TRI/Environmental,
Inc. (TRI) is an independent,
third party, geosynthetics firm which provides testing and research services
to the international community. TRI provides laboratory conformance/verification
testing as well as performance related studies. TRI is the first laboratory
in the world to be accredited by the Geosynthetics Accreditation Institute
and is distinguished as having the most extensive list of accredited tests.
In addition to routine testing in accordance with ASTM, ISO, BS, DIN and
GRI test methods, TRI provides interface friction, permeability, creep
and stress-rupture, transmissivity, gradient ratio, UV-resistance, chemical
resistance, carbonyl end group, viscosity, and accelerated time-temperature
testing. TRI's staff are active throughout the world's standards development
organizations and routinely provide short courses, seminars and tailor-made
training services to those learning about geosynthetics. TRI earned a superior reputation
as an internationally acclaimed, highest quality testing and research
facility. TRI’s geosynthetics
laboratories and governing quality assurance system are accredited
by the Geosynthetics
Accreditation Institute (GAI). TRI is proud to be the first testing laboratory
to achieve this accreditation, and is currently distinguished as holding
the most comprehensive (91 tests) accreditation among commercial testing
laboratories. Our accreditation documentation may be e-mailed upon request
and independently verified by visiting the GAI home page at www.geosynthetic-institute.org.
News
Next Generation Liner Integrity Surveys I-CORP INTERNATIONAL ’s joint venture, the TRI-CORP Liner Integrity Center (T-CLIC), has developed the next phase in geomembrane liner construction quality assurance (CQA) and leak location technology . This third-generation, “smart” equipment utilizes easily readable, real-time technology for identifying leaks in, or verifying the undamaged integrity of, installed geomembranes.
Awards
of Environmental Excellence ahead of the EC08 conference, which begins
February 18, 2008 in Orlando. Among the winners is TRI's Joel Sprague
for the Most Distinguished Technical Paper Award for "Slope Erosion Testing:
Identifying Critical Parameters." Congratulations, Joel!
TRI's 2007
Newsletter is now available. Catch up with TRI's
news and find out about their newest employee, Staff Engineer Rich Lacey... cont'd
Erosion Control Testing
Facility at the Denver Downs Research Farm (DDRF)TRI has launched the development
of a large-scale erosion and sediment control testing facility in the
upstate of South Carolina thru an agreement with the Denver Downs Research
Farm (DDRF). TRI's Southeast Area
Office in Greenville, SC will manage the large-scale research and testing
facility...cont'd
TRI's 3-Part
Accreditation for the Performance of Liner Integrity Surveys (LIS)
short course review
View exciting TRI news at: http://www.tri-env.com/news.asp
TRI Lab Updates and other
Technical Documents are available in the geosynthetica.net library - some
of the titles from TRI include:
Asphalt
Reinforcement with Geosynthetics / Asphalt Reinforcement
with Geosynthetics, Joel SpragueLong
-Term Design Flow - PART 1 Will the soil environment cause geocomposite
drains to lose flow capacity over time?, Joel Sprague
Long-term
Design Flow - PART 2 Will the soil environment cause geocomposite
drains to lose flow capacity over time?, Joel Sprague
Quality
Assurance through independent 3rd Party Inspection, Sampling
and Laboratory Testing , Joel Sprague
Testing
installation damage of geosynthetic reinforcement, Joel
Sprague and Sam Allen (article in GFR's September 2003 issue)
Sam Allen sallen@tri-env.com www.GeosyntheticTesting.com