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FGI at GeoAmericas 2024 Conference

April 28 – May 1, 2024
Toronto, Canada

Monday, April 29, 2024
1:30-3 pm – FGI Technical Session 1
11:30 am – 1:30 pm – Diversity Lunch (includes Women in Geosynthetics)
6:15 pm – FGI Membership Meeting (open to all)

Tuesday, April 30, 2024
10-11:30 am FGI Technical Session 2

Project Spotlight

Golf Course Irrigation Ponds in Mexico

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Leak Location Services, Inc.

APPLICATION:

Golf Course Irrigation Ponds

PROJECT OVERVIEW:

Golf course irrigation ponds are one of the first items that are installed when a golf course is constructed (see Figures 1 and 2). The grass for each hole requires the irrigation pond to be constructed and be leak free before grass sod can be laid. It is important that these ponds do not leak because the beauty of the course relies heavily on water and this water comes from these irrigation ponds. The ponds are not overly large and are single lined with a 60-milthick Woven Coated Polyethylene Geomembrane. The perimeter of the ponds are decorative and therefore when full will look like natural ponds with a rock and concrete border around the perimeter of the pond. Inside the ponds the geomembrane is covered with approximately 1.5 feet (0.5m) of sand along the floor and up the side slopes (see Figure 2). The sand maybe reinforced with geocells as shown in Figure 2This sand connects with the concrete perimeter of the pond and therefore little, if any, of the geomembrane is exposed.

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Join the FGI at Geotechnical Frontiers 2025

Tuesday, March 4, 2025
9am – 1pm: Women in Geosynthetics Coffee/Espresso Bar (Booth 323)
1:30 – 3pm: Women in Geosynthetics Round Table Discussion
7pm – 8pm: FGI Membership Meeting (all are welcome)

Wednesday, March 5, 2025
10:30am – Noon FGI Technical Session on Containment Applications

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FGI Welcomes Vindex Liners Inc

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The FGI is pleased to welcome its newest Fabricator/Installer Member, Vindex Liners Inc. Vindex Liners Inc provides a wide range of geosynthetic and geotextile products to meet the needs of every customer from initial design to final quality assurance processes. Vindex Liners Inc fabricates a variety of geosynthetic materials suitable for water resource and conservation management, oil and gas, agriculture, and environmental remediation. In addition to only using the highest quality materials and top-of-the-line technologies, Vindex Liners Inc provides on-location liner installation and seaming, as well as tarp and liner repairs. Vindex Liners Inc is headquartered in South Heart, North Dakota and the FGI liaison is Desmond Bandah, Director of Operations, who can be reached at desmond@vindexnd.com.  Please help us welcome Vindex Liners Inc to the FGI!!!!

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Join the FGI at Geotechnical Frontiers 2025

Tuesday, March 4, 2025
9am – 1pm: Women in Geosynthetics Coffee/Espresso Bar (Booth 323)
1:30 – 3pm: Women in Geosynthetics Round Table Discussion
7pm – 8pm: FGI Membership Meeting (all are welcome)

Wednesday, March 5, 2025
10:30am – Noon FGI Technical Session on Containment Applications

Visit FGI Booth #323

FGI Welcomes Vindex Liners Inc

The FGI is pleased to welcome its newest Fabricator/Installer Member, Vindex Liners Inc. Vindex Liners Inc provides a wide range of geosynthetic and geotextile products to meet the needs of every customer from initial design to final quality assurance processes. Vindex Liners Inc fabricates a variety of geosynthetic materials suitable for water resource and conservation management, oil and gas, agriculture, and environmental remediation. In addition to only using the highest quality materials and top-of-the-line technologies, Vindex Liners Inc provides on-location liner installation and seaming, as well as tarp and liner repairs. Vindex Liners Inc is headquartered in South Heart, North Dakota and the FGI liaison is Desmond Bandah, Director of Operations, who can be reached at desmond@vindexnd.com.  Please help us welcome Vindex Liners Inc to the FGI!!!!

FGI Welcomes Blue Environmental Containment, Inc.

The FGI is pleased to welcome its newest Fabricator/Installer Member, Blue Environmental Containment, Inc. (Blue EC).  Blue EC has been a geomembrane installer since 1995 and a fabricator since 2014.  Currently servicing the northwestern U.S. including Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Alaska, and Hawaii. Blue EC is headquartered in Portland, Oregon and the FGI liaison is Jeff Boys, President, who can be reached at jeff@blueec.com.  Please help us welcome Blue Environmental Containment, Inc. to the FGI!!!!

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