The Fabricated Geomembrane Institute: Recent Episodes

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Please join Tim Stark and Jiale Lin as they address all of the questions from their June 11, 2024 webinar on Reliability Analysis of Landfill Slopes. For the webinar video and slides, please visit: https://www.fabricatedgeomembrane.com/resources/webinar-archives

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Please join Tim Stark as he speaks with Ron Frobel, Patrick Elliott, and Matthew Kemnitz and they address all of the follow-up questions from their April 11, 2024 webinar titled, Best Practices for Geomembrane Penetration and Attachment Details." The webinar recording is available at https://www.fabricatedgeomembrane.com/resources/webinar-archives

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Please join Tim Stark as he speaks with Brian Fraser and Rohit Sati of Layfield Geosynthetics. This podcast is a follow-up to the February 8, 2024 webinar on Protecting Water with Flexible Geomembranes. Brian and Rohit will address all questions that remained from the live presentation, as well as those submitted via the follow-up survey. The webinar recording is available at https://www.fabricatedgeomembrane.com/resources/webinar-archives

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Listen to this episode from the FGI. Follow-up to Bob Mackey's December 12, 2023 webinar on Analysis of Geocomposite Drainage Layers (GDLs) for Landfills and Ponds. Bob will address all questions that remained from the live presentation, as well as those submitted via the follow-up survey. The webinar recording is available at https://www.fabricatedgeomembrane.com/resources/webinar-archives

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Follow-up to Andrew Colby's webinar on Electrical Leak Location, presented on 1/16/24. All questions from the live webinar, as well as the follow-up survey, are answered.

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Please join Tim Stark and Jiale Lin as they answer all of the follow-up questions from the July 13, 2023 webinar titled, "Static and Seismic Deformation Analyses for Bottom Landfill Liner System Interfaces." To view the webinar and/or download the slides, please visit: https://www.fabricatedgeomembrane.com/resources/webinar-archives

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Please join Tim Stark and Jorge Zornberg as they address all of the follow-up questions from their March 30, 2023 and April 25, 2023 webinars on Geomembrane Damage during Oil and Gas Operations Parts 1 and 2 (respectively). To view/download the video recording and PDF of the slides from this webinar, please visit:  https://www.fabricatedgeomembrane.com/resources/webinar-archives

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Please join Tim Stark as he speaks with Tom Sangster and they address all of the follow-up questions from the February 16, 2023 webinar titled, "Role of Geosynthetics in Combating the Effects of Global Warming."  To view/download the video recording and PDF of the slides from this webinar, please visit:  https://www.fabricatedgeomembrane.com/resources/webinar-archives

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Please join Tim Stark as he speaks with Brian Fraser (Layfield Geosynthetics) and Steve Valero (Independent Civil Engineering Contractor) as they address all of the follow-up questions from the January 12, 2023 webinar titled, "Positive Pressure Anaerobic Biogas Cover Systems."  To view/download the video recording and PDF of the slides from this webinar, please visit:  https://www.fabricatedgeomembrane.com/resources/webinar-archives

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Please join Tim Stark as he speaks with Dr. Kerry Rowe (Queens University) and he addresses all of the follow-up questions from the November 10, 2022 webinar titled, "Strengths and Uncertainties Regarding PFAS Containment by Modern Liner Systems"  To view/download the video recording and PDF of the slides from this webinar, please visit:  https://www.fabricatedgeomembrane.com/resources/webinar-archives

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Please join Tim Stark and Jen Miller as they address all of the follow-up questions from Dr. Stark's October 18, 2022 webinar titled, "Mobilized Interface Strengths on Geosynthetic Lined Slopes"  To view/download the video recording and PDF of the slides from this webinar, please visit:  https://www.fabricatedgeomembrane.com/resources/webinar-archives

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Please join Tim Stark as he speaks with Dr. Chunling Li (Soil and Land Use Technology, Inc.) and he addresses all of the follow-up questions from the September 22, 2022 webinar titled, "Revised Wind Uplift Design Methodology for Exposed Geomembrane Covers."  To view/download the video recording and PDF of the slides from this webinar, please visit:  https://www.fabricatedgeomembrane.com/resources/webinar-archives

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Please join Tim Stark as he speaks with Francesco Fontana (Manifattura Fontana SpA) and he addresses all of the follow-up questions from the August 30, 2022 webinar titled, "Microplastics and Geosynthetics."  To view/download the video recording and PDF of the slides from this webinar, please visit:  https://www.fabricatedgeomembrane.com/resources/webinar-archives

