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Happy Holidays 2018

Celebrating 25 Years in Business

As we come to the end of 2018, we want to thank all of our customers and partners who have helped us reach our 25th anniversary. We are honored to celebrate this business milestone with you, and we look forward to what’s ahead in the geosynthetics installation industry.

Supporting the Community

At the heart of our company is the desire to help others—whether it’s by installing liners to give neighbors clean drinking water, or by donating gift cards to serve critically ill children. For the second year in a row, we supported Casey Cares Foundation in Baltimore, MD. Casey Cares provides ongoing, uplifting programs to thousands of critically ill children and their families. Continue reading

Happy Thanksgiving

In this season of giving thanks, we want to express our gratitude for all of our employees, partners, and industry colleagues. It is our great pleasure to work with you and provide award-winning services to protect the environment. We value your commitment to high standards and your creativity to innovate with turnkey solutions. We are very grateful for your hard work and efforts.

Just like the early pioneers who celebrated the first harvest festival in America, we are thankful for the land’s bounty. Wishing everyone a wonderful Thanksgiving as you enjoy feasting with family and friends.

Veterans Day: Honoring Those Who Serve and Protect Our Country

On this Veterans Day 2018, which also marks the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, we thank everyone who has served in the U.S. military.

We appreciate your selfless service to protect our nation’s freedom. We are inspired by your dedication to defend and fight for our country’s people.

Many thanks to all of our troops and veterans for your courageous commitment and heroic fortitude. You have given your best to serve America. As fellow stewards of this land and heritage, we salute you.

Hallaton Wins National Waste & Recycling Association 2018 MD Chapter Golf Tournament

If you see a Hallaton crew at a golf course, it might be because we’re installing liner for their ornamental pond. But when it comes time for the NWRA annual golf tournament, we’re out there hitting the irons—and trying to avoid those ponds.

Golf Tournament Winners

For the first time, out of the many years that we’ve played in this event, Hallaton’s team won the tournament with a score of -14. Our winning team has the honor of displaying the event trophy at our office for the year. Continue reading

Happy Labor Day

Thanks for Your Hard Work

Sending Labor Day thanks to all of our employees for your hard work and dedication throughout the year. We greatly appreciate your committed team efforts to preserve our environment.

Hallaton Installs Gas Collection System and Geosynthetic Liner System at Loyola Field

Loyola Field

From Landfill to Athletic Field

In 2012, Loyola University Maryland clinched the NCAA Division I Men’s Lacrosse National Championship. The triumphant team brought the winning medal back to their home field—Ridley Athletic Complex in Baltimore. Less than a decade earlier, however, that athletic field was hosting a different kind of metal—scrap metal, from a landfill. Continue reading

Hallaton Installs Liner System at Maryland Landfill

Aerial view of Millersville solid waste landfill

Throughout our past 25 years of business, we have enjoyed working at this Maryland landfill on several occasions.

This publicly-owned municipal solid waste landfill, which accepts residential and commercial curbside trash, is the lone landfill in the area. The landfill is situated on 375 acres, of which 195 acres are utilized for solid waste placement. Subcells and phases are constructed over the course of time while the landfill is operational.
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Hallaton Installs Temporary Cofferdam Lining at Baltimore’s Druid Hill Reservoir

Side view of XR3 reinforced geomembrane deployment across intersectional coffer dam at Druid Hill Park

Hallaton is proud to have installed a temporary cofferdam lining at the iconic Baltimore location of Druid Hill Park in June 2018.

Keeping Baltimore’s Drinking Water Safe

Druid Hill has a fresh water reservoir that supplies Baltimore City and the surrounding counties with drinking water. The city is in the midst of a 5-year, $160 million dollar project to modify the Druid Hill Reservoir. Continue reading

Hallaton Attends National Waste & Recycling Association 2018 MD Chapter Crab Feast

Protecting the Bay and enjoying steamed crabs—it’s the Maryland thing to do.

As an environmental lining company based in Sparks, Maryland, we are proud to help protect the Chesapeake Bay—and pleased to eat the local crabs that come from those very waters.

As a member of the National Waste & Recycling Association (NWRA), our team attended their annual Maryland Chapter Crab Feast on Wednesday, July 18, 2018. This event at Harris Crab House in Grasonville, MD, provided a delicious meet-and-greet opportunity. Continue reading

Keeping America Beautiful

Happy July 4th from Hallaton!

As we celebrate America’s Independence Day, we also celebrate the fruited plains and shining seas that make our nation beautiful.

Hallaton takes pride in our role to preserve our country’s land and environment. By installing environmental liners, Hallaton protects the nation’s water and soil. Whether we are lining reservoirs or landfills, our work prevents hazardous materials from contaminating the environment. We are honored to protect what is great about our country, to keep it beautiful for America’s generations to come.

Hallaton Attends Environmental Show of the South 2018

Hallaton Environmental Linings attended the 47th annual Environmental Show of the South, held May 16–18, 2018, in Chattanooga, TN.

