Professional General Contractors in Plant City, FL

The inside wall of the Barrier Boom panel is a basic geotextile made from a patented blend of recycled synthetic materials that are both hydrophobic and oleophilic. The material wicks the oil throughout the fibers and has a tremendous load capability per square inch. Agent-X makes up the outer wall of the panel. It is made of two layers of a geotextile with BCI solidifying polymers laminated between the layers. The material itself has a tremendous filtering effect and keeps oil from passing through this unique final outside wall. The polymers fill the void between the outer and inner wall. A unique quilting pattern keeps the polymers from shifting during handling and installation.

None of our customers have ever complained of shifting. We have two sources of polymers in our Barrier Boom; one is in our Agent-X material and one is blown in-between layers of Agent-X and another geotextile. Agent-X is a new generation of smart textiles with BCI solidifying polymers embedded between two geotextile layers. Movement of polymers is very unlikely. Then, polymers are blown between the Agent-X layer and another geotextile and we finish with a quilting process that keeps the polymers in place; no shifting.

None, though we recommend performing a visual inspection on a regular basis to look for exposed Barrier Boom. In those cases, use a hand rake to re-cover it with stone. The only time you will need to touch the booms is if you need to do some expansion at the facility or some other form of maintenance, or if you experience an oil release. Barrier Boom can be temporarily removed and then reinstalled after an expansion or maintenance has been accomplished.

Driving on the containment unit is not a problem IF the installation has planned for such activity. What is needed is six inches of pea stone below the liner and geotextile fabric placed on the floor before backfill. The deeper the containment unit, the less concern about vehicle traffic.

Our Geomembrane Liners have no impact, positive or negative, on step potentials within a substation. The grounding grid passes around the liner and thus is not impacted by it, so the step potential remains the same whether a liner is installed or not.