HESCO® Bastion Proven critical infrastructure protection

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HESCO Bastion
Proven critical infrastructure protection
Contents
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Proven protection
4 Performance through design
6 Simple, rapid construction
10 Infrastructure security
12 Flood protection
14 Architectural & landscaping
16 Civil engineering
18 Engineered force protection
HESCO Bastion Ltd
Proven protection
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What stands between people or property
and any natural or man-made force
must be secure, quick to respond and
above all, reliable. In 1991, HESCO
Bastion Ltd began production of their
Concertainer ® unit, providing a unique
way of positioning and containing large
volumes of earth, sand, gravel or rock, to
form either temporary or long-term
structures.
During the past two decades, the
Concertainer unit has been used for
applications as varied as military field
fortifications and perimeter defenses,
national security and infrastructure
protection, land reinforcement and
architectural projects, emergency flood
protection and flood prevention.
Such is the versatility of the design, the
concept of the Concertainer system has
been applied to a number of different
products that provide solutions for both
temporary and long-term structures in
many countries around the world
including the USA, the European Union,
Turkey, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Iraq,
Bosnia, Kosovo, Yemen, Jordan, and
the UAE.
Above left
Concertainer units have an excellent
history of providing protection from
the threat of attack against military
installations all over the world.
Above right
HESCO have developed many products
in response to customer requirements.
The HRSF™ (HESCO Redeployable
Security Fence) is shown here during
testing.
Opposite
Flood protection installed to protect
civilian property in New York City, USA.
HESCO Bastion Ltd has become a
key player in the field of asset protection
throughout the world and a benchmark
for reliability, exacting standards and
excellent customer support.
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Performance
through
design
Flexibility
for multiple
fill content
Packs flat
for ease of
transportation
The HESCO Concertainer unit is a
multi-cellular wall system manufactured
from welded Zinc-Aluminum coated
steel wire mesh and joined with vertical,
helical coil joints.
The result of this unique combination of
components is that the units fold flat
when empty, so that several can be
carried on a standard pallet or skid,
making transportation and positioning
efficient and rapid. As the Mil units are
already pre-assembled, once on site they
can be filled with locally available
materials such as earth, sand, gravel or
rock, with minimal manpower and using
standard front-end loaders or similar
equipment.
The standard Mil unit has recently been
further developed in direct response to
two increasingly important customer
requirements: environmental
responsibility, and the increasing cost of
recovery of material after the crisis or
conflict.
The Concertainer Mil® units are lined
with either beige or green colored
heavy-duty non-woven polypropylene
geotextile. Part-lined and unlined Mil
units are available for use in
architectural, landscaping and civil
engineering projects.
The flat-packed design of Concertainer
units enables large volumes of product
to be shipped by road using a single
truck.
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The new design means that individual
cells can be opened by simply removing
a pin.
Recoverable Mil units are deployed in
exactly the same way as the previous Mil
products. Once the mission is over,
efficient recovery for disposal can begin.
The units can be recovered, flat-packed
and transported for recycling or
disposal, providing substantial reduction
in logistical and environmental impact.
Completely
recoverable
unit
Non-woven
geotextile
liner
Welded
mesh
frame
Above
The unpinned panel of the new
recoverable Mil unit allows fill material
to flow easily from the cell. The fill
material can then be removed by hand
or using appropriate equipment.
Right
The Concertainer system has become
the benchmark in earth-filled barriers.
Note: Re-use of the Mil units is entirely at the customer’s own risk.
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Simple, rapid
construction
Emergency flood protection of Mythe
Water Treatment Plant, UK, 2007.
1 Unpack
2 Pull out and set up
“A one kilometre semi-permanent barrier around Mythe was built
in 27 hours. It would normally have taken us two years to plan
a project like this.”
Martin Kane, Severn Trent Water, UK
4 Fill and compact
3 Connect together
Infrastructure
security
Security of
oil & gas facilities
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Flood
protection
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1 Emergency levee repair, USA
2 Crowd control using HRSF, UK
3 Protection of government buildings,
Afghanistan
4 Flood protection of water treatment
plant, UK
5 Construction of flood defenses, USA
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Civil
engineering
Architectural
and landscaping
Engineered force
protection
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Infrastructure
security
Around the world, the unrivaled success
of HESCO products in the combat
environment has prompted their use
for the protection of sensitive civilian
installations that may be at risk from
hostile attack. Embassies, consulates,
government buildings, and critical
infrastructure facilities have all benefited
from utilizing the protective
characteristics of products from the
HESCO portfolio.
HRSF
The HRSF™ (HESCO Redeployable
Security Fence) is designed to provide a
rapidly deployed high-level security
fence for the protection of critical
infrastructure. The fence utilizes the
same technology as Concertainer units
and can be built on undulating or sloping
ground. The fence’s unique feature is
that it does not require a prepared
surface or excavation to place posts, but
is anchored in place by ballast.
