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1. ExcelPlas exhibiting at Melbourne Geosynthetics & Geotechnics Conference is just 3 days away!  (10-14 November 2014)
It will be the Largest gathering of Geomembrane Companies ever in the Southern Hemisphere!
See exhibitor’s list at: http://www.7iceg2014.com/sponsorship-exhibition/exhibitors/

2. Full Conference Program for Melbourne Now Published
http://www.7iceg2014.com/wp-content/uploads/20141031-7ICEG-Program-grid.pdf

3. EPA Republish Siting, Design, Operation and Rehabilitation of Landfills BPEM 2014 – October 2014
http://www.epa.vic.gov.au/~/media/Publications/788%202.pdf

4. ExcelPlas develops Accelerated Ageing Screening Tests for High-Performance Stabilized HDPE and LLDPE Liners
More information contact: [email protected]

5. EPA Grants New Permit for Condabri CSG Development Area (23 October 2014)
Including 252 Hectares across 18 dams for brine water
http://www.ehp.qld.gov.au/management/env-authorities/pdf/eppg00853013.pdf

6. New GRI White Paper 31 on Geotextile Filter Characterization (Free Download)
http://www.geosynthetica.net/wp-content/uploads/WhitePaper31.pdf

7. Effect of Chlorinated Water on the Antioxidant Depletion of  HDPE Geomembranes (Free Download)
http://www.geoeng.ca/Directory/kerry%20Pub/2014%20Abdelaal%20and%20Rowe%2010ICG%2083%20Chlorine.pdf

8. Modelling Antioxidant Depletion in HDPE Geomembranes (Free Download)
The outward diffusion of antioxidants aided by the role of the surfactant as a wetting agent.
http://www.geoeng.ca/Directory/kerry%20Pub/2014%20Abdelaal%20and%20Rowe%2010ICG%20274%204-param%20decay.pdf

9. Durability of Three HDPE Geomembranes Immersed in Different Fluids at 85°C
http://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0001234

10. Raven Industries acquires Integra Plastics
http://www.plasticsnews.com/article/20141104/NEWS/141109975/raven-industries-acquires-integra-plastics

11. Raven Industries: A Small, Debt Free Geomembrane and Films Company With Substantial Long-Term Potential
http://seekingalpha.com/article/2626915-raven-industries-a-small-debt-free-company-with-substantial-long-term-potential

12. Alternative approaches to Channel Lining Systems – Smartditch™
http://www.geofabrics.com.au/news-and-views/2014/10/65-alternative-approaches-to-channel-lining-systems

13. NAUE Geomembranes Publish Latest Newsletter
http://www.naue.com/en/naue/news/naue-news.html

1. ExcelPlas exhibiting at Melbourne Geosynthetics Conference is just 2 weeks away!  (10-14 November 2014) — the Largest gathering of Geomembrane Companies ever in the Southern Hemisphere!
See exhibitors at: http://www.7iceg2014.com/sponsorship-exhibition/exhibitors/

2. Geomembrane Lining for Large-Scale Underground Heat Storage Tank – New Technology !
http://solarthermalworld.org/content/germanydenmark-geosynthetic-lining-large-scale-underground-heat-storage-tank

3. Unique geosynthetic clay liner system for uranium – Cetco
http://www.cetco.com/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/Download.aspx?Command=Core_Download&PortalId=0&EntryId=667

4. GEOMEMBRANE TENDER 2014-006: Provision of the Stage 15 Landfill Cell Construction at the Red Hill Waste Management Facility.
Tenders shall be submitted electronically no later than 2.00pm Australian Western Standard Time (WST), Monday, 3 November 2014
http://www.emrc.org.au/public-notices-2.html

5. Geotest Seeking Geomembrane CQA Persons
http://www.geotest.net.au/#!careers/cvr3

6. Tailings over an area where the geomembrane liner had been torn and repaired during installation
http://ithinkmining.com/2014/10/25/clint-strachan-joins-edumine-webcast-on-mine-water-management/

7. Aeramix Water Treatment Plant Shines in North West Queensland
http://www.northweststar.com.au/story/2622508/richmond-shire-water-judged-states-tastiest/?cs=191

8. Geogrids used to create marine mattresses
http://geosyntheticsmagazine.com/articles/1014_f1_marine_mattress.html

9. Professional Development Series – Pavement Symposium – Sydney 7th Nov, Melbourne 10th Nov  and Brisbane 11th Nov  http://www.netpanel.netstant.com/user_files/global_syn_newsletters_attach461.pdf

10. Boral Landfill & Brisbane Airport projects
http://www.netpanel.netstant.com/user_files/global_syn_newsletters_attach480.pdf

11. LiteEarth Geomembrane Complete Independent Lifetime Testibng
http://www.liteearth.com/liteearth-completes-spectrum-of-independent-testing/

12. Surface Analysis of Weathered HDPE Geomembrane Studied by FTIR Spectroscopy
https://secure.ifai.com/ifai.com/store/item/642

13. Geosynthetic Tube Seawall
http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/bhubaneswar/states-first-geo-synthetic-tube-seawall-building-from-nov.html