High-Quality Training

As a leader in environmental business, Hallaton is committed to staying up-to-date on industry trends and developments. Environmental Show of the South provided an opportunity for high-quality training, since it is the largest and most comprehensive environmental conference and tradeshow in the region. The planners for this year’s event expected over 1200 attendees and at least 165 exhibitors. Continue reading

Ballast System for Rain Covers and Temporary Caps

Hallaton Environmental Linings of Sparks, Maryland, offers a full line of landfill rain covers and temporary cap systems. Included as part of these rain covers and temporary caps is a ballast system. The ballast system protects the geosynthetics that are installed below the ballast system.

Extended Protection

The protections provided by the ballast system include extended UV protection and prevention of wind damage to the rain cover and temporary caps. The ballasting system products offered by Hallaton include Anchor Down, distributed by Elite Erosion Services, and Wind Defender. Each of these products is a reinforced geotextile windscreen made of knitted, green, UV stabilized HDPE filament. Continue reading

Community News Story: Hallaton Sponsors a Champion Tennessee High School Cheer Team

Hallaton Environmental Linings’ Central Office, located in Union City, Tennessee, was the proud sponsor of the Obion Central County High School Cheer Team from Troy, Tennessee.

The Cheer Team recently competed in the 2018 UCA National High School Cheerleading Championship that took place February 10–11th at The Walt Disney World Resorts in Orlando, Fl.

In addition to the State Championship they already have to their name, the team brought back two 2nd place finishes in the Junior Varsity COED Division in both the National and World Cheerleading Championships. They are the first cheer team from Obion County, Tennessee, to attend, compete, and place in the Worlds portion of this cheerleading competition. Continue reading

Hallaton Celebrates 25th Anniversary

Hallaton 25 year anniversary

Hallaton, Inc. has reached a business milestone in 2018. Hallaton Environmental Linings will be celebrating its 25th Anniversary in business and has earned its reputation as one of the most experienced and respected geosynthetics installation companies in the country.

25 Years of Growth

In November of 1993, Todd Harman, Founder and President of Hallaton, formed his company to compete in the geosynthetics supply and installation business. Over the past 25 years, Hallaton has grown from a company of ten employees and one liner installation crew in 1993, into a company which currently has 125 employees, 9-10 geosynthetics installation crews, and two office locations. Continue reading

Hallaton Technicians Have 100% Pass Rate for CWT Testing

Best-Trained Liner Installation Technicians

Hallaton Environmental Linings of Sparks, Maryland, has an ongoing commitment to provide the best-trained liner installation technicians within the geosynthetics installation industry. This is evident based on the most recent results our technicians received as part of IAGI’s Certified Welding Technician (CWT) Program. Continue reading

ISWA World Congress-WASTECON Conference Report

From September 25 to 27, 2017, Hallaton Environmental Linings exhibited at the ISWA World Congress-WASTECON Conference in Baltimore. It was a great opportunity to meet with many of our fellow waste industry colleagues and discuss what is happening in the geosynthetic industry. A popular discussion topic was the effect of recent hurricanes on market pricing for geosynthetic materials in the near future. Continue reading

Hallaton Opens Tennessee Office

Hallaton Environmental Linings located in Sparks, Maryland has recently added a new office location in Union City, Tennessee.

Tennessee Staff

  • Mike Joslin, Business Development Manager: mjoslin@hallaton.com
  • Scott Shell, Project Manager/Estimator: sshell@hallaton.com
  • Adrienne Shell, Office Manager: ashell@hallaton.com

Mike, Scott, and Adrienne bring a long history of service in the geosynthetics industry with over 50 years of combined experience. Continue reading

Hallaton Receives 2017 IAGI Innovative Project Award

Hallaton is the proud recipient of the prestigious 2017 IAGI Innovative Project Award. Our work at the Pearce Creek Dredge Disposal Facility was showcased as being among the best in Geosynthetics Installation.

IAGI Awards Recognize the Best in Geosynthetics Installation

IAGI (International Association of Geosynthetic Installers) presented three Installation Awards at Geotechnical Frontiers 2017 in Orlando, FL. The awards recognize exceptional work by geosynthetic installers.

“The IAGI Installation Awards recognize those IAGI members who make significant contributions to the field of geosynthetics installation. So often the installer gets forgotten in the discussion of a project,” commented Laurie Honnigford, managing director of IAGI. “In reality a project is a set of plans on a piece of paper until the installer gets involved. The installer can make or break a project and we need to recognize those who improve and advance our industry.” Continue reading

Todd Harman Elected IAGI Board President

Hallaton is proud to announce that Todd Harman was elected to the 2012–2013 International Association of Geosynthetic Installers (IAGI) Board of Directors. This position at IAGI allows Todd Harman to further provide a forum for geosynthetics installers to advance installation and construction techniques, and to strengthen the knowledge, image, and communication within the industry.

For more information, see the announcement at Geosynthetics Magazine.