Overview An urban forest spread over 3 acres is being developed by Shahzad Qureshi in Clifton Block 5, Karachi. As part of the development, an earthern lake has been created. To address seepage losses issues, a 1.00mm thick PVC Geomembrane Liner (A.T.S. Synthetics) was used along-with a 200 GSM Polypropylene Non-Woven Needle Punched Geotextile (Mattex) …
To raise awareness for Geosynthetics, International Geosynthetic Society, IGS-PK gave presentations followed by panel discussion at NESCOM-National Engineering and Scientific Commission in Islamabad. IGS-PK members included Hasan S Akhtar, Col (R) Syed Muhammad Tehseen Yazdani, Usman Tassaduq and Saiyed Nadir Sajid. Topic of presentations included introduction to geotextile and geomembrane, it’s benefits and application in …
Why Use a Geotextile? Coastal Protection: To protect against coastal erosion, armor stone revetment are constructed. The energy of the wave action of water is dissipated by the armor stone however as the waves are receding, the water erodes the sandy soil below the armor stones, causing them to displace from their location and eventually …
As part of IGS-PK initiative to raise the awareness of geosynthetics, the first seminar/ discussion group meeting was held at EA consult head office in Karachi. The topic of the seminar was related to road construction in soft clay and sandy soils. Traditional solutions were technically and financially compared with modern solution using geosynthetics. The …