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Please join Tim Stark as he speaks with Doug Hilts (Hilts Consulting Group), Prabeen Joshi (Layfield Group), and Adam Maskal (Solmax) and they address all of the follow-up questions from their July 12, 2022 webinar titled, "Live Panel Discussion on Expected Longevity & Applications of Exposed v. Unexposed Geomembranes."  To view/download the video recording and PDF of the slides from this webinar, please visit:  https://www.fabricatedgeomembrane.com/resources/webinar-archives

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This is an audio version of the webinar.  To view the video, please visit: https://www.fabricatedgeomembrane.com/resources/webinar-archives

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This is an audio version of the webinar.  To view the video, please visit: https://www.fabricatedgeomembrane.com/resources/webinar-archives

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This is an audio version of the webinar.  To view the video, please visit: https://www.fabricatedgeomembrane.com/resources/webinar-archives

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This is an audio version of the webinar.  To view the video, please visit: https://www.fabricatedgeomembrane.com/resources/webinar-archives

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This is an audio version of the webinar.  To view the video, please visit: https://www.fabricatedgeomembrane.com/resources/webinar-archives

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This is an audio version of the webinar.  To view the video, please visit: https://www.fabricatedgeomembrane.com/resources/webinar-archives

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This is an audio version of the webinar.  To view the video, please visit: https://www.fabricatedgeomembrane.com/resources/webinar-archives

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This is an audio version of the webinar.  To view the video, please visit: https://www.fabricatedgeomembrane.com/resources/webinar-archives

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This is an audio version of the webinar.  To view the video, please visit: https://www.fabricatedgeomembrane.com/resources/webinar-archives

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This is an audio version of the webinar.  To view the video, please visit: https://www.fabricatedgeomembrane.com/resources/webinar-archives

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This is an audio version of the webinar.  To view the video, please visit: https://www.fabricatedgeomembrane.com/resources/webinar-archives

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This is an audio version of the webinar.  To view the video, please visit: https://www.fabricatedgeomembrane.com/resources/webinar-archives

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This is an audio version of the webinar.  To view the video, please visit: https://www.fabricatedgeomembrane.com/resources/webinar-archives

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This is an audio version of the webinar.  To view the video, please visit: https://www.fabricatedgeomembrane.com/resources/webinar-archives

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This is an audio version of the FGI webinar.  For the video recording of the webinar, please visit

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Please join Tim Stark as he speaks with Dr. Christopher Bareither (Colorado State University) and addresses all of the follow-up questions from his Mary 17, 2022 webinar titled, "Geosynthetic Clay Liners in Mining Applications."  To view/download the video recording and PDF of the slides from this webinar, please visit:  https://www.fabricatedgeomembrane.com/resources/webinar-archives

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Please join Tim Stark and Jen Miller as they speak with Dr. Riya Bhowmik (Indian Institute of Technology Jammu) and address all of the follow-up questions from her March 3, 2022 webinar titled, "Failure of a Geomembrane Lined Reservoir Embankment: Field Observations and Numerical Investigations."  To view/download the video recording and PDF of the slides from this webinar, please visit:  https://www.fabricatedgeomembrane.com/resources/webinar-archives

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Please join Tim Stark and Jen Miller as they speak with Richard Bathurst (Royal Military College) and address all of the follow-up questions from his February 8, 2022 webinar titled, "Introduction to Design of Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) Walls."  To view/download the video recording and PDF of the slides from this webinar, please visit:  https://www.fabricatedgeomembrane.com/resources/webinar-archives

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Please join Tim Stark and Jen Miller as they speak with Dr. Rob Swan (Drexel) regarding the January 13, 2022 Webinar on Behavior of Textured Geomembrane - Nonwoven Geotextile Interfaces and they address all of the questions that were not answered during the live presentation.   To view/download the video recording and PDF of the slides from this webinar, please visit:  https://www.fabricatedgeomembrane.com/resources/webinar-archives

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Please join Tim Stark as he speaks with the presenters from the December 7, 2021 Live Panel Discussion Webinar on Allowable/Action Leakage Rates as they address all of the questions that were not answered during the live presentation.  The panelists included:  Annette DeHavilland (Ohio EPA), Reese Yontz (Tennessee DEC), Neil Nowak (SCS Engineers), Patrick Elliott (Raven Engineered Films), and Matthew Kemnitz (Leak Location Services). To view/download the video recording and PDF of the slides from this webinar, please visit:  https://www.fabricatedgeomembrane.com/resources/webinar-archives

