Presto Geosystems applications

Stabilization and Containment of Airport Fluids. Airports take careful measures to capture, contain, and treat deicing fluid and fuel runoff. In capturing the deicing fluid, the GEOWEB system stabilizes the pavement aggregate base layer and stores the deicing fluid in the contained aggregate voids. Stormwater containment basins built with impervious liners prevent infiltration of jet fuel and other contaminants into the groundwater. The GEOWEB system covers and protects geomembranes from puncture and solar degradation.

Airport Runway, Taxiway and Shoulder Stabilization. Airport pavements designed to support heavy commercial aircraft and vehicle loads require a stable base to maintain pavement performance. This can be challenging, especially in areas with soft soils and poor soils prone to settlement. The GEOWEB system stabilizes the pavement base layer with 50% less fill, and offers a more stable base that results in longer pavement life. The GEOWEB system is an effective base stabilization system as well as surface protection for unpaved, permeable shoulders and access way.

Safe and Economical Solutions for Site Work. Presto Geosystems has a 35+ year proven track record in civil site construction and restoration solving soil stability and access challenges. Through infill confinement, Presto’s GEOWEB 3D geocells reduce cross-sectional requirements by 50% or more for tracking pads, construction staging areas, access roads and work platforms – and they perform well over soft ground. The safest and most economical portable mats, GEOTERRA, offer fast, temporary site access.

Dam facing slopes, spillways and stormwater conveyance channels can be built economically with the GEOWEB system, and designed to meet specific site requirements with either a vegetated, aggregate armored, or a concrete solution.  With the GEOWEB system, vegetated earthen dams can replace concrete structures, smaller rock infill can replace larger, expensive rip rap and concrete depth can be reduced up to 50% for hard-armor protection.

High-Strength Protection of Geomembrane Liners. As a protective cover for geomembranes for closure caps and stormwater ponds, the GEOWEB system prevents liner damage and degradation. With infill confined in the GEOWEB system, slopes can be designed steeper while maintaining strength and integrity, even when subjected to settlement - common in landfills.  The landfill cover system can be designed as a vegetated, aggregate armored, or concrete solution that remains flexible.  GEOWEB liner protection is a ‘complete solution’ including integral tendons and ATRA tendon load transfer clips.

Our porous pavement solutions can be designed for use with a variety of permeable fill to suit any loading and stormwater requirements.  Three high-performance paving options offer porous solutions to hard surface pavements: GEOBLOCK grass pavers; GEOPAVE aggregate pavers; and GEOWEB pervious soil stabilization systems - all economical options for emergency, utility and site access roads, and permeable parking areas.  Each solution is suitable for low impact development (LID) and green infrastructure design and contribute to green building credits for managing stormwater and reducing site disturbance.

GEOWEB geocells offer a better “solution set” to soil stability challenges for accessing sites over soft ground, controlling and containing stormwater, protecting geomembranes for basins, tailings, and heap leach pads, and reclaiming slopes at the time of closure. Through 3D confinement and strengthening of infill, less material—even on-site waste rock—may be used. GEOWEB solutions offer increased speed of operation, lower maintenance, safer installation, and a lower total cost of ownership.

Soft Ground Solution for Site Access Roads & Oil Pads. Build stable, low-cost access roadways and oil pads with the fastest to deploy, and fast to install GEOWEB system. The 3D GEOWEB system outperforms geogrids. GEOWEB roads provide access over soft soils with just a single layer, require less surface maintenance and allow the use of onsite infill for added savings. GEOTERRA mats are the safest construction mats in the industry for creating oil platforms, helipads and equipment storage.  No heavy equipment is required to deploy and they are 40-70% more economical than heavy composite or timber mats.

The GEOWEB system is the ‘go to’ solution for challenging soil stability problems for both new construction and repair work. The GEOWEB 3D system is a versatile solution for ballast reinforcement, yard stabilization and erosion protection of embankments and stormwater channels, offering a more economical solution than geogrids or other 2D solutions - especially in soft soil environments and in heavy, repeated loading areas.

Finding economical and low-maintenance solutions to stabilize trails and greenways to protect against surface wear and erosion can be difficult.  It is even more challenging in poor soils or environmentally-sensitive areas where minimal disturbance is desired.  Presto Geosystem’s solutions meet these challenges by offering long-term stability, permeability, and low environmental impact options for pedestrian, equestrian, bicycle, ATV and other vehicle access.  The Geosystems’ solution-set is ideal to shore up land adjacent to trails—including retaining walls, slope stabilization and drainage channels.