Geosynthetics in Mining Tailings

Pascal Saunier is a French-Canadian professional engineer. After having managed a waste management facility for Veolia Environment, Pascal moves to Québec for WSP in the containment design and QA-QC on geosynthetics engineering department, then continues to develop his expertise in the geosynthetics industry with Texel-Geosol as Engineered Products manager. Finally he’s part of the creation of AFITEX-TEXEL inc., the Canadian manufacturer of DRAINTUBE™ technology, where he takes the lead of the technical and sales development for the North American Market. After almost 20 years of experience in the area of geosynthetics, geotechnics, and international business development in Europe and North America, he has published numerous technical papers on geosynthetics, QA/QC, waste management, and mining in his carrier. He’s a member of ‘’L’Ordre des Ingénieurs du Québec’’ (OIQ), the Association of P. Eng. of British Columbia as well as other related organizations as of ASTM D35.

Andy Warwick is a National Product Manager at Global Sythetics. Andy has been working in the geosynthetic industry for over fifteen years. He has worked at several large geosynthetic companies including Geofabrics (UK), Fiberweb and Polyfabrics. Andy has extensive experience in product development as well as a wide understanding of the various applications, standards and local country practices involved in the geosynthetic selection process. Andy has demonstrated an effective leadership style and is committed to sharing his knowledge of international learnings with his team. His journey thus far has been an exciting and lucky one and he looks forward to being an integral part of the Global Tech Team.