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Please join Tim Stark as he speaks with Richard Bathurst (Royal Military College) as they address all of the follow-up questions from his October 21, 2021 webinar titled, "An Introduction to Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) Walls."  To view/download the video recording and PDF of the slides from this webinar, please visit:  https://www.fabricatedgeomembrane.com/resources/webinar-archives

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Please join Tim Stark as he speaks with Doug Hilts (Hilts Consulting Group), Brian Fraser and Rohit Sati (Layfield Geosynthetics) as they address all of the follow-up questions from their September 9, 2021 webinar titled, "Industry Best Practices for Floating Cover Systems."  To view/download the video recording and PDF of the slides from this webinar, please visit:  https://www.fabricatedgeomembrane.com/resources/webinar-archives

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Please join Tim Stark and Jen Miller as they speak with Bob Mackey (Partner, Senior Design Engineer, and Senior Project Manager with S2L, Inc.) and address all of the follow-up questions from his August 12, 2021 webinar titled, "Leachate Collection System Design and Management."  To view/download the video recording and PDF of the slides from this webinar, please visit:  https://www.fabricatedgeomembrane.com/resources/webinar-archives

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Please join Tim Stark as he speaks with Brian Queen (Ohio EPA), Tonya Switalski (Titan Environmental), Shannon Goodrich (GO2CQA), and Ryan Kamp (Chesapeake Containment) as they address all of the follow-up questions from the July 22, 2021 webinar titled, "Panel Discussion on QA and QC for Fabricated Geosynthetics."  To view/download the video recording and PDF of the slides from this webinar, please visit:  https://www.fabricatedgeomembrane.com/resources/webinar-archives

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Please join Tim Stark and Jen Miller as they speaks with Chris Athanassopoulos, Assistant Professor at Harper College, and address all of the follow-up questions from his June 30, 2021 webinar titled, "GCLs and Fabricated Geomembranes: Design and Construction."  To view/download the video recording and PDF of the slides from this webinar, please visit:  https://www.fabricatedgeomembrane.com/resources/webinar-archives

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Please join Tim Stark as he speaks with Brian Fraser (Layfield), Matthew Kemnitz (Leak Locations Services), and Rohit Sati (Layfield).  Brian, Matt, and Rohit address all of the follow-up questions from their June 3, 2021 webinar titled, "Designing Double Lined Containment Systems Using Flexible Geomembranes."  To view/download the video recording and PDF of the slides from this webinar, please visit:  https://www.fabricatedgeomembrane.com/resources/webinar-archives

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Acompañe a Lucia Moya en su diálogo con Jorge Zornberg Profesor de Ingeniería Civil en la Universidad de Texas en Austin y expresidente de la Sociedad Internacional de Geosintéticos. Jorge aborda todas las preguntas de seguimiento de su seminario web del 18 de mayo de 2021 titulado “Ingenio en el Diseño de Obras Geotécnicas con el Uso de Geosintéticos”. Para ver o descargar la grabación del video y el PDF de las diapositivas de Jorge, https://www.fabricatedgeomembrane.com/resources/spanish-webinar-gallery

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Acompañe a Tim Stark y Jen Miller en su diálogo con Denys Parra, Gerente General de Anddes en Perú y Profesor Asociado de la Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería en Lima. Denys aborda todas las preguntas de seguimiento de su seminario web del 22 de abril de 2021 titulado “Geosintéticos en Minería”. Para ver o descargar la grabación del video y el PDF de las diapositivas de Denys, visite: https://www.fabricatedgeomembrane.com/resources/spanish-webinar-gallery

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Please join Tim Stark and Jen Miller as they speak with Matthew Kemnitz, President of Leak Locations Services, Inc.  Matt addresses all of the follow-up questions from his May 6, 2021 webinar titled, "Deep Water Leak Location Surveys - Highly Sensitive and Very Effective."  To view/download the video recording and PDF of the slides from Matt's webinar, please visit:  https://www.fabricatedgeomembrane.com/resources/webinar-archives

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Sam Allen (TRI Environmental)

Friday, August 3, 2018

This is an audio version of the FGI webinar.  For the video recording of the webinar, please visit https://www.fabricatedgeomembrane.com/resources/webinar-archives.

