Geosynthetics CQA Week ONLINE - May 2025

Monday, May 5, 2025 at 8:00 AM to Friday, May 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM CDT

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Learn more aboutAbigail Gilson Abigail Gilson
Abigail Gilson
Senior Engineer
TRI Environmental
Abigail Gilson, M.S., P.E. is a Senior Engineer for TRI/Environmental. Gilson has a wealth of experience in geomembrane-lined containment facility design and construction and has performed more than 160 million square feet of liner integrity surveys across 100+ projects since 2004. Her contribution to the field of electrical leak location includes numerous published technical papers, educational seminars, presentations world-wide, and chairing the ASTM committee for the recent revisions and additions to the ASTM Standard Guide and Practices. Ms. Gilson’s expertise is available for providing equipment, field training, classroom education, instructional presentations, engineering consulting, and liner integrity survey execution. She has trained staff in all of TRI’s office locations to provide local assistance on survey projects.
https://www.tri-environmental.com

About Abigail Gilson

Senior Engineer
TRI Environmental
Learn more aboutMark Sieracke Mark Sieracke
Mark Sieracke
Principal
Weaver Consultants Group
Mark Sieracke, P.E. is an industry-recognized expert in the fields of landfill design and CQA. Mark serves as a Principal and Solid Waste Practice Area Manager for Weaver Consultants Group. Mark has served as a Technical Reviewer of the US EPA Technical Guidance Document: Quality Assurance and Quality Control for Waste Containment Facilities (EPA/600/R- 93/182, Sept. 1993). He has served as a hands-on CQA practitioner, certifying engineer, and consultant for 1000+ acres of geosynthetic installations. He contributes routinely to landfill failure investigations and constructability reviews for design engineers. Mark serves on the Waste Management Inc. (WMI) Geosynthetic Task Force, creating the corporate standards for CQA.
https://wcgrp.com/

About Mark Sieracke

Principal
Weaver Consultants Group
Learn more aboutSam Allen Sam Allen
Sam Allen
Vice President
TRI Environmental
Sam Allen is the Vice President of Texas Research International‘s (TRI) Geosynthetics Services Division. For ~20 years, he has co-taught courses on geosynthetic technologies, applications, and business. In September 2022, he will begin a four-year term as the President of the International Geosynthetics Society (IGS). Previously, he served as Chairman of ASTM Committee D35 on Geosynthetics. He has also served on the Board of Directors of the Geosynthetic Institute (GSI).
https://www.tri-environmental.com

About Sam Allen

Vice President
TRI Environmental
Learn more aboutJeffrey Kuhn Jeffrey Kuhn
Jeffrey Kuhn
Executive Director
TRI Environmental
Dr. Jeffrey Kuhn, P.E., is the Geotechnical Laboratory Director for TRI/Environmental, Inc. His doctoral work principally focused on alternative/evapotraspirative cover design and evaluation for the EPA, and he performed research with expansive clays for the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). Prior to joining TRI, he served as a consulting engineer, where he worked on the design and installation of the Circuit of the Americas Formula One Race Track over expansive clays with tight differential movement criteria. Since 2012, he’s led the expansion of TRI’s geotechnical laboratory capabilities and reach within the geotechnical community.
https://www.tri-environmental.com

About Jeffrey Kuhn

Executive Director
TRI Environmental

Monday, May 5, 2025 at 8:00 AM to Friday, May 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM CDT

More than 1000 engineers, regulators, and affiliated CQA personnel in waste management, mining and other containment sectors have taken TRI Environmental's geosynthetics CQA training courses.

The courses will next be presented 5 - 9 May 2025 in a live, virtual format through half-day morning sessions (US Central time zone). The CQA training can be used as preparation for the Geosynthetic Certification Institute–Inspectors Certification Program (GCI-ICP) exams, which will be offered online on the afternoon of May 9.

This is essential professional development for new and experienced personnel in waste management, landfill construction, CQA and affiliated sectors requiring geosynthetic containment technologies.

DOWNLOAD THE BROCHURE (PDF)

Courses may be taken individually. Government rates available. NOTE: The GCI-ICP Exam requires an additional application and fee paid directly to the Geosynthetic Institute (+1 610 522 8440, www.geosynthetic-institute.org). Please contact GSI for information. 

Sessions on May 05, 2025

08:00 AM

Liner Integrity Surveys/Assessments

08:00 AM - 12:00 PMOnline
    Abigail Gilson
    Senior EngineerTRI Environmental
    Abigail Gilson, M.S., P.E. is a Senior Engineer for TRI/Environmental. Gilson has a wealth of experience in geomembrane-lined containment facility design and construction and has performed more than 160 million square feet of liner integrity surveys across 100+ projects since 2004. Her contribution to the field of electrical leak location includes numerous published technical papers, educational seminars, presentations world-wide, and chairing the ASTM committee for the recent revisions and additions to the ASTM Standard Guide and Practices. Ms. Gilson’s expertise is available for providing equipment, field training, classroom education, instructional presentations, engineering consulting, and liner integrity survey execution. She has trained staff in all of TRI’s office locations to provide local assistance on survey projects.
    https://www.tri-environmental.com

