Graduate student Saman Zarnani and Dr. Richard Bathurst of the Royal Military College have developed a new application for geofoam and geosynthetics, to mitigate earthquake damage by improving the foundation subgrade. Initial shake table testing has been encouraging. [Source: The Whig Standard via Geosynthetica.net News. Image: The Whig-Standard]
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