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| I-CORP INTERNATIONAL (I-CORP) was formed in March 1991 by Dr. Ian D. Peggs when he realized the geosynthetic industry's need for a completely independent organization that could provide world-class geosynthetic materials performance information, specialist construction quality assurance (CQA) services and new technology development services; and, at the same time, not be afraid to instruct those with less experience on how to provide the same services. Prior to forming I-CORP, Dr. Peggs was a Vice President of GeoServices, Inc. and President of the international geosynthetics testing laboratory, GeoSyntec, Inc. (both now GeoSyntec Consultants). | |||
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I-CORP provides geosynthetic materials engineering/science/durability and field
construction/performance expertise. I-CORP staff are polymer/materials/engineering experts.
I-CORP is not an engineering design company, but having worked alongside designers,
I-CORP staff are well aware of the latest design practices and are well-prepared to
collaborate with, and complement, designers at all levels of expertise. I-CORP has a
number of geosynthetic designer associates, including Dr. Greg Richardson, well known
for his pioneering landfill designs, and Mr. Michael Simac, an expert on retaining walls
and slope stabilization. I-CORP staff are active in North American (NAGS, ASTM, IFAI) and international (IGS, ISO, CEN, IAGI) geosynthetics associations and standards groups in order to stay abreast of the latest developments in geosynthetics technology. They maintain communication with private consultants, manufacturers, and users of geosynthetics around the world. In fact, 60% of I-CORP's business is outside the US. Dr. Peggs' contributions to the geosynthetics industry have been recognized by one of six IGS Awards presented at the 1994 IGS Conference in Singapore for work performed between 1990 and 1994. Only one other Award was presented to a private consultant, the remainder to university teams. He was also nominated for an IGS Award for the period 1995 - 1998 for his paper "HDPE Geosynthetics - Premature Failures and Their Prediction". The comprehensive nature and uniqueness of I-CORP's services are shown by a client list that includes resin manufacturers, geosynthetic manufacturers and installers, engineering design companies, operators of government facilities, international corporations, owners of landfills, industry institutes, research institutes, inventors, and attorneys in 28 countries around the world. | |||
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I-CORP has worked on two of the three large strategic landfills in Hong Kong,
on England's first piggyback landfill, industrial landfill liner problems in Italy and
Finland, on a mobile drilling island in the Arctic, on Namibia's first geomembrane-lined hazardous waste cells, and on liner problems at five Navy and Department of Energy sites. We have performed over 140 failure analyses and liner leak surveys including the largest area (634,000 m²) and deepest waste (8m) leak surveys.. It is I-CORP's intention to remain a small, unique company, providing specialist geosynthetic consulting, leak survey, failure analysis, and state-of-the-art field CQA services on an international level to a small number of clients, and, simultaneously, to teach others how to develop facilities (e.g., laboratories) and how to provide comprehensive state-of-practice field CQA services. RESPONSE TIME It is I-CORP's intent to respond immediately to your request. And we demand no less from the laboratories (and other organizations) we contract to work on your behalf. We are prepared to mobilize anywhere (nationally or internationally) at anytime. More than half of I-CORP's work is outside the US. Failures must be analyzed before material evidence is lost or damaged. Leaks must be located and repaired before ground water is contaminated or to prevent a facility being shutdown. Our objective is simply to get the work done for you, as quickly and as professionally as possible. | |||
KEY PERSONNEL | |||
 Dr. Peggs, a materials scientist, has been involved with plastic, plastic pipe, composite, and geosynthetic materials performance research, CQA, and problem definition and solution since 1978. He obtained a first class honors B.Sc. in Metallurgy from Imperial College, London University in 1963 and his Ph.D in Physical Metallurgy from Sheffield University in 1966. With Atomic Energy of Canada, he worked on graphite, ceramics, carbon and graphite fibers, and graphite/graphite composites. In 1994 he received the IGS Special Recognition Award for his work on the influence of polymer microstructure on the performance of geomembranes. Dr. Peggs has edited and/or contributed to 5 books and has written over 120 publications. His special interests include failure analysis and nondestructive testing. In 1986 he was responsible for the formation and development of the GeoSyntec Inc. geosynthetic materials testing laboratory. In 1991 he formed his own geosynthetic materials performance consulting company, I-CORP INTERNATIONAL, Inc. which now has clients in over 28 countries. 
  Mr. Hamilton, with ten years experience in on-site geosynthetics Construction Quality Assurance is also experienced as a geosynthetics field technician and CQA instructor specializing in destructive/nondestructive testing and electrical leak location surveys. Doug has been involved with the CQA of over 22,000,000 ft² of both smooth and textured HDPE, LLDPE, and PP geomembranes, together with geotextiles, geonet, geocomposites, and GCLs. He has instructed others in effective CQA practices at projects in Hong Kong, the UK, Venezuela, and the US.  |
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