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GSE Announces Delisting From New York Stock Exchange
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/gse-announces-delisting-from-new-york-stock-exchange-expects-to-begin-trading-on-the-otcqb-marketplace-under-new-ticker-symbol-gseh-2014-03-04?reflink=MW_news_stmp

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/gse-announces-delisting-york-stock-230400368.html

Tender Alert – Whyalla City Council (South Australia) is seeking tenders for the Construction of Cell 2 Landfill Liner and Leachate Collection System at the Mount Laura Waste and Recycling Depot
Golder Associates Technical Specification 137665024 005 SP Rev1 (Download Now)
Tender closes at 4:00 PM Adelaide time 21 March 2014
https://www.tenders.sa.gov.au/tenders/tender/display/tender-details.do?id=25508&action=display-tender-details

Last Places – Geomembrane Master Class with emphasis on preventing field weld failures and conducting liner installation CQA including leak location
The course will be held in Melbourne at the Excelplas Labs and the cost is $450/person + GST.   The course will run on 18 March 2014  from 9.30 am – 3.30 pm.  
No Pre-experience/qualification is required.  A training certificate of attendance is issued.
To register contacts: [email protected]

QGC has enough lined ponds for storage for its produced brine until 2017
http://www.qgc.com.au/media/309139/central_meeting_minutes__20130911.pdf

Layfield on Geosynthetics in Mining, Rowe on Geomembrane Durability, A Memorable Day – Geomembrane Lifetime Predictions
At 80 degrees C, the geomembrane may not last as long as ten years.
At 50 degrees C, the geomembrane may last 100 years.
At 20 degrees C, the geomembrane could last as long as 1,000 years.
http://ithinkmining.com/2014/03/05/layfield-on-geosynthetics-in-mining-rowe-on-geomembrane-durability-a-memorable-day/

New Publication – “Leakage Performance of the GM + CCL Liner System for the MSW Landfill”  Published 25 February 2014 
http://www.hindawi.com/journals/tswj/2014/251465/

Profile – Carpi Geomembranes – over 50 years in business – oldest company in the world dealing with synthetic geomembranes
http://www.carpitech.com/?page_id=28

Effluent ponds for dairy farms lined with Agru HDPE geomembranes
http://www.agru.at/en/solutions/lining-systems/effluent-pond-for-dairy-farm-with-hdpe-geomembranes/

Lining Solutions (NSW) install over 1,000,000m2/ over 70km of EPDM liner in NSW’s Central West for channel liner upgrades
http://liningsolutions.com.au/us/

Updating Geotextile Specifications
http://geosyntheticsmagazine.com/articles/120809.html

Coletanche Bituminous Geomembranes exhibiting at Expomin 2014 in Chile booth number 570-2B
http://www.expomin.cl/d.php?d=374
 
Coletanche Bituminous Geomembranes exhibiting at 10th International Conference on Geosynthetics in Berlin 2014 Booth number E04
Covering a landfill along a lagoon near Oakland (California, USA), Use of Bituminous geomembrane in hydraulic: watertightness in dam construction
Case Histories of the Use of Bituminous Geomembrane in the Mining Industry
http://www.10icg-berlin.com/en/home.html

New York Stock Exchange to Suspend Trading in GSE Holding and Commence Delisting Proceedings
http://www.nyse.com/press/1393517488056.html

Fabtech receives glowing testimonials Arrow Energy, Origin Energy and QCLNG 
http://www.fabtech.com.au/projects/testimonials

ATC Williams Landfill Specification for Transpacific (Declassified)
New Chum Landfill Cell 2 Construction and Associated Works
http://www.transpacific.com.au/asset/cms/Documents/New%20Chum%20S01-a%20Complete%20Cell%202%20Spec%20(2).pdf

Geomembrane Welding and Liner CQA Training Course 18 March 2014  by Dr. John Scheirs & Associates (Limited Seats Available)
To register contact [email protected]
Remember: Quality assurance is vital during the liner installation and welding. Field welding crews must have proper qualifications, training, and experience to complete these exacting tasks. The geosynthetic contractor will usually be required to carry out nondestructive field testing of every seam and weld. Destructive tests are often specified to be completed at intervals with a third-party construction quality-assurance consultant present at all times. A leak-detection survey, carried out before the lined facility is put into service, can help ensure the safe and problem-free operation of the impoundment.

