Design with a cost-effective & sustainable approach with Geosynthetics.

4 CPD Credits available upon attendance.
FREE Admission – RSVP Required – limited seating. Breakfast & Lunch included.

Geosynthetics can be cost-effective and sustainable because they reduce the need for natural resources and other construction materials. They can also help reduce environmental impact. Geosynthetics can be used in a variety of infrastructure projects, including roadways, railways, containment, retaining walls, and embankment foundations.

Session 1: Ground Improvement in Critical Applications: Heavy Haul and Working Platforms-Crane Pads

Terrafix Geogrids are a cost-effective alternative to the above construction methods, and can provide significant benefits to your projects, including:

• Improve/Extend the lifecycle of your project
• Achieve better structural performance using less granular materials or incorporating reused materials
• Save time
• Reduce installation and maintenance costs
• Address site limitations

Session 2: Extending Budgets and Improving Roadway Infrastructure Performance with Geogrids

Inflation, diminishing stocks of mineral resources, increasing cost of disposing of excavated materials and the need to be more environmentally responsible as we all contribute to the fight against climate change all beg for a closer look at how we build (and rebuild) infrastructure. Geogrids have reached a level of maturity where their technical performance is very well understood and proven, and their availability is widespread. Numerous readily available and proven geosynthetic products, when used in engineered designs, provide the following significant benefits;

• Reduced sub-excavation below paved structures,
  meaning shorter construction times, lower trucking and disposal costs and reduced carbon emissions.
• Substantially thinner granular base required below paved structures,
  meaning shorter construction times, lower cost, reduced granular materials consumed and lower carbon emissions.
• Longer life cycles and better performance for paved infrastructure.

Meet the Speaker

Isabel Perez is a Product Manager of Subgrade Improvement at Terrafix Geosynthetics Inc., which is a role that gives her the opportunity to be involved in the design stage up to project completion. Remarkable contributions of her role: deliver Value Engineering designs, address site challenges, and provide technical assistance, tests, and site visits, delivered more than 150 designs and involved in multiple projects in Canada. She graduated from URBE University in Venezuela in 2006 as an Industrial Engineer. She has worked for more than 16 years in civil engineering, supporting a wide variety of infrastructural projects in Venezuela, Spain, and Canada.

Organization, determination, and motivation are her core assets. She is passionate about finding innovative solutions and understand how we can boost collaboration within the transportation and construction industry.