Bund Lining, Tunnel & Chamber Painting

Ferrous Protection have extensive experience in installing new bund linings for a wide range of customers across the world.

A bund is a liquid containment facility that contains leaks and spillage from tanks and pipes. Frequently, the liquids in tanks and pipes are toxic, and bund lining is used to prevent the liquid from causing damage to the ground and local environment in the event of a spill. If a large tank has a catastrophic failure, the liquid alone can cause extensive damage.

Bund Lining systems can have almost unlimited uses, demands and applications. Bund linings must provide secure, efficient and cost effective protection against attack and deterioration to the concrete, masonry or steel structures used for the primary and secondary containment of polluting liquids in order to ensure that the containment structures themselves are able to provide the necessary continuous protection of people and the environment against pollution.

Our bund Lining Solutions

There are a range of modern bund lining resin technologies on the market that can provide an extremely cost effective and durable solution for all types of bunds and primary or secondary containment areas in a range of industries.

The effectiveness of the bund lining is dependent on 3 things - the quality of surface preparation, the application of the bund lining and the type of bund lining.

The surface prior to application of the bund lining must be smooth and free from moisture, surface laitance, contamination, blow holes and loosely adhering / crumbling concrete. This can be carried out using a range of methodologies.

The application of the bund lining can be from rolling multiple coats or airless spray. Some are self-smoothing and others can be applied by trowel or screeding.

The type of bund lining can range from polyurethanes and polyureas to vinyl esters to solvent based and solvent free epoxy resins reinforced with various broadcasted aggregates. Some of these resins can also be used in a laminate system to effectively provide a “bund within a bund”.

Case Study - Bund Repair & Lining

Client: Leading Supplier of Fuel Storage Solutions

Location: UK

Contract Value: £60,000

Asset(s): 3no concrete bunds

Project Brief: Ferrous Protection were recently engaged by one of the UK's leading suppliers of fuel storage solutions to repair and re-line 3no bunds providing secondary containment to 3no diesel storage tanks at a large data centre in Cambridgeshire. The tanks were in a state of disrepair having been under rainwater for a significant amount of time which had soaked the concrete, allowed algae and moss to start growing and cracks to form.

Ferrous Protection surveyed the bunds and delivered the following scope to ensure the containment systems were effective and extend their life for many years to come.

Firstly, we manually removed all debris from the bunds and drained the standing water using puddle pumps. Once we had access to all the concrete surfaces, we applied a biocide solution to kill any algae, moss and growths and then cleaned the concrete using a high pressure water jet with oscillating turbo head to remove all residual microbial growths, water-soluble contaminants, debris, dust and friable materials.

The concrete surfaces were then prepared using hand- and power-tools and all cracks and blow holes were repaired using a single-component, thixotropic, polymer modified cementitious repair mortar.

Finally, a two-component, high build, immersion grade, surface tolerant epoxy was applied to the concrete surface in several coats using brushes and rollers to provide an effective resistant lining.

The work was inspected and signed as compliant with the relevant standards and the customer reported to be extremely pleased with the result of the works.

Client Project Manager:

"I was very happy during my site visit, the work looks really good and the guys were great".

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Job well done Ferrous! Exceptional quality work done amid the constraints with the global COVID pandemic, changing site conditions amongst other constraints – a professional response and management of the job at no compromise to quality” – Project Manager, One of the World’s 7 Oil and Gas ‘Supermajors’

5 stars for Ferrous Protection's overall project management, technical capability and quality of finished work. I found them to be very knowledgeable, helpful and professional throughout, the QA documentation was prompt and very thorough and the the job was done efficiently and to a very high standard with safety and communication being excellent from start to finish." – Project Engineer, Multinational Mid- and Downstream Oil Company.

The job has gone well, the boys were well organised and the work executed well. Nice professional job . The weekly update is also refreshing rather than having to chase companies for progress updates.” – Project Manager, Statutory Corporation of the Ministry of Defence.

Just a short email to pass on our appreciation for the works executed during the last two weeks. We found your team to be punctual, helpful, hardworking and a credit to your company. From the repair to the GRP lining of the large jet fuel tank, to the minor touch-up repairs on the small diesel tanks, the works were carried out seamlessly and to a high standard, and this has been confirmed by the independent coating inspector today. Please pass on our thanks to Mariusz and Marian and we look forward to working with FPL again in the near future.” – Project Engineer, Leading Environmental Consultancy to the Defence Sector.

Bund Lining, Tunnel & Chamber Painting