ABSTRACT ONLY:
Although a manufacturer of silica gel was required by state regulators to close its landfill, it knew there was a possibility that a new landfill would be constructed on top of the existing one. Engineers had to design a closure that could accommodate either a secure, durable cap or a lined second landfill atop material with a very low solids content and a high susceptibility to consolidation.
BIOS:
While working on this project, Gerald L. DeMers, P.E., M.ASCE, was a senior engineer with GeoTrans, Inc., in Brookfield, Wisconsin, and with Symbiont Science and Engineering in West Allis, Wisconsin. He is now a senior engineer and project manager with The Shaw Group, Inc., in Milwaukee. This article is based on a paper delivered at GeoCongress 2008, Geotechnics of Waste Management and Remediation, a conference sponsored by ASCE and its GeoInstitute and held in New Orleans in March 2008.