14. Laboratory degradation of a polypropylene geotextile (New Publication)
This paper studies the existence of synergisms between some degradation agents of geotextiles. For that purpose, a polypropylene geotextile (stabilised with Chimassorb 944) was exposed to some degradation tests: immersion in liquids (water, sulphuric and nitric acids, sodium hydroxide and metallic ion solutions), thermo-oxidation and artificial weathering. The geotextile was (1) exposed individually to each degradation agent (single exposure) and (2) exposed successively to some combinations of two agents (multiple exposures). Results showed that, in some cases, the combined action of two degradation agents was more damaging than the sum of the individual effects of each agent. The most relevant examples of this included: (1) immersion in sodium hydroxide and thermo-oxidation, (2) immersion in iron nitrate and thermo-oxidation and (3) immersion in cadmium or copper nitrate and artificial weathering.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0950061814011325

1. ExcelPlas QLD Trailing Drones for Geomembrane Sample Delivery from Remote Sites
   Shipping DT samples from the field to the lab by programmable drones cuts down time to transport samples allowing faster turnaround of results
   More information contact [email protected]
2. SENSOR DDS FIXED systems allow the client to monitor the integrity of geomembrane liners for more than 30 years (tested and guaranteed by BAM certification)
3. Imitation GSE geomembranes from China flooding the internet
4. Key Geomembrane Installation Questions Answered: Slope destructs, where should they be taken?; What is the proper way to fix a ‘fish mouth’
5. New Product – Wind Defenderâ„¢ – protects against Cross winds and negative pressure or wind uplift that can lead to failure of an exposed geomembrane liner system
6. Uplift Resistance of Buried Pipelines Enhanced by Geogrids
7. New Paper – Interaction of Antioxidants with Carbon Black in Polyethylene using Oxidative Induction Time Methods
8. VIC EPA receives works approval application for SBI Inert Landfill P/L at 950 Ballarto Road, Cranbourne
9. Geosynthetic Clay Liner (GCL) Caps Off Bayersville Landfill
10. Just Published – Guidelines for Installation of Factory Fabricated Compounded 0.25 to 1.52 mm Thick Unsupported Geomembranes
11. New Paper – Permeation of Volatile Organic Compounds through EVOH Thin Film Membranes and Coextruded LLDPE/EVOH/LLDPE Geomembranes
12. Layfield Awarded US Distribution Rights for E’GRID Biaxial geogrids
13. Spray-on Liner on Geotextile Provides Earthen Containment Bund for Tank Farm

1. ExcelPlas now offering CQA of Geosynthetic Installations such as Landfills and Mining Water Storages
   ExcelPlas also providing on-site NATA accredited annex laboratories to meet project testing requirements and CQA Services for Landfill Construction. We have expanded the range of projects we offer our testing services to include CQA on Geotechnical Design projects, EPA-Audited Landfill construction projects, Brine Ponds and other Water Storage Construction Projects, and Mining Infrastructure Construction Projects
   More Information: http://www.excelplas.com
2. QGC Presentation on Cell Design for Brine Water and Progress with Lined Ponds
3. GTI to Fabricate and Install Gas Collection Cover at Brazilian Dairy Plant
4. New Geomembrane with 25 year Warranty – Layfield
5. GTI Partners with Millar Western for Bioenergy Effluent Project
6. Senversa is seeking a landfill construction quality assurance technician experience in construction supervision of geomembrane liner construction
7. New Opportunity: Installing Solar Capping on Landfills
8. Transpacific (TPI) discuss their Landfill Liner Design and Capping
9. New Landfill Lining Tender in WA
   EMRC-658878 Tender 2014-006 – Stage 15 Landfill Cell Construction closing 03/11/2014 2:00 p.m. WA
   https://www.tenderlink.com/tenderers/2744.2/searchpages/WasteManagementLandfill_current.htm

1. The 7th International Congress on Environmental Geotechnics to be held in Melbourne 10-14 November 2014 is now just over 1 month away!
   If you haven’t already registered for this landmark event, be sure to do so as soon as possible.
   It will be the Largest gathering of Geomembrane Companies ever in the Southern Hemisphere!
   You can register online via the following link:
   http://www.7iceg2014.com/registration/register-now
2. SPONSORSHIP: still time to be involved with a sponsorship presence!
   To view current sponsors:
   http://www.vision6.com.au/ch/38100/1dy6d/2123057/f81farvft.html
3. Layfield Launches New Corporate Website
4. Arrow plan for completion of Daandine Pond approximately 25km west of Dalby which will hold brine from the reverse osmosis plant
5. AGL responds to CSG salty water fears:
   Ponds elsewhere will be double lined with polyethylene, which AGL says is a high strength material resistant to salty water, and will only contain ‘produce water’ – the water emerging from the coal seams after the initial fracking solution has re-emerged.
   Should a leak be detected, water can be drained to other ponds and the leak repaired with the appropriate ‘heat welded’ patches.
6. Shamrock Civil completes QCLNG upstream Northern Water Treatment Plant ponds project near Wandoan in the Surat Basin
   It is the largest project undertaken by the Brisbane-based civil engineering business at $78 M in value.
   The pond consists of a very complex lining system with multiple liner layers, a clay layer and sump details to provide safe housing for the heated brine solution that is produced during the water purification process in the water treatment facility
7. County Hopes to Top Landfill with Thin, Flexible Solar Cap
8. Tensar takes legal action in Canada vs. Enviro-Pro Geosynthetics
9. Structural and rheological property relationship of bimodal polyethylene with improved environment stress cracking resistance
10. Waterproofing for underground tanks using rectangular 3D geomembrane
11. Design considerations for GCLs in Leach Pad Liner Systems
12. Concrete Embedment Liners from Layfield
13. Geomembrane Papers Presented in Vancouver Geosynthetics Mining Solutions Conference 2014
14. Geomembrane Experts in Heap Leaching
15. Geomembranes in reservoir reinforcement engineering