Lining Tech seeking Geomembrane Welder for Toowoomba & Darling Downs
http://www.seek.com.au/job/26062397

New Facebook Site set up to Recruit Polymer Lining Installers
https://www.facebook.com/liningrecruitment/timeline?filter=2

Opal Vale Salt Valley Road Landfill Liner approval application (Declassified)
http://www.der.wa.gov.au/about-us/8-news/103-opal-vale-salt-valley-road-landfill-works-approval-application

100 page free Keynote Lecture on Geomembrane Applications (Download Now)
http://www.future-artillery.com/Media/6139/587.pdf

New Publication – Short-Term Local Tensile Strains in HDPE Heap Leach Geomembranes from Coarse Overliner Materials
Brachman, R., Rowe, R., and Irfan, H. (2014).J. Geotech. Geoenviron. Eng.
http://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0001087

Sensor Geomembrane Leak Detection Launches LinkedIn Company Site
http://www.linkedin.com/company/sensor-s-r-o-

AGRU to exhibit its Geomembrane Range at Expomin 2014 in Chile (April, 21- 25 2014)
http://www.agru.at/en/news/latest-news/article/agru-goes-chile-expomin-2014/

EPDM Geomembrane Review of Technical Performance
http://liningsolutions.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Geomembrane-Review-of-technical-performances.pdf

New Water Storage made from using a waterproof geomembrane liner filled with scoria, a light volcanic rock that provides the void space
http://www.wme.com.au/categories/water/february3_2014.php

Tasman Tanks Lined their tanks with 1 mm flexible polypropylene (fPP)
http://www.tasmantanks.com.au/pdfs/brochures_2014/1%20TTDE-022%20Dairy%20Effluent%20Flyer%202.14.pdf

Effects of blown film process on initial properties of HPDE geomembranes of different thicknesses
http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/content/article/10.1680/gein.13.00035?crawler=true&mimetype=application/pdf

Market Report – Geosynthetics Market Volume worth 5.6 Billion Meter Square by 2018
http://www.menafn.com/a33a6619-87f5-41f0-9798-9ba3715ebc0d/Geosynthetics-Market-Volume-worth-56-Billion-Meter-Square-by-2018?src=main

Geomembrane Welding and Liner CQA Training Course 18 March 2014  by Dr. John Scheirs & Associates (Limited Seat Available)
To register contact [email protected]
Remember: Quality assurance is vital during the liner installation and welding. Field welding crews must have proper qualifications, training, and experience to complete these exacting tasks. The geosynthetic contractor will usually be required to carry out nondestructive field testing of every seam and weld. Destructive tests are often specified to be completed at intervals with a third-party construction quality-assurance consultant present at all times. A leak-detection survey, carried out before the lined facility is put into service, can help ensure the safe and problem-free operation of the impoundment.

Coal Seam Gas Upstream Groundwater Detentions in Roma QLD lined from the top to bottom – 1.5mm HDPE / X1000 GCL / GTG512 tri-planar geonet / Hard & Soft Rubber
http://www.geofabrics.com.au/userfiles/files/Geofabrics%20Journal%20Oil%20%26%20Gas%20-%20January%202014.pdf

Geomembrane Liner Installers Feel the Heat
On behalf of Australia Pacific LNG, Leighton Contractors is constructing the water treatment facilities and storage ponds at Condabri and Reedy Creek sites
The area has air temperatures of 45 degrees and radiating temperatures of 57 degrees.
http://www.amsj.com.au/news/feeling-heat/

Landfill fire caused as a result of a break in an air-line which allowed oxygen into a small area under the liner to mix with methane
http://www.ksdk.com/story/homepage/2014/02/16/crews-monitoring-bridgeton-landfills-south-quarry/5531941/

EQ reports on repair to torn liner at hazardous landfill
Looking for damage to the primary liner, technicians discovered three rips that roughly corresponded to teeth on a back-hoe.
http://bellevilleareaindependent.com/eq-reports-on-repair-to-torn-liner-at-hazardous-landfill-in-van-buren/

The ‘Geosynthetic Lining Systems’ seminar series wraps up in Australia
http://www.geofabrics.com.au/news-and-views/2014/02/46-the-geosynthetic-lining-systems-seminar-series-wraps-up-in-australia

UK Deploys Geotextile Flood Barriers
http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/hesco-deploys-flood-barriers-for-environment-agency-in-the-somerset-levels-244834471.html

HDPE geosynthetics makes better roads
http://www.betterroads.com/materials-that-make-a-difference/

Talinga-Condabri Integrated CSG Water Management Plan
http://www.aplng.com.au/pdf/Talinga-Condabri_Intergrated_CSG_Water_Management_plan.pdf

Leaking Concrete Tank fixed with reinforced Polypropylene Liner
http://geoline.com.au/2014/01/24/leaking-concrete-tank-fixed-with-liner/