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Dr. Timothy D. Stark (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

Tuesday, February 27, 2018

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Dr. Kerry Rowe (Queens University)

Friday, August 3, 2018

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Dr. Kerry Rowe (Queens University)

Friday, August 3, 2018

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Gary Zych, P.E. (American Electric Power)

Friday, August 3, 2018

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Dr. Robert Swan (Drexel University)

Tuesday, January 22, 2019

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Dr. Christopher Bareither (Colorado State University)

Thursday, February 28, 2019

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Dr. Robert Swan (Drexel University) and Dr. Timothy D. Stark (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

Tuesday, April 9, 2019

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Dr. Steven Bartlett (University of Utah)

Tuesday, May 21, 2019

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Elliot Pugh (Wind Defender)

Tuesday, September 10, 2019

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Dr. Timothy D. Stark (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

Thursday, October 24, 2019

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Dr. Timothy D. Stark (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

Tuesday, December 10, 2019

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Dr. Rudolph Bonaparte (Geosyntec Consultants)

Thursday, January 23, 2020

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Graham Fairhead, Managing Director of Fabtech Australia

Thursday, February 27, 2020

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Presented by Terry Sheridan, P.E. of GeoStorage Corp

Tuesday, March 24, 2020

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Richelle Delia PhD of Owens Corning

Thursday, April 16, 2020

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Matthew Kemnitz of Leak Location Services, Inc.

Tuesday, April 28, 2020

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Presented by Jeremy Morris, Ph.D., P.E., Principal Engineer at Geosyntec Consultants

Tuesday, May 19, 2020

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Eric Blond

Tuesday, June 16, 2020

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Thursday, July 30, 2020

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Presented by Ryan Berg, P.E., D.GE., F.ASCE of Ryan R Berg & Associates, and Jim Collin, Ph.D., P.E., D.GE., F.ASCE of the Collin Group, Ltd.

Thursday, August 20, 2020

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Timothy D. Stark of the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Thursday, September 17, 2020

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JR Register, P.E. of Consumers Energy, and Andrew Bittner, P.E. of Gradient

Thursday, October 8, 2020

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R. Kerry Rowe of Department of Civil Engineering, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Friday, November 6, 2020

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Presented by Denys Parra of Anddes in Lima, Peru

Thursday, November 12, 2020

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PANELISTS: John Allen - Owens Corning, Brian Baille - TenCate Geosynthetics, Kennedy Garber - Hallaton Environmental Linings, Matt Kemnitz - Leak Location Services, Inc., Dave McLaury - Demtech Services, Inc., and MODERATOR: Timothy D. Stark - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Tuesday, December 8, 2020

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Presented by Patrick Elliott of Raven Industries/CLI, Brendan Simbeck, and Duff Simbeck of Simbeck and Associates

Thursday, February 4, 2021

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Presented by Rudolph Bonaparte Ph.D., P.E., D.GE., NAE, F.ASCE Chairman and Senior Principal, Geosyntec Consultants, Inc.

Tuesday, March 23, 2021

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Dr. Rudolph Bonaparte (Geosyntec Consultants)

Thursday, January 23, 2020

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Audio version of the January 14, 2021 webinar on the Yeager Airport RSS Failure – Forensic Limit Equilibrium and FLAC Analyses

Presented by Jim Collin, Ph.D., P.E., D.GE., F.ASCE of the Collin Group, Ltd., and Timothy D. Stark, Ph.D., P.E., D.GE., F.ASCE of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Augusto Lucarelli of Itasca Consulting Group

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Please join Tim Stark and Jen Miller as they speak with Dr. Neven Matasovic of Geo-Logic Associates, Inc.  Neven addresses all of the questions from his April 13, 2021 FGI Webinar, titled "Static and Seismic Veneer Stability Calculations."  The full webinar, as well as all of the reference materials mentioned during his presentation is available to download for free from the FGI website at:  https://www.fabricatedgeomembrane.com/resources/webinar-gallery

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Join Tim Stark and Jen Miller as they speak with Dr. Rudolph Bonaparte, Chairman and Senior Principal of Geosyntec Consultants.  Rudy answers all of the questions related to his March 23, 2021 webinar titled "Design and Performance of Hazardous Waste and LLRW Landfills:  A 20-Year Case Study.  

