The latest video podcast from Australia-based engineer Siamak Paulson (Golder Associates) checks in with Warren Hornsey, Director of TRI Australasia. The 16-minute interview highlights the value and role of independent geosynthetics testing on the Australian infrastructure market. It also underscores the need for college engineering programs and practicing engineering professionals to include geosynthetics in…
Though TRI Africa Environmental Services is one of the newest members of TRI’s international group of independent, third-party engineering services providers, it has quickly become South Africa’s leading CQA consulting entity for geosynthetic liner integrity surveys. The company provides essential environmental protection verification, through monitoring geomembrane installations in waste management. It’s also looking out for its…
The United States Navy approved Texas Research Institute Austin, Inc. (TRI Austin) Non-Conductive Coating (NCC) 209 for use on metal outboard cable connector backshells in its submarine fleet, effective April 15, 2020. The approval was granted by the Navy’s Submarine Maintenance Engineering, Planning and Procurement Activity (SUBMEPP) in Portsmouth, NH. TRI’s new NCC…
For over 45 years, Texas Research International’s mission has been improving the world – through innovation, testing, collaborative research and data. Like so many organizations across our country and beyond, we rally behind our employees, communities, and portfolio of companies. We ensure our story during the COVID-19 crisis is one of due diligence, measure, and…
Texas Research International, Inc. (TRI), a conglomerate of 13 employee owned small businesses employing over 120 scientists, loves to give back to its team members and have some fun. Though the company spends most of its time performing applied research, product development and lab services for a wide variety of industries, corporate staff wanted to…
This summer, TRI held its Annual TRI Employee Meeting which consisted of ice cream, trivia, a raffle, and IPad minis. This fun-filled hour was presented by the leaders of each department, located in Austin, along with our CEO Scott Strehli. This annual tradition has been around for many years and was originally created by TRI’s…
Since the late 1980s, military, federal, state, and local law enforcement have incorporated NLW or less-than-lethal technology into their daily efforts to discourage or prevent hostile action, temporarily disable attackers, suppress unruly crowds, quell prison riots, and reduce loss of life. Dispersing a crowd safely and quickly with an NLW has been an ongoing topic…
In 2018, the Liner Integrity Survey and Assessment Division of TRI performed a record number of electrical leak location (ELL) surveys encompassing over 10 million square feet. TRI’s Australasia, China, and Brazil offices also continued to offer this service. TRI’s new Africa office is now also performing this service in South Africa, where it is…
For a number of years, TRI has been evaluating the short- and longterm structural integrity of buried stormwater quality units. In 2018, we initiated full-scale hydraulic evaluations of manufactured treatment devices (MTDs) and nutrient removal products. MTD testing is based on ASTM standards (C1745 and C1746), while nutrient removal testing evolves from collaboration with product…
The geohazard of rockfall affecting road networks is of considerable interest to highway engineers working in mountainous terrain. Some of the principal measures to protect against rockfall involve rockfall checkfences, barrier fences, heavy-duty mesh netting, rockfall catch areas, sprayed fibre concrete (fibrecrete), and modifications to drainage systems including channel training works. TRI is very active…