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This first webinar Panel Discussion will assemble five (5) industry leaders to answer questions about design, specifying, factory testing, fabrication, welding, packaging, shipping, installing, field leak location testing, and maintaining factory fabricated geomembranes and geosynthetics, e.g., geotextiles, for a range of applications. The panelists will also discuss different labor rates, production per day, quality control, testing, weather impacts, wind, wrinkles and performing leak location surveys, etc. for factory fabricated versus field fabricated geosynthetics. This should result in a lively discussion about current trends in geomembranes, fabrication, testing, and installation.

Panelists:
Doug Hilts, P.E. (Hilts Consulting Group)
Patrick Elliott (Raven Industries)
Ronald Frobel, P.E., (R.K. Frobel & Assoc)
Dan Rohe (EPI)
Duff Simbeck (Simbeck & Associates)
Moderator: Timothy Stark, Ph.D., P.E. (Univ of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

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The Fabricated Geomembrane Institute (FGI) is pleased to welcome its newest Government/Regulatory Agency Member, Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, Division of Solid Waste Management.  

The mission of the Division of Solid Waste Management (DSWM) is to protect, improve, and promote health and environmental quality through the responsive, effective oversight of waste management activities and the beneficial use of recovered materials.  Solid waste may be defined as any useless,unused, unwanted, or discarded materials. Hazardous waste, problem waste, toxic substances, and recyclables may be distinguished from other solid waste. DSWM has established focused programs to address each of these.  The Solid Waste Program ensures safe and sanitary processing and disposal of solid waste in Tennessee.  It regulates material recovery facilities, transfer stations,and landfills for sanitary or municipal solid waste, industrial waste, farming wastes, and construction and demolition waste, some of which are subject to EPA RCRA Subtitle D.  The Solid Waste Program operates under the authority of the Solid Waste Management Act of 1991.

The FGI liaison is Reese Yontz, who can be reached at reese.yontz@tn.gov.  Please help us welcome the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, Division of Solid Waste Management to the FGI!!!!

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In addition to the FGI’s Audio Podcast Series, the FGI has now created a series of Video Podcasts.  The video podcasts are approximately 10-20 minutes long and demonstrate a technical aspect of the geosynthetics industry. For example, two video podcasts cover the FGI’s new Panel Weight Calculator and Pond Liner Calculator.  The videos review the purpose and usefulness of these calculators, as well as a tutorial on how to use them.  Another video podcast reviews a case history on a slope failure and features special guest, Doug Evans of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.

All of the FGI’s Video podcasts can be downloaded for free from the FGI website HERE.    

If you have a topic for the FGI to address on a future audio or video podcast, please email Jen Miller at fabricatedgeomembrane@gmail.com

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The Fabricated Geomembrane Institute (FGI) is pleased to welcome its newest Associate Member, Re-Gen Enterprises. Re-Gen is a primary and secondary containment liner removal and recycling company, headquartered in Meridian, Idaho. Re-Gen is the industry leader for containment liner removal solutions that benefits the environment through recycling, time and cost savings due to proprietary equipment and processes, as well as enhancing current safety and environmental programs. Their FGI liaison is Mike Fallon, Director of Market Research and Development, who can be reached at mikef@re-genusa.com. Please help us welcome Re-Gen Enterprises to the FGI!!!!

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Several members of the Fabricated Geomembrane Instiute (FGI) have altered their plans and manufacturing facilities to provide much needed supplies to the medical community.  Please see a few examples of how these extraordinary companies are stepping up during the pandemic:

Plastatech Provides Medical Grade PVC Membrane for Masks and Gowns

https://plastatech.com/media/press_releases/Plastatech-Manufactures-PPE.pdf

Raven Industries Creates Medical PPE Gowns for Healthcare Workers

https://ravenefd.com/news/raven-creates-medical-ppe-gowns-for-healthcare-workers-during-covid-19-pandemic

Cooley Group Manufactures Medical Products and Supplies

https://pbn.com/coping-with-covid-19-cooley-group/

Intertape Polymer Group Makes Containment and Medical Supplies

https://www.itape.com/en/ms/emergency%20response

Owens Corning Foundation plans to use most of its 2020 budget to help charities battling coronavirus in OC communities. The foundation is making grants to hospitals, food banks, homeless shelters, and other charities. Grants are in process or have already been sent to communities in Belgium, Canada, China, England, France, India, Italy, Spain, and the United States.

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Thank you to everyone who attended the Women in Geosynthetics session and a very special thanks to the incredible panelists:  Christine Thomas (COMANCO), Tonya Switalski (Titan Environmental), Andreea Sasu (Solmax), Fabiana Arriaga (Geosyntec Consultants), and MC Jordan Wiechmann (Plastatech).  Your words were so inspirational and created an electric atmosphere of discussion and energy for all attendees.  For more information on Women in Geosynthetics, please contact Jen Miller at fabricatedgeomembrane@gmail.com or visit our webpage at fabricatedgeomembrane.com/wig

Thank you to everyone who attended the Constructing with Fabricated Geosynthetics Panel Discussion and a very special thanks to the distinguished panelists:  Patrick Elliott (Raven), Doug Hilts (Hilts Consulting), Dan Rohe (EPI), Duff Simbeck (Simbeck & Assoc), and MC Tim Stark (Univ. of Illinois).  The discussion showed that there are many advantages to factory fabrication such as predictable installation times, lower wages, less field testing, and better overall geosynthetics quality.

The Fabricated Geomembrane Institute (FGI) is pleased to welcome its newest installer member, Genap BV.  Genap has been specializing in geomembrane solutios and applications for the agricultural and civil engineering sectors since 1951.  Genap recognizes the increasingly important roles of water, energy, and environmental issues in our society.  Therefore, Genap provides sustainable solutions, using geosynthetics, to minimize impact on natural resources.  The company headquarters are located in ‘s-Heerenberg,The Netherlands Europe and their FGI liaison is Dirk van Regteren, Managing Director, who can be reached at d.vanregteren@genap.nlor via www.genap.nl.  Please help us welcome Genap to the FGI!!!!

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Join Tim Stark (Professor of Civil Engineering and Technical Director of the FGI) and Jen Miller (Coordinator of the FGI) as they discuss the latest emerging geosynthetic industry trends and news. Podcasts are available to download from the FGI Website or from the following online streaming services: Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Anchor FM, Breaker, Pocket Casts, RadioPublic, & Google Podcasts.

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Happy Listening: https://www.fabricatedgeomembrane.com/resources/podcasts‍