Dr. Peter Rankilor, a pioneer in the geosynthetic, geotextile and geomembrane industry was recently sentenced to 10 years in prison as a result of his January conviction on “indecent assault and incest” charges stemming from events between 1980 and 1996. The charges came in a Manchester, UK court on 24 different counts of serious sexual offences against children. Source: New Civil Engineer.
Miscellaneous
Geosynthetics Magazine – Focus on History of Geosynthetics
The October-November 2009 issue of Geosynthetics Magazine has a special section titled “Focus on History” with some special content on the history of geosynthetics. (Photo of late 1970’s geocell testing for the US Army Corps, […]
Available Resources
2021 GSI Webinar Schedule
The Geosynthetic Institute has published its list of webinars for the first half of 2021. As we all continue our strange pandemic work schedules, this is a great option for geotechnical engineers needing to get […]
Project Related
MSE walls going up for landmark Ohio highway project
Tensar announced that construction has started on $3 million worth of ARES MSE retaining walls on one of Ohio’s largest highway projects. 200,000 square feet of the mechanically stabilized earth retaining walls will be built […]