Colbond as a company, its staff and agents are members of, or support the work of the following organizations and associations or their committees:
European and international geosynthetics industry organisations
• International Geosynthetics Society (IGS)
• European Standardisation Committee of Geosynthetics and Related Products,
Technical Committee CEN TC 288, WG 6: Reinforced Soil & Soil Nailing
• European Standardisation Committee of Geosynthetics and Related Products,
Technical Committee CEN TC 189
• European Co-Operation in the Field of Scientific and Technical Research (COST)
• European Associations of Geotextile and Geotextile Related Products
Manufacturers, (EAGM)
• Geosynthetic Institute (GSI)
• International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE)
National committees Germany, Austria, Switzerland
• Industrieverband Geokunststoffe (IVG) [Geosynthetics industry association]:
Colbond is a founder member
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Geotechnik (DGGT) [German geotechnology association],
including membership of working group AK 5.1
• Verein Deutscher Ingenieure (VDI) [Association of German engineers]
• Studiengesellschaft für unterirdische Verkehrsanlagen (STUVA)
[Underground transport systems study association]
• Förderkreis für das Institut für textile Bau- und Umwelttechnik (tBU)
[Promotional group of the institute of textile construction and environmental systems]
• Deutsche Vereinigung für Wasserwirtschaft, Abwasser und Abfall (ATV-DVWK)
[German association of water management, waste water and waste]
• Institut für das Bauen mit Geokunststoffen (IBK)
[Institute for construction
with geosynthetics]
• Fachvereinigung Bauwerksbegrünung (FBB)
[Professional association of
structural greening]
• Bund der Ingenieure für Wasserwirtschaft, Abfallwirtschaft und Kulturbau (BWK)
[Federation of water management, waste management and cultivation engineers]
• Schweizerischer Verband der Geotextilfachleute (SVG)
[Swiss geotextile professionals association]
• Kunststoff Verband Schweiz (KVB) [Swiss plastics association]
• Mirror groups of various ISO and CEN committees
National Committees Netherlands
• Nederlandse Geotextiel Organisatie (NGO)
National Committees France
• Bureau de Normalisation Sols et Routes (BNSR)
[Soil and roads standards committee]
• Comité Français des Géosynthétiques (CFG)
[French geosynthetics committee]
• Comité Français des Techniques Routières (CFTR)
[French road systems committee]
National Committees USA
• American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
• Geosynthetic Manufacturers Association (GMA)
• Erosion Control Technology Council (ECTC)
• International Erosion Control Association (IECA)
• Geosynthetic Institute/Geosynthetic Research Institute (GSI/GRI)
• North American Geosynthetic Society (NAGS)
• American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
• National Concrete Masonry Association (NCMA)
• American Institute of Architects (AIA)
• Building Environment & Thermal Envelope Council (BETEC)
• Construction Specifiers Institute (CSI)
• Society for the Advancement of Materials and Process Engineering (SAMPE)
• Composite Fabricators Association (CFA)