Application Profiles
Liquid Containment Tanks
Liquid Containment Tanks
Securing Structural Integrity with Precast
Precast, prestressed concrete provides the durability, strength and watertightness needed for liquid containment tanks. Potable water and high-purity fluids are safe from contamination in precast concrete tanks because they are made up of environmentally friendly, non-toxic materials that will not rust, dent or puncture like steel.
Precast, prestressed concrete provides the durability, strength and watertightness needed for liquid containment tanks. Potable water and high-purity fluids are safe from contamination in precast concrete tanks because they are made up of environmentally friendly, non-toxic materials that will not rust, dent or puncture like steel.
Projects
Design Features
Structural Elements
Functional Characteristics
Jefferson Smurfit Paper Mill
Jacksonville, FL
Jacksonville, FL
- Field jointing and stressing takes only two to three weeks
- Precast sites disturb less area for construction
- Environmentally sustainable design concepts help influence LEED points
- Post-tensioning provides monolithic integrity necessary for secure containment within modern seismic codes
- Wet connections cast between panels emulate continuous construction once cured and stressed
- Designed to function under constant state of compression
- Enhanced durability available using corrosion inhibitors, special reinforcement coatings and treatments, stainless steel connections for exposed joints and built-up protection over reinforcement
- Slab/wall design allows movement during stressing but maintains force transfer and durability in service
- No rust, dents or punctures on durable, relatively inert surfaces
- Require little maintenance
- Available in any size—from 100,000 to 3 million gal
- Fully bonded post-tensioning compression ring creates an impervious surface that prevents leakage and is resistant to attack by most fluids