed into law Feb. 9, 2018. The act provides USACE a total of $17.398 billion in six appropriations accounts: Investigations; Construction; Mississippi River and Tributaries; Operation and [...]

By |2018-05-24T11:45:46-05:00May 24, 2018|

Hanes Geo Components acquires DDD Erosion Control

On May 21, 2018, Hanes Geo Components, of Winston-Salem, N.C., announced the company had reached an agreement to acquire DDD Erosion Control Inc. of Ashburn, Ga. "DDD Erosion Control is a leader in the manufacturing and distribution of Silt Fence, a core product segment for Hanes Geo Components," John Dowdell, president of Hanes Geo Components, [...]

By |2018-06-06T10:47:19-05:00May 22, 2018|

O-I chooses steel reinforced geosynthetic drainage improvements for a Texas landfill

In December 2017, Owens-Illinois, commonly known as O-I and one of the largest glassmakers in the world, took action to improve the drainage system for their glass container landfill situated near the company’s O-I Waco manufacturing facility in Waco, Texas, Contech Engineered Solutions said in a press release. The consulting engineer worked closely with the [...]

By |2019-01-22T11:55:00-06:00May 17, 2018|

SKAPS Industries acquires Matrix Composites

SKAPS Industries of Athens, Ga., completed an agreement on May 1, 2018, to acquire Matrix Composites of Henderson, Ky., and Seguin, Texas. The acquisition includes all Matrix Composites technologies, operations and assets, SKAPS said. Matrix Composites, Inc. was started in 1996 in Henderson to produce woven fiberglass fabrics, SKAPS said. Under the ownership of Don [...]

By |2018-05-16T11:35:38-05:00May 16, 2018|

Layfield Australia becomes exclusive Australian distributor for Seaman XR Geomembranes

Layfield Australia along with the Seaman Corp. announced May 11, 2018, that both parties have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), establishing Layfield as the exclusive distributor of Seaman’s XR® Geomembrane product line in Australia. Both companies have shared a mutually beneficial relationship in North America for more than 25 years, with Layfield fabricating and [...]

By |2018-05-14T14:22:36-05:00May 14, 2018|

GSI hosts webinar on MSE wall back drainage design

The Geosynthetic Institute (GSI) will sponsor a webinar entitled “MSE Wall Back Drainage Design,” on May 23, 2018, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. EDT. Within GSI’s database of 301 failed mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) walls reinforced with geogrids or geotextiles, 64% have failed due to water. Furthermore, 73% have been constructed with fine-grained silt [...]

By |2018-05-09T10:16:12-05:00May 9, 2018|

HUESKER releases video on SoilTain geotextile tubes for dewatering

HUESKER Group made public a YouTube video on the company’s SoilTain geotextile tubes for high-flow dewatering of waterlogged sediments and residues from mines, industrial plants, construction sites and sewage works, applications, the company said, that are often expensive and labor intensive if dewatering is not undertaken. The SoilTain dewatering tube is a technical textile containment [...]

By |2018-04-26T09:31:59-05:00April 26, 2018|
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