Preprufe® Geomembrane incorporates Advanced Bond Technology, consists of layers of HDPE film, synthetic adhesives and a weather resistant coating, providing an impermeable barrier, in which water, salt and sulphates cannot pass.
Preprufe® demonstrates the importance of specifying a geomembrane which is fit for purpose, economically and environmentally sustainable
http://news.thomasnet.com/companystory/Keeping-Airports-Dry-and-Safe-from-the-Ground-Up-20021924

Liners for containing pollutants, using synthetic membranes: – Water Quality Protection Note 26
http://www.water.wa.gov.au/PublicationStore/first/84590.pdf

Saltwater Creek Landfill Extension Stage 7A, installation of HDPE liner, geotextile and GCL materials
http://www.frasercoast.qld.gov.au/tenders/-/asset_publisher/e5zQ/content/swm-2-13-14-saltwater-creek-landfill-extension-stage-7a

Bob Koerner’s Webinar on Behavior and Analysis of 20 Solid Waste Landfill Failures completed
Key Findings were:
•Six of the 20 failures described in this webinar involved over 1,000,000 m3 of waste.  
•Three of the failures involved deaths.
•7 of 11 unlined cases were rotational failures
•8 of 9 lined cases were translational failures
•Service lifetimes were from 1 week to decades
•Duration of failures was from 1 min. to a few hours
•Average height of waste mass was 26 m
•Height-to-length of failed waste was approximately 0.42
•Average density of waste was 12.1 kN/m3
•Average waste shear strength was 26° and 13 kPa
•Geomembrane shear strength varied from 5.1 to 16.2° (none were textured)
•Waste and/or liner shear strength was generally the greatest uncertainty
•Liquids were involved in all 20 cases; i.e., in the waste, liner system or foundation soil and was invariably the “trigger” causing failure
This webinar should convince all involved and interested in landfill technology of the serious implications of failure and of the necessity for proper design, filling, cover and maintenance practices.

Golder Associates New Publication – ‘Geosynthetic liners help manage water issues’
By Dr. Archie Filshill, Golder Associates
http://www.epmag.com/item/Geosynthetic-liners-manage-water-issues_128602

Investigation into whether Liner Company Violated Federal or State Laws – Investigation of GSE Holdings, Inc.
http://www.heraldonline.com/2014/02/11/5668170/shareholder-alert-shareholder.html

Georgiou near completion of Spring Gully Pond C (Coal Seam Water Pond) Contract Value
$52 million for Origin Energy worth  in Roma, Queensland (Expected completion March 2014)
http://www.georgiou.com.au/capabilities/earthworks/item/spring-gully-pond-c.html

HDPE Geomembrane Price Comparison Data – Detailed Import Data (GSE HD SMOOTH ex Thailand, SOLMAX 440-9000 SMOOTH ex Malaysia,
CARBOFOL HDPE 406 2.5 S/S SMOOTH ex Germany, KRITIFLEX GEOMEMBRANES.(BLACK 6070 ex Greece)
https://www.zauba.com/import-HDPE+GEOMEMBRANE/hs-code-3920-hs-code.html

Potash Harvest Evaporation Ponds Lined with HDPE – No seepage losses occurred as the ponds lined with HDPE geomembrane
http://www.rewardminerals.com/wp-content/uploads/20130409-Announcement-re-Results-from-Evap-Trial.pdf

Bituminous Geomembranes on show at AUSTRALIAN OIL & GAS Expo Stand J10 19 – 21 February : PERTH Australia (Next Week)
http://www.coletanche.com/assets/files/newsletters/CN-AOG-2014.pdf

Putting Factory and Field Geomembrane Seams to the Test (White paper)
http://www.xr-technology.com/ref-library/wp-factory-and-field-seams.php

Another Coal-ash Disaster Provides Further Prompt for EPA Action
http://geosyntheticsmagazine.com/articles/020714_coal_ash_epa.html

Review of Spray-Applied Geomembranes
http://www.coloradolining.com/company/FeaturingCLI/Spray-Applied.pdf

Geomembrane Welding and Liner CQA Training Course 18 March 2014  by Dr. John Scheirs & Associates (Limited Seat Available)
To register contact [email protected]
Remember: Quality control is vital during the liner installation and welding. Field crews must have proper qualifications, training, and experience to complete these exacting tasks. The geosynthetic contractor will usually be required to carry out nondestructive field testing of every seam and weld. Destructive tests are often specified to be completed at intervals with a third-party construction quality-assurance consultant present at all times. A leak-detection survey, carried out before the lined facility is put into service, can help ensure the safe and problem-free operation of the impoundment.

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