CQA Training Week – Australia LINER INTEGRITY SURVEYS/ASSESSMENTS (LISA) Tuesday, 15 May 2018 CONSTRUCTION QA/QC for GEOSYNTHETIC INSTALLATIONS and COMPACTED CLAY LINER & GCL INSTALLATION Wednesday, Thursday, 16 & 17 May 2018 GEOSYNTHETIC INSTITUTE (GSI) – CQA INSPECTORS CERTIFICATION PROGRAM – CQA CERTIFICATION EXAM Friday, 18 May 2018 CQA FOR GEOSYNTHETIC INSTALLATIONS Short Course Outline • History and Principles of Liner and Cover Systems • CQA Principles and Philosophy • Geosynthetic Manufacturing • Destructive Seam Testing • Geomembrane Specifications • Geosynthetic Clay Liners • Geotextile Filters / Cushions • Geosynthetic Drains Protection and Soil Cover • Geosynthetic Reinforcement • Soils Fundamentals • Geotechnical Test Procedures and Strategies • Slope Stability Basics • Interface Friction – Direct Shear Testing • CQA of Compacted Clay Liners • CQA Paperwork and Record Keeping LINER INTEGRITY SURVEY / ASSESSMENTS Short Course Outline Liner Integrity Methods, Terminology, History and Background • Applications • Methods • Hole Statistics • Boundary Conditions and Design Considerations • Standards and Specifications • Case Histories • Liner Integrity Application and Leak Location Equipment Demonstration TRI Instructors Sam Allen – Vice President TRI Environmental Sam is the Vice President of TRI/Environmental, Inc. (TRI), an international, independent third party geosynthetics testing and research firm. Presently he serves as the Immediate Past-Chairman of the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) Committee D35 on Geosynthetic Materials. He received the ASTM Award of Merit in 2010 and holds the status of ASTM Fellow. Sam also serves as the Convener of ISO TC221, Working Group 5 on Geosynthetic Durability and is also currently serving the IGS Council as the Chair of the Education Committee. Abigail Beck, M.S, P.E. – Director of Liner Integrity Services Abigail is a Senior Engineer for TRI/Environmental, Inc. and directs all Leak Location services worldwide. Abigail has performed and overseen 8 million square meters of various soil-covered, water-covered and exposed liner surveys. Her contribution to the field of electrical resistivity testing includes numerous published technical papers, educational seminars and presentations world-wide. She is currently chairing the ASTM committee on electrical leak location for the recent revisions and additions to the ASTM Standard Guide and Practices. Warren Hornsey, Pr. Eng. – Director, TRI Australasia Warren is the Director of TRI Australasia based on the Gold Coast in Queensland and is directly responsible for all geosynthetic testing and support in the Australasian region. Warren has 20 year’s experience in geosynthetic design, manufacture and R&D and is a past Chairman of Standards Australia CE20 committee on geosynthetics and committee member of the International Geosynthetics Society. He has published over 20 geosynthetic related papers. read more Back to Newsroom