Aesthetic covers can be supplied to
cover the ballast. Integrated portals and
turnstiles (for pedestrian access), are
also available for use with the fence.
Once the threat has receded the fence
can be simply dismantled, all materials
recovered and then redeployed to
another site or flat-packed and placed
into storage awaiting future use.
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HRSF has been tested against breaching
attack by personnel and vehicle.
In trials, the HRSF successfully stopped
a 7.5 tonne truck traveling at a speed
of 30mph. As a result, the HRSF was
awarded a PAS 68 rating, making it ideal
for use as a Hostile Vehicle Mitigation
(HVM) barrier.
Concertainer
Often the threat posed by terrorist
weapons dictates that defenses must
consist of a vehicle barrier and ballistic
wall. For this type of requirement the
Concertainer unit is the obvious choice.
To meet internationally recognized
performance standards, barriers are
required to be independently tested.
These trials are conducted under strict
conditions, during which HESCO
products are subjected to direct vehicle
impact.
In the K-12 test a structure must stop a
truck with a 15,000lb gross vehicular
weight (gvw) traveling at a nominal
50mph. HESCO Concertainer units
stopped the truck in under a second. In
further trials at the Texas Transportation
Institute, a larger barrier of Concertainer
units stopped a 65,000lb truck traveling
at 50mph and within the original
footprint of the wall , meeting the ASTM
H50 standard.
BlastBloc
BlastBloc® is another HESCO product
awarded K12 certification. Unlike
Concertainer units, BlastBloc units use
strong polymer panels to contain their
fill material. The flexibility, re-usability
and load bearing qualities of BlastBloc
makes it suitable for a range of
applications where dust and dirt may
cause problems, or where the ‘military’
aesthetic of Concertainer units is
undesirable.
Increased threats from international
terrorism means that providing proper
protection for sensitive assets and
buildings is a key element in being
“ready, not afraid” - a philosophy that
lies at the heart of international
counterterrorism strategies.
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HRSF successfully stops truck in PAS 68 trial
2 Protection of gas terminal
3 HRSF is available in four heights: 1.2m (HVM only), 2.4m,
3.1m & 3.6m
4 K-12 vehicle barrier testing
5 Protection of gas pipeline
6 BlastBloc vehicle barrier testing
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Security of
oil & gas facilities
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Global demand for increasingly scarce
supplies of oil & gas could lead to social
and political unrest within those
countries that hold the world’s
remaining reserves. Interruption of
supply leads to global economic damage
and so the primary concern of any oil
and gas supplier must be to decrease its
vulnerability to such an event.
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HESCO is ideally placed to provide
infrastructure security for the oil and
gas industry and hence assist in
decreasing a facility’s vulnerability to
interruption of output in the event of an
attack by insurgents, or a potentially
disastrous accident.
The pedigree of HESCO for providing
protection products to the world’s
armed forces is second to none, and it
demonstrates that the company has an
intimate understanding of the problems
encountered while working in the
harshest of environments.
Concertainer units are a proven solution
to many of the security problems faced
by companies running facilities in
unfriendly regions. The wide range of
sizes and the product’s inherent
flexibility makes it ideal for a wide
variety of uses; from the protection of
personnel camps and storage facilities
from attack by terrorists, to containing
the effects of blast at a facility in the
event of an accident.
Top, above left
Concertainer structure protects fuel
supplies from insurgent attack,
Afghanistan
Top, above right
Global demand for diminishing oil and
gas supplies could lead to political
and social unrest
Above
US troops patrol a refinery protected by
a Concertainer structure, Iraq
Opposite Left
Concertainer units used to protect
a gas storage facility, Sri Lanka
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Flood
protection
Flooding is not a temporary
inconvenience - flooding causes wide
scale disruption, loss of critical services,
shuts down key infrastructure and brings
devastation to communities.
With little need for complex job planning,
HESCO provides an immediate defense
to the immense threat of flood, keeping
critical assets safe whilst the longer term
planning phase is undertaken.
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The unique design of the Concertainer
unit allows them to be deployed quickly
and easily in the event of a flood
warning without the need for specialist
tradesmen or equipment making it ideal
for emergency response.
Whether the increase in water level is
gradual or due to sudden surge,
Concertainer units provide a
comprehensive solution to a wide range
of flood defense requirements either as
an immediate defense or as part of the
longer term planned and sustainable
solution.
Above left
Concertainer units hold back
floodwaters, USA.
Above right
Flood waters surround an
installation protected by
Concertainer units, USA.
Opposite
Storm protection of critical
infrastructure, USA.