    Sessions on May 06, 2025

    08:00 AM

    Construction QA/QC For Geosynthetic Installations - Day 1 of 2

    08:00 AM - 12:00 PMLive, Online
      Mark Sieracke
      PrincipalWeaver Consultants Group
      Mark Sieracke, P.E. is an industry-recognized expert in the fields of landfill design and CQA. Mark serves as a Principal and Solid Waste Practice Area Manager for Weaver Consultants Group. Mark has served as a Technical Reviewer of the US EPA Technical Guidance Document: Quality Assurance and Quality Control for Waste Containment Facilities (EPA/600/R- 93/182, Sept. 1993). He has served as a hands-on CQA practitioner, certifying engineer, and consultant for 1000+ acres of geosynthetic installations. He contributes routinely to landfill failure investigations and constructability reviews for design engineers. Mark serves on the Waste Management Inc. (WMI) Geosynthetic Task Force, creating the corporate standards for CQA.
      https://wcgrp.com/
      Sam Allen
      Vice PresidentTRI Environmental
      Sam Allen is the Vice President of Texas Research International‘s (TRI) Geosynthetics Services Division. For ~20 years, he has co-taught courses on geosynthetic technologies, applications, and business. In September 2022, he will begin a four-year term as the President of the International Geosynthetics Society (IGS). Previously, he served as Chairman of ASTM Committee D35 on Geosynthetics. He has also served on the Board of Directors of the Geosynthetic Institute (GSI).
      https://www.tri-environmental.com

      Sessions on May 07, 2025

      08:00 AM

      Construction QA/QC For Geosynthetic Installations - Day 2 of 2

      08:00 AM - 12:00 PMLive, Online
        Mark Sieracke
        PrincipalWeaver Consultants Group
        Mark Sieracke, P.E. is an industry-recognized expert in the fields of landfill design and CQA. Mark serves as a Principal and Solid Waste Practice Area Manager for Weaver Consultants Group. Mark has served as a Technical Reviewer of the US EPA Technical Guidance Document: Quality Assurance and Quality Control for Waste Containment Facilities (EPA/600/R- 93/182, Sept. 1993). He has served as a hands-on CQA practitioner, certifying engineer, and consultant for 1000+ acres of geosynthetic installations. He contributes routinely to landfill failure investigations and constructability reviews for design engineers. Mark serves on the Waste Management Inc. (WMI) Geosynthetic Task Force, creating the corporate standards for CQA.
        https://wcgrp.com/
        Sam Allen
        Vice PresidentTRI Environmental
        Sam Allen is the Vice President of Texas Research International‘s (TRI) Geosynthetics Services Division. For ~20 years, he has co-taught courses on geosynthetic technologies, applications, and business. In September 2022, he will begin a four-year term as the President of the International Geosynthetics Society (IGS). Previously, he served as Chairman of ASTM Committee D35 on Geosynthetics. He has also served on the Board of Directors of the Geosynthetic Institute (GSI).
        https://www.tri-environmental.com

        Sessions on May 08, 2025

        08:00 AM

        Construction QA/QC For Compacted Clay Liner and GCL Installation - Day 1 of 2

        08:00 AM - 12:00 PMLive, Online
          Jeffrey Kuhn
          Executive DirectorTRI Environmental
          Dr. Jeffrey Kuhn, P.E., is the Geotechnical Laboratory Director for TRI/Environmental, Inc. His doctoral work principally focused on alternative/evapotraspirative cover design and evaluation for the EPA, and he performed research with expansive clays for the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). Prior to joining TRI, he served as a consulting engineer, where he worked on the design and installation of the Circuit of the Americas Formula One Race Track over expansive clays with tight differential movement criteria. Since 2012, he’s led the expansion of TRI’s geotechnical laboratory capabilities and reach within the geotechnical community.
          https://www.tri-environmental.com

          Sessions on May 09, 2025

          08:00 AM

          Construction QA/QC For Compacted Clay Liner and GCL Installation - Day 2 of 2

          08:00 AM - 11:30 AM
            Jeffrey Kuhn
            Executive DirectorTRI Environmental
            Dr. Jeffrey Kuhn, P.E., is the Geotechnical Laboratory Director for TRI/Environmental, Inc. His doctoral work principally focused on alternative/evapotraspirative cover design and evaluation for the EPA, and he performed research with expansive clays for the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). Prior to joining TRI, he served as a consulting engineer, where he worked on the design and installation of the Circuit of the Americas Formula One Race Track over expansive clays with tight differential movement criteria. Since 2012, he’s led the expansion of TRI’s geotechnical laboratory capabilities and reach within the geotechnical community.
            https://www.tri-environmental.com
            12:00 PM

            GCI-ICP Exam: Geosynthetics Section

            12:00 PM - 02:00 PMLive, Online
              Sam Allen
              Vice PresidentTRI Environmental
              Sam Allen is the Vice President of Texas Research International‘s (TRI) Geosynthetics Services Division. For ~20 years, he has co-taught courses on geosynthetic technologies, applications, and business. In September 2022, he will begin a four-year term as the President of the International Geosynthetics Society (IGS). Previously, he served as Chairman of ASTM Committee D35 on Geosynthetics. He has also served on the Board of Directors of the Geosynthetic Institute (GSI).
              https://www.tri-environmental.com
              02:15 PM

              GCI-ICP Exam: Compacted Clay Liners Section

              02:15 PM - 03:15 PMLive, Online
                Sam Allen
                Vice PresidentTRI Environmental
                Sam Allen is the Vice President of Texas Research International‘s (TRI) Geosynthetics Services Division. For ~20 years, he has co-taught courses on geosynthetic technologies, applications, and business. In September 2022, he will begin a four-year term as the President of the International Geosynthetics Society (IGS). Previously, he served as Chairman of ASTM Committee D35 on Geosynthetics. He has also served on the Board of Directors of the Geosynthetic Institute (GSI).
                https://www.tri-environmental.com

                TRI Environmental

                https://www.tri-environmental.com

                TRI Environmental is a full-service independent laboratory and education provider that serves a variety of polymer-centric industries around the world. At our core is a deep understanding of polymeric materials and the characteristics critical to performance. TRI tests, certifies, performs research, develops equipment, and provides consulting on plastic materials used in civil, environmental and geotechnical engineering.

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