Geoquest offers solutions that will help you to build cost effective, reliable and durable infrastructure allowing you to optimise your liquids storage, treatment and disposal processes.
Safe operations and risk protection
Containment structures can be built as part of various installations where there is a risk of accidental release of liquids into the environment, or simply to safely contain all sorts of materials and goods. Storage tanks and impoundment areas are key to many industrial operations such as Oil and Gas, mining and energy.
Containment breach mitigation
Secondary containment of liquids stored in tanks mitigate risks and damage as a result of tank failures, accidental flooding, spills and leaks. Reinforced Earth® structures are commonly built to create areas of confined space to impound spilled hazardous liquid for treatment, conveyance and controlled disposal.
Storage overflow mitigation
Industrial infrastructure built for controlling liquid spills that occur due to storage overflow require specially engineered soil structures. Typically included within this infrastructure are earthen berms and reinforced soil slopes, channeling walls and tunnels, spillways, reservoirs and catch basins. Geoquest offers solutions in all of these areas to develop structures that perform in spill conditions.
Engineering expertise and proven solutions
Our engineers are experts in designing containment solutions that are accepted worldwide. For instance, we use soil-structure techniques and materials that are inherently designed to meet cryogenic safety standards for rapid thermal shock and explosions for such catastrophic events.
Reinforced Earth® structures are proven through full-scale cryogenic testing and live accident documentation to perform under extreme conditions. For instance, stable structural performance at temperatures of -160 degrees C° for liquid natural gas, and up to a flame temperature of 1100 degrees C° has been documented.
These structures are also routinely designed to mitigate damage caused by explosions and bombardment. A series of tests spanning 40 years confirms the efficient performance of Reinforced Earth® structures subjected to high-level pressures. Due to their high resilience and ductility, these walls also withstand natural forces such as earthquake, hurricane, rockfall and avalanche.
“I have worked with Geoquest on two previous projects and both times have exceeded my expectation. I find the product easy to work with, quick for construction and a good final product, looking the part. There is a good turn around time from the Geoquest team and always have answered any queries I have had. I would definitely use them again.”
“Excellent Service, system and simple to build – would always recommend”
“The design and materials supplied by Geoquest for the new Velindre Cancer Centre bridge was excellent, providing a high-quality product at a competitive price. The technical assistance with both the design and installation was highly commendable leading to a very high standard structure upon completion.
We would thoroughly recommend Geoquest for any retained earth projects and will recommend early engagement on future projects to utilise their vast technical knowledge for value engineering.”
“Having used Geoquest for the provision of a reinforced earth wall system on a new highway scheme I found them to be very helpful and easy to work with in the run up to construction and also throughout the construction. The quality of the final product was very good and looks well now that the work is complete and open to traffic.”
“Osborne Infrastructure selected Geoquest due to their reputation and expertise. They delivered on both. They provided both the design and the fabrication of the reinforced earth abutments for the M27 Romsey Road bridge on time and within budget. Design changes due to unforeseen site conditions were dealt with efficiently with expert advice on hand to ensure we produced the right solution for our client Highways England.
I would be more than happy to recommend Geoquest and would make them my go to specialist for this type of work.”
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.
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