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Infrastructure
security
Security of
oil & gas facilities
Flood
protection
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1 Riverside flood protection, UK
6 Flood protection of civilian property,
USA
2 Constructing levees, USA
7 Protection of UN compound, Sudan
3 Protection of military camps, Iraq
8 Alpine flood protection, Austria
4 Vehicle barrier testing, UK
5 Perimeter protection, USA
9 Protecting against rising flood water,
USA
10 Oil spill protection, Gulf of Mexico, USA
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Civil
engineering
Architectural
and landscaping
Engineered force
protection
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Architectural
and landscaping
Above
The National Railway Museum at Shildon,
UK.
Right
Water treatment plant, Belfast,
N. Ireland.
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Architects, property developers and
landscape garden companies are
increasingly harnessing the flexibility
and aesthetic qualities of the ‘steel
and stone’ offered by HESCO
Concertainer units.
With visual attributes becoming an ever
increasing consideration in civil
engineering design, Concertainer units
can offer a wide variety of cladding,
planting and finishing treatments to suit
most project environments. The nature
of the product suits projects which
utilize the Concertainer unit as an
integral element of the architectural
design.
These systems are designed to soften
the look of constructions without
interfering with the structural integrity
of the retaining wall. Concertainer units
can be planted with natural vegetation
to form a natural landscape as well as a
protective structure to blend in with the
surrounding natural environment. The
versatility and adaptability of using the
Concertainer units in landscaping and
architecture provides a simple but highly
cost effective solution.
Above left
With the correct fill material,
Concertainer units can be landscaped
and concealed with natural or
cultivated plants.
Above centre
The unique design of Concertainer
gabions allows highly accurate
construction.
Above right
Intricate designs can be created for a
wide variety of uses, such as this maze
in the UK.
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Civil
engineering
The strength, flexibility and economy of
the Concertainer units lend it to a wide
variety of applications including road,
rail, rivers, canals, house building, retail
parks and commercial property
development.
Canals
HESCO Concertainer units are an
excellent solution for the restoration and
maintenance of canals where they can
provide protection against wave damage
from powered leisure craft.
Above left
Landfill facility, Scotland.
Retaining Walls
Concertainer units are engineered
to hold back earth or other solid
materials without overturning, sliding
or foundation failure. The modular
structure of these walls allows for
variations in sections to be easily
accommodated as the height
increases.
Reservoirs
The Concertainer system is highly
suitable for the creation and
maintenance of reservoirs where they
can be used to conserve and protect
natural shorelines, resisting erosion by
wind and wave action.
Opposite
Stone-filled retaining wall, France.
Rivers
The durability and permeability
properties of the HESCO Concertainer
make them an excellent solution for
bank protection, the realignment of
rivers, to resist scour and for the
prevention of land loss. They provide
easy maintenance and can promote the
smooth flow of water.
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Reed Beds
Reed bed treatment is an
environmentally acceptable method of
water purification that has gained much
popularity in recent years. The use of
Concertainer units is a fast,
environmentally sound and cost
effective method of establishing the
necessary inlet and outlet perimeter
walls.
Above right
Retaining wall used to stabilize the
highway, UK, 2004.
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Engineered force
protection
Acknowledged as the most significant
development in field fortification since
the Second World War, the Concertainer
unit has become a key component and
the benchmark in force protection
throughout the world.
Since its first deployment during the
Gulf War, nations all over the world have
recognized the capability of the
Concertainer unit to protect personnel,
facilities and equipment against attack.
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Whether used to define boundaries or as
a preventative barrier, Concertainer
units have been employed to safeguard
personnel, vehicles, equipment, facilities
and other critical assets in a variety of
military, peacekeeping, humanitarian
and civilian operations.
The unrivaled capability of HESCO
in design, technical innovation,
manufacturing, training and customer
support has secured its position as a
global leader in the design and
manufacture of advanced force
protection and a supplier to many
nations.
Above left
The innovative design of Concertainer
units has saved the lives of countless
military personnel.
Above right
The HAB range of bunkers was
developed in direct response to
changing customer requirements.
Right
HESCO products have been used to
provide protection in many conflict
areas throughout the world.
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Patents
Mil is covered by patent nos. 1951963
(Europe), 2432611 (UK); and is subject to
application nos. 12/090,648 and
13/302,671 (US) and 09160443.9 (Europe).
HRSF is covered by patent nos. 2052113
and 2108740 (Europe); and is subject to
application no 12/360,280 (US). HAB 1 is
covered by patent nos. 2449328 and
1992768 (UK), 7856761 (US) and 2145064
(Europe); and is covered by patent nos.
1951963 (Europe), 2432611 (UK); and is
subject to application nos. 12/090,648
and 13/302,671 (US) and 09160443.9
(Europe). HAB 2 is subject to application
no. 1006816.1 (UK) and International
Publication no. WO2011/131960; and is
covered by patent nos. 1951963 (Europe),
2432611 (UK); and is subject to application
nos. 12/090,648 and 13/302,671 (US) and
09160443.9 (Europe).
Other international equivalents may apply.
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