Registration is open for waste containment system design seminar

WhenSept. 15–16, 2020WhereCrowne Plaza HotelSyracuse, N.Y. This technical training opportunity will provide attendees with a deeper working knowledge of surface and subsurface flows of stormwater impinging on landfill closures. This discussion will go beyond slope stabilization using the infinite slope formula. Various design approaches and details will be discussed to show how they either hinder [...]

By |2020-06-04T18:51:07-05:00June 4, 2020|

GMA to host spring Lobby Day in D.C. in May

The Geosynthetic Materials Association (GMA) will hold its spring Lobby Day in Washington, D.C., May 21–22. Lobby Day offers a chance to meet with congressional representative and their staffs to discuss the ways geosynthetics can help with priorities such as infrastructure, aviation and much more. Photograph courtesy GMA GMA continues to make significant strides toward [...]

By |2019-04-23T18:24:05-05:00April 23, 2019|

Gardner concludes his time as GMA chair, Chuck steps in

Former GMA executive council chair Keith Gardner (left) and new chair Fred Chuck Keith Gardner of Dalco Nonwovens LLC ended his term as chair of IFAI’s Geosynthetic Materials Association (GMA) executive council at a meeting of the council in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 13, 2018. GMA 1st vice chair, Fred Chuck, of HUESKER [...]

By |2018-11-20T14:30:40-06:00November 20, 2018|

GMA announces Waste Containment System Design technical seminar in Syracuse in April

On March 7, 2018, the Geosynthetic Materials Association (GMA) announced the opening of registration for a technical seminar on “Waste Containment System Design” at the Crowne Plaza in Syracuse, New York, April 17–18, 2018. The technical seminar will identify how vertical expansions of landfills can raise a number of engineering concerns that must be evaluated [...]

By |2018-03-08T14:26:06-06:00March 8, 2018|

GMA releases video of Koerner lecture

The Geosynthetic Materials Association (GMA) released a video of Dr. George Koerner delivering the first lecture in the Robert M. Koerner Award and Lecture Series at Geotechnical Frontiers 2017 in Orlando, Fla., in March. The lecture, entitled “Geosynthetic Successes Hidden in the Details,” can be viewed online at https://ow.ly/XFPK30bSdVy. Established by GMA in 2016, the [...]

By |2017-05-19T15:53:31-05:00May 19, 2017|
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