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Drawing R&D Inspiration from an Engineering Challenge

Drawing R&D Inspiration from an Engineering Challenge

Update: 2020-06-18
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The Alaska Department of Transportation brought a specific engineering challenge to TenCate Geosynthetics: the need to enhance lateral drainage from roadway subgrades to minimize frost boils. The company came back not only with a design solution but a new type of geotextile, one which is now finding many different applications. Mark Sikkema discusses how they developed an enhanced wicking geosynthetic.

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