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Fabricated Geomembrane Institute to stage webinar on textured geomembrane/nonwoven geotextile interfaces

Photograph courtesy of Layfield Group Ltd. The Fabricated Geomembrane Institute (FGI) will present a webinar, “Behavior of Textured Geomembrane–Nonwoven Geotextile Interfaces,” on Jan. 13, 2022, beginning at noon CST. The webinar is free for industry professionals and students, and 1 professional development hour (PDH) is available. The webinar will provide insight into the post-peak strength [...]

By westonjohnson|2022-01-03T01:40:00-06:00January 3, 2022|

Fabricated Geomembrane Institute issues guideline for desert installation of fabricated geomembrane panels

Fabricated geomembranes at a lithium mine in Chile. Photograph courtesy of the Fabricated Geomembrane Institute The Fabricated Geomembrane Institute (FGI) has issued this guideline to provide recommendations for installation and maintenance of fabricated geomembrane panels in desert environments, such as desert mining applications in North and South America. Guidelines for deploying geomembranes in elevated temperature [...]

By westonjohnson|2021-12-28T01:07:00-06:00December 28, 2021|

Fabricated Geomembrane Institute to host webinar on using geomembranes for coal ash

Photograph courtesy of the Fabricated Geomembrane Institute The Fabricated Geomembrane Institute (FGI) will sponsor a free webinar, “Use of Geomembranes in CCR Landfills,” on Nov. 11, at noon CDT. Watching the webinar carries 1 professional development hour (PDH). This presentation will cover the use of geomembranes in providing base liners for coal combustion residuals (CCR [...]

By westonjohnson|2021-11-01T08:17:38-05:00November 1, 2021|

FGI to host webinar on geosynthetics and stability for heap leaching and tailings dams

Photograph courtesy of the Fabricated Geomembrane Institute The Fabricated Geomembrane Institute (FGI) will sponsor a free webinar, “Lifetime Predictions of Nonexposed and Exposed Geosynthetics,” on Sept. 30, at 11 a.m. CDT. The webinar will discuss the use of geosynthetics and bottom liner systems in heap leach pads and tailings storage areas. This is important because tailing ponds [...]

By westonjohnson|2021-09-16T01:28:00-05:00September 16, 2021|

Fabricated Geomembrane Institute offering sponsorships on webinars

The Fabricated Geomembrane Institute (FGI) is now offering an opportunity for member companies to sponsor upcoming FGI webinars. The FGI webinars have become popular in the geosynthetics and geotechnical engineering community. FGI is drawing hundreds of registrants to its live webinars each month, while presenting innovative technical content. To sponsor a webinar, please visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2021-fgi-webinar-sponsorship-tickets-133145231973. Webinar Sponsorship includes the following: [...]

By westonjohnson|2021-08-02T01:54:00-05:00August 2, 2021|

FGI holds biennial meeting and introduces officers, board

By Timothy D. Stark and Jennifer Miller The Fabricated Geomembrane Institute (FGI) held its Biennial Membership Meeting on Feb. 24, during the 2021 Virtual Geosynthetics Conference. The meeting was attended by 26 people. During the membership meeting, the newly elected FGI officers and board of directors were introduced to begin their two-year terms. Before introducing [...]

By westonjohnson|2021-03-11T19:16:37-06:00March 11, 2021|

Impermeable geomembrane for a Baltimore reservoir cofferdam

Druid Hill Reservoir is a one-billion-gallon (55-acre) potable water storage reservoir that supplies Baltimore, Md., and surrounding counties. Druid Hill Reservoir was constructed between 1863 and 1871 and is one of the largest earthen dammed lakes in North America. In 1971 it was named a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of [...]

By westonjohnson|2021-02-22T22:07:41-06:00February 22, 2021|

FGI to host webinar on geomembrane attachment and penetration design and installation

The Fabricated Geomembrane Institute (FGI) will sponsor a webinar, “Geomembrane Attachment and Penetration Design and Installation,” on February 4, at 11 a.m. CST. The webinar is free to industry professional and students, and 1 PDH is available. The webinar will provide an overview of industry norms for sealing and attaching of geomembrane liners to pipe [...]

By westonjohnson|2021-01-21T14:53:21-06:00January 21, 2021|

FGI offers webinar on the Yeager Airport RSS failure

The Fabricated Geomembrane Institute (FGI) will sponsor a webinar, “Yeager Airport RSS Failure: Forensic Limit Equilibrium and FLAC Analyses,” on Jan. 14, 2021, at Noon CST. The webinar is free to industry professionals and students, and 1.0 professional development hour (PDH) is available. This webinar will discuss the forensic limit equilibrium and continuum deformation analyses used [...]

By westonjohnson|2020-12-15T19:48:14-06:00December 15, 2020|

FGI to host webinar on floating cover systems

The Fabricated Geomembrane Institute (GSI) will sponsor a webinar, “Floating Cover Systems for Reservoirs and Ponds,” on Feb. 27, at 4 p.m. CST. This webinar will discuss the different types of floating cover systems available for various reservoirs and ponds. In particular, this webinar will discuss the design, factory fabrication, installation, operation and maintenance of [...]

By westonjohnson|2020-01-31T18:00:09-06:00January 31, 2020|

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