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Barriers 1 Eagle Gold Mine emergency spillway lining using Geosynthetic cementitious composite mats (GCCM) Ron Drewry, Titan Environmental; Phill Greer, BEng, Concrete Canvas Ltd; Will Crawford, Concrete Canvas Ltd Environmental Containment Using Reinforced Composite Geomembranes: Qualitative and Quantitative Efficiencies in Installation and Performance Richelle Delia, Owens Corning Geosynthetics
Drainage One of the Largest Prefabricated Vertical Drains Installations in US Accelerates Port of Charleston Expansion Aaron Goldberg, P.E., D.GE, Soil & Material Engineers (S&ME); Marty Taube, P.E. and Ian Brake, Menard USA; Richard Goodrum, Milliken Infrastructure Solutions Behavior of a Drainage Geosynthetic and Reinforced Geomat for the Remediation of a Dismissed Industrial Site in Milano City Area Dr.Ing. Piergiorgio Recalcati, TENAX SpA; Alberto Crippa, TENAX Corp.; Dr. Ing. Daniele Cazzuffi, CESI SpA
Barriers 2 Sanitary Sewer Overflow Management Using Geomembranes-One City’s Successes and Challenges Felon Wilson, P.E., Seaman Corporation Construction of Columbus Water Reservoir Geosynthetic Liner System Timothy Stark, Ph.D., P.E., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Daniel S. Rohe, Environmental Protection, Inc.
Reinforced Walls GRS IBS – Cost Analysis and Comparison Daniel Alzamora, P.E., Mike Adams and Jennifer Nicks, Ph.D., P.E., Federal Highway Administrations Investigation and Rehabilitation of Bridge Abutment MSE Wall Instability Marshall Addison, Ph.D., P.E.
Protection 1 Soil Bioengineering Design for Highly Steepened Waterway Banks Robbin Sotir, Robbin B. Sotoir & Associates, Inc. Geosynthetic Cementitious Composite Mat (GCCM) Installed as a Shroud Over Wire Baskets for Protection and Containment Richard Goodrum, Clock Spring │ NRI – Geotree Conrete Solutions
Vegetation Norton Branch Vegetated Reinforced Soil Slope Revisited After 25 Years Mark Wayne, Ph.D., P.E., Tensar International; Robbin Sotir, Robbin B. Sotoir & Associates, Inc. Maurice River and Johnson Creek Soil Bioengineering Stabilization and Restoration Robbin Sotir, Robbin B. Sotoir & Associates, Inc.
Reinforced Slopes Realignment of County Highway with One of the Largest Geogrid Reinforced Slope Projects Constructed in the State of Minnesota Stephan Gale, P.E., D.GE, F.ASCE, Gale-Tec Engineering, Inc.; Nathan Lichty, Gale-Tec Engineering, Inc. Performance of High-strength Geogrid in Reinforced Soil Slope and the Yeager Airport Robert Bachus, P.E., D.GE, Geosyntec Consultants; John Lostumbo, Tencate Geosynthetics America A 60 m High Geogrid Reinforced Steep Slope for the Stabilization of a Landslide in Northern Italy Dr. Ing. Daniele Cazzuffi, CESI SpA; Piergiorgio Recalcati, TENAX SpA
Reinforced Foundations 1 A Case Study of the Construction of a Roadway Fill Over a Large Water Body Utilizing a Geotextile Reinforced Earth Foundation with Challenging Soil and Construction Conditions Brent Marjerison, M.Sc., P.Eng., FEC, WSP Canada Inc.; Brock Nesbit, TenCate Geosynthetics Americas and Adrien Blais, Ministry of Highways Geosynthetics Reinforced Railway Twinning Project – Canadian National Railway – Aurora, ON Rene Laprade, P. Eng., TenCate Geosynthetics Americas
Landfill Covers Case Studies of Extreme Weather Performance of Engineered Turf Final Cover System Ming Zhu, P.E, Watershed Geosynthetics; Brad Cooley, Watershed Geosynthetics; Mike Ayers, Watershed Geo Guam ORDOT Vegetated Landfill Cap Michael Jotzke, Geo Products, LLC
Airfield Pavements Use of Geosynthetics in Airport Pavements Jeffrey Gagnon, P.E., Federal Aviation Administration
Protection 2 Innovative Geosynthetic Saves 100 -Year-Old Panama Canal Tom Stephens, TenCate Geosynthetics Scour and River Bank Protection in the United Kingdom Christopher Quirk, Bsc.,(Hons). MSc., C.Geol., NAUE Geosynthetics Ltd
Barriers 3 Druid Hill Reservoir – Lined Cofferdam Bill Shehane, P.E., Seaman Corporation; Scott Brinkerhoff, Hallaton Environmental Linings The Capabilities and Limitations of Electrical Leak Location Abigail Gilson, TRI Environmental Inc.
Environmental Salt Gradient Solar Pond Containment Liner Installation for Distilling Large Ponds of Brine Water to Fresh Potable Water Pat Elliott, Raven Engineered Films
Innovative Backfill Reconstruction of Failed Roadway Embankments Using Tire-Derived Aggregate Mechanically Stabilized Earth Walls – Ortega Ridge Road Case Study Chris Sneddon and Christian Doolittle, Santa Barbara County Public Works; Joaquin Wright and Christopher Trumbull, GHD Inc.
SPECIAL SESSION – Organized by Association for Mechanically Stabilized Earth (AMSE) Vertical Geosynthetic-Reinforced MSE Solution for Electric Rail Harold Hilfiker, Hilfiker Retaining Walls MSE Wall with Geosynthetic-Reinforcement Case Study in Prince George’s County, Md. Marianna Ferrara, Maccaferri Inc.; Stefano Rignanese, Maccaferri, Inc.; Giulia Lugli, Officine Maccaferri Group
SPECIAL SESSION – Organized by ASTM Case History: History and Review of the ASTM International Test Standards for the Interface Shear Test and Future Considerations Gary T. Torosian, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Geocomp Corporation/GeoTesting Express, Inc.

Geosynthetics Conference Presentations 2020

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