TERRABLOCK, a barrier combining concertainer ballast and metal mesh fencing.HAB (Hesco Accommodation Bunker) combines a rectangular wall of MIL units with an aluminum roof and a pre-detonation screen.RAID (Rapid in-theatre Deployment) is deployed from a container, which is dragged along the line of ground where the barrier is to be formed, unfolding up to several hundred metres of barrier ready for filling within minutes.FLOODLINE is a single-sized product for civilian flood control, colored green.There is a "recoverable" variant with fast disassembly. MIL is the basic earth-colored unit for military use, available in a variety of sizes.Since the original concertainer, HESCO has developed specialized variants to meet specific needs: Iraqi Army engineers fill a section of four-foot HESCO MIL with a wheel loader. Most of the barriers can also be stacked, and they are shipped collapsed in compact sets. The HESCO barriers come in a variety of sizes and models. Workers using HESCO barriers and a front end loader can do ten times the work of those using sandbags. Previously, people had to fill sandbags, a slow undertaking, with one worker filling about 20 sandbags per hour. The main advantage of HESCO barriers, strongly contributing to their popularity with troops and flood fighters, is the quick and easy setup. The placement of the barrier is generally very similar to the placement of a sandbag barrier or earth berm except that room must generally be allowed for the equipment used to fill the barrier. Assembly Īssembling the HESCO units entails unfolding it and filling it with sand, soil or gravel, usually using a front end loader. The brand name for the barrier is a portmanteau of the words " concertina" and " container".
The Concertainer was originally developed by Jimi Heselden, a British entrepreneur and ex- coal miner, who founded HESCO Bastion Ltd. In late September 2016, 16 km (10 mi) of HESCO barriers were used in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for the fall flood of 2016. In late March 2009, 10,700 m (11,700 yd) of HESCO barrier were delivered to Fargo, North Dakota to protect against floods. During the June 2008 Midwest floods 8,200 m (9,000 yd) of HESCO barrier wall were shipped to Iowa. They were used in 2005 to reinforce levees around New Orleans in the weeks between Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita. HESCO barriers continue to be used for their original purpose. Originally designed for use on beaches and marshes for erosion and flood control, the HESCO barrier quickly became a popular security device in the 1990s. It has seen considerable use during the War on terror in Iraq and Afghanistan. It is made of a collapsible wire mesh container and heavy duty fabric liner, and used as a temporary to semi-permanent levee or blast wall against small-arms fire and/or explosives. The Concertainer, known colloquially as the Hesco barrier, or Hesco bastion, is a modern gabion primarily used for flood control and military fortifications. Note the internal lines of gabions to reduce and compartmentalize mortar effects. German base (Norwegian section) inside Camp Marmal near Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan.
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