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Memberships

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)









 
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