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Please join the FGI's Tim Stark as he discusses Pipe Boots with Brendan Simbeck, Project Manager/Estimator at Simbeck and Associates.  This podcast is a follow-up to the webinar titled, "Geomembrane Attachment and Penetration Design and Installation" that was presented on February 4, 2021.  Brandan answers all of the questions regarding pipe boots that were asked during the live presentation, as well as those that were submitted via the webinar follow-up survey.

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Please join the FGI's Tim Stark as he discusses Anchor Trenches with Duff Simbeck, Vice President of Simbeck and Associates.  This podcast is a follow-up to the webinar titled, "Geomembrane Attachment and Penetration Design and Installation" that was presented on February 4, 2021.  Duff answers all of the questions regarding anchor trenches that were asked during the live presentation, as well as those that were submitted via the webinar follow-up survey.

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Please join the FGI's Tim Stark and Jen Miller as they discuss Embedment Strips and Mechanical Attachments with Patrick Elliott, Director of Installation Services for Raven Engineered Films/CLI Construction.  This podcast is a follow-up to the webinar titled, "Geomembrane Attachment and Penetration Design and Installation" that was presented on February 4, 2021.  Pat answers all of the questions regarding embedment strips and mechanical attachments that were asked during the live presentation, as well as those that were submitted via the webinar follow-up survey.

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Please join Tim Stark and Jen Miller as they continue the discussion of the Yeager Airport RSS Failure - Forensic Limit Equilibrium and FLAC Analyses with Jim Collin and Augusto Lucarelli.  This discussion is a follow-up to their webinar presented on January 14. 2021 and addresses all of the questions asked during and after the live webinar.

This is an audio version of the FGI webinar.  For the video recording of the webinar, please visit

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Please join Tim Stark as he asks panelists follow-up questions from their Live Panel Discussion Webinar on Subgrade Preparation and CQC/CQA for Geomembranes, that was presented on December 8, 2020.  The panelists include:  Matt Kemnitz (Leak Location Services, Inc.), John Allen (Owens Corning), Kennedy Garber (Hallaton Environmental Linings), Brian Baille (Tencate Geosynthetics), Dave McLaury (DemTech Services, Inc.), and Doug Hilts (Hilts Consulting Group).  

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Please join Tim Stark and Jen Miller as they discuss issues of constructing on soft foundation with Dr. Kerry Rowe of Queens University.  Dr. Rowe provided answers to follow-up questions from his excellent FGI Webinar titled, "Construction on Soft Foundation Soils (2020 Mercer Lecture), presented on Tuesday, November 3, 2020.  Topics that Dr. Rowe addressed include:  avoiding geogrid construction damage, floating columns, effects of secondary compression on peat, allocating vertical resistance between compression of the column and load transfer into soft clay, and many more.

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Please join Tim Stark and Jen Miller as they discuss geosynthetics for mining applications with Denys Parra, P.E. of Anddes, Peru.  Denys address several follow up questions from his outstanding FGI Webinar titled "Geosynthetics in Mining" that was presented on November 12, 2020.  The Q and A includes topics of:  geosynthetics recommended for mining applications, heap leach considerations, challenges with high altitudes, low temperatures, and winds, downslope bentonite migration concerns, and much more.

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This podcast addressed the follow up questions from J.R. Register and Andy Bittner's webinar titled, "US EPA Reconsideration of CCR Regulations Impacting the Geosynthetics Industry" presented on October 8, 2020. The focus of the webinar was on the proposed and finalized amendments scheduled in 2020 to rules promulgated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) to the Coal Combustion Residuals Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Rule (CCR Rule). The 2020 amendments seek to comply to with the USWAG Decision handed down by the Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia and captures reconsideration of certain elements of the 2015 CCR Rule by US EPA as discussed in briefs to the Court. One of the most critical elements of the USWAG Decision and reconsideration by US EPA centers on the technical adequacy of CCR surface impoundment liner systems and commits US EPA to establish a deadline for when unlined CCR surface impoundments must cease operations and close those units. The decision also found that clay liners alone (engineered or natural) did not meet risk standard established by US EPA in its 2014 CCR Rule Risk Assessment. This presentation will summarize the analysis from EPA’s Composite Model for Leachate Migration with Transformation Products (EPACMTP) and contextualize that output with the USWAG Decision and the 2020 Rulemaking efforts that are underway.

