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92% less CO₂ emissions with woven geotextile in airport infrastructure

The use of a woven geotextile in renovating Ostend-Bruges Airport's runway replaced traditional gravel methods, significantly reducing...

Biological Engineering for creating a bypass for the Rhine river

Rees Flood Channel: a Bypass for the Rhine River. The branch of biological engineering is still a niche in landscape architecture and...

Geosynthetic barriers against radon and other gasses

The remediation of former industrial sites with contaminated soil is one of the major ecological challenges of our time. Those containing...

Geosynthetics provide proven economical solutions which reduce CO2 footprint of infrastructure

Civil Engineers, planners and contractors who often support complex infrastructural projects such as direct economic highways, airports...

New LCA on Waterways available on EAGM website.

A comparative life cycle assessment of geosynthetics versus conventional construction materials, filter function in a river construction...

Nonwoven Geotextiles for Sustainable Landfill Bottom Sealing

The use of heavy duty nonwoven geotextiles as part of an efficient and sustainable containment system is key to addressing environmental...

CO2 emission reductions by using geosynthetics

The amount of traditional poured concrete needed to cover the same area as a single pallet of 8mm thick GCCMs would require two 17-ton...