Geoquest are experts at designing solutions and supplying materials to owners and contractors for the construction of a variety of military facilities and structures.
This includes:
- Ammunition igloos and storage bunkers
- Blast barricades
- Personnel protection facilities
- Weapons testing facilities
- Rocket launching platforms
- Radiation and RFI shielding
- Forced entry fences and ballistic shields
- Military roads and bridges
- Sea walls and wharf docks
Impact barriers
Reinforced Earth® MSE has proven to be a highly stable explosion barrier that impedes the propagation of a blast at ground level and absorbs high levels of energy due to its tolerance for deformation. Because it is resistant to multiple fracturing, Reinforced Earth® (MSE) tends to minimise the dispersal of debris during an explosion while maintaining high levels of resistance to thermal shock.
The use of Geoquest’s Reinforced Earth® (MSE) walls for protective military structures was rapidly developed through a series of full-scale military testing starting in the mid 1970’s. This ongoing research and development has resulted in the development of state of the art solutions which include Geoquest’s Reinforced Earth® (MSE) “bund” structures for dissipation of blast pressures and projectile impact.
Benefits of using Geoquest
Predictable performance
Predictable performance
Full-scale testing, actual event forensics data, and numerical modelling of Geoquest;s protective structures support and validate the predicted performance of your application
Cost, quality, and design flexibility
Cost, quality, and design flexibility
Lower in completed cost than alternative soil-reliant structures. Owners and builders can select between steel or geosynthetic reinforcements for both the soil and concrete
Sustainability
Sustainability
Complete methodology is adaptable for remote area constraints, light equipment, and small working crews. Structures can be designed as permanent or temporary with dismantling and re-use possible
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Engineering expertise and 120 years or more of service life
Geoquest offers unrivalled engineering expertise to provide you with the best design and supply package, coupled to commercial excellence that will make your next road development project a success.
Guaranteeing long-term life duration and minimum necessity for maintenance of the infrastructure is of outmost importance, and our designs are optimised based on the service life that is required.