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Please join Tim Stark and Jen Miller as they address all of the questions asked during and after Tim Stark's webinar titled, "Geomembrane Wrinkles in Containment Applications" that was presented on September 17, 2020.  Topics of this podcast include:  regulations, stress cracking, wrinkles size and height, dimensional stability, best materials for exposed ponds, and more.

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Join special guests, Dr. Ryan Berg and Dr. Jim Collin, as they present a podcast as a follow-up to their FGI Webinar on the Yeager Airport Reinforced Soil Slope Failure Case Study.  Ryan and Jim answer many questions that were posed to them during and after their excellent case study presentation.

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Panelists answer questions about handling factory fabricated geomembranes panels, including how to choose the best material for the job, how to determine optimal subgrade characteristics before placement of a geomembrane panel, which method is better for nonwoven geotextile seaming, sewing or heat-bonding, and more.

Panelist Bios:

Pat Elliott is the Director of Installation Services for Raven Engineered Films through their subsidiary Raven CLI Construction, Inc. Pat oversees and directs the installation operations for Raven CLI Construction and is also the current President of the FGI.

Dan Rohe is President of Environmental Protection, Inc. and has been involved in the factory fabrication and installation of geomembranes at EPI for over 20 years with millions of square feet installed, including the Columbus UpGround Reservoir Project.

Ronald K. Frobel, MSCE, P.E.

Ron Frobel is a registered professional engineer and owner/principal of R. K. Frobel & Associates Consulting Engineers, Evergreen, Colorado. With more than thirty years experience as an internationally recognized technical specialist in the field of Geosynthetics.

Duff Simbeck

Duff Simbeck is Vice-President of Simbeck and Associates and has been involved in the field installation of geosynthetics and project management for 22 years from North Carolina to California.

Douglas Hilts, P.E., S.E.

Douglas Hilts is a registered professional civil and structural engineer in multiple states and has more than 30 years experience throughout the US and internationally with geosynthetics. Mr. Hilts is recognized as a technical specialist in the field of reservoir geomembrane floating covers and liners.

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In this episode, special guest Andrew Mills describes best practices for handling, identifying, rolling/folding, storing, transporting, and deploying fabricated geomembranes.  He also discussed the advantages of using factory fabricated panels, proper subgrade preparation, as well as welding procedures for field repairs.

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In this episode, Tim explains the primary functions of a geomembrane, common types, the most important aspects of geomembrane design, chemical resistance applications, as well as other important design properties that should be considered.

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This podcast is a follow up to Eric Blond's webinar on June 16, 2020 titled, "Testing and Design of Drainage Geocomposites."  This podcast covers the outstanding questions from his webinar.

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Follow-up of May 19, 2020 Webinar on Post Closure Care of Landfills by Jeremy Morris of Geosyntec Consultants.

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This podcast addresses follow-up questions on the leak location survey podcast by Matt Kemnitz.

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This podcast discuss a case history involving one factory and one field fabricated geomembranes for a direct comparison. 

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Tim explains the FGI's Pond Leakage and Panel Weight Calculators.  These tools are designed to help owners, consultants, engineers, architects, and contractors optimize their designs for lining basins to contain its contents and/or protect the surrounding environments, as well as estimate material, factory fabrication, shipping, and field installation time and costs to optimize the basin size.

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Tim and Jen welcome special guest, Ed Silva  - VP for Business Development with E2 Coated Fabric Solutions to discuss secondary containment applications, current federal (US EPA) and state regulations for secondary containment, typical geomembranes used, types of secondary barriers, as well as testing required.

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Tim and Jen interview Terry Sheridan of GeoStorage Corporation about Stormwater Management and Geosynthetics.  Terry addresses several follow-up questions from his 3/24/20 FGI Webinar on the same topic.  A few of the topics addressed include:  ASTM puncture tests used, typical puncture specification for a geomembrane, chemical compatibility issues, techniques for placing angular gravel on geotextiles and geomembranes, and lightweight aggregates.

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Tim discussed air channel testing for fabricated geomembranes.  

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Tim Stark, FGI's Director discusses Geomembrane Nomenclature.

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An introduction to all things Geomembranes/Geosynthetics.  

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Fabricated Geomembrane Institute will be exhibiting at the Geosynthetics Conference.  

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All about Factory Fabrication of Geomembranes.  

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Learn more about the Fabricated Geomembrane Institute (FGI) history, and it's director Dr. Timothy Stark.  

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