Ancient life: when Pharaoh’s reigned in supreme power, people worshipped Ra and buried their life with them in their graves. This time in history continues to tantalize generation after generation. …
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Waking up on a cold and snowy Saturday morning 9 days into April, knowing you are headed to Florida, most people would be excited at the thought and/or opportunity and…
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Happy Leap Day! Today, February 29, 2016, many of us are blessed with an extra day in the calendar year (assuming you are on the Gregorian Calendar) – an event…
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The clever fox outsmarts the hound in perhaps the most original version of this popular saying. And much like the hound, a CQA technician on a geosynthetics installation can end…
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What cable ties should be used on a project? Often, the specifications address only the color of the tie and the spacing between ties. So, as CQA professionals, how do…
When you hear this phrase, perhaps your thoughts go immediately to the 1920’s song, or the 1950’s movie that popularized that song. Either way, this phrase would not conjure up…
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We already are through the first full month of autumn, completing perhaps the busiest 12-month duration of my career. Indeed, I am living the phrase “Time flies when you are…
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How many times have you observed an installer performing an extrusion weld over a wrinkle in the geomembrane? This video shows a common result of such welding practices, which is…
I recently received a report from one of our personnel performing a field audit of Quality Assurance (QA) activities on a particular job site. Our role was simply to monitor…
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The dual-track seam shown in this video should raise plenty of questions – questions you might want answered on your next project! With competent and proper installation methods, QC, and…
Glen Toepfer
