The Geosynthetic
Institute (GSI) is a consortium of organizations interested in, and involved
with, geosynthetics. All types of geosynthetic materials are involved:
geotextiles, geomembranes, geogrids, geonets, geocomposites, geosynthetic clay
liners, geopipe and geofoam.
The organizations
include federal and state governmental agencies, facility owners, designers,
consultants, QA organizations, testing laboratories, resin and additive
suppliers, manufacturers, manufacturers representatives and installation
contractors. It currently consists of 53 member organizations. See the
following section of current members arranged by Focus
Groups, which is linked to their respective home pages.
GSI functions
under the general oversight of an elected board of directors and the regular
interaction with its members. The entire membership meets two times per year
and suggests topics and directions. Member organizations share these results as
well as a number of subsidiary benefits. These benefits include enrollment in
professional courses and seminars at nominal cost, free laboratory training for
employees, direct interaction with GSI staff and students, and access to
product information services, specifications and test methods. Also available
is a control access section of this home page. Among other information in this
section is the complete set of GRI standards and specifications, summaries of
all GRI proprietary reports and a geosynthetics keyword search of the literature.
In the keyword search section are approximately 7500 references placed
according to geosynthetic type, function and use. Citations are obtained
directly from the listed references.
For information,
see the Prospectus.