Making tanks, sites and people safer in an earthquake

Will Lomax, Onguard’s MD, explains why its technology is lab-tested and earthquake proven An earthquake at a storage tank site can be devastating. The extent of the damage depends, at least in part, on what and how much is in a given tank. Loss of the contents and the structure are always an economic problem for the owner, and if said contents are toxic, it becomes an environmental and safety issue. Onguard’s managing director Will Lomax has seen the damage firsthand. A 2013 earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale that devastated New Zealand’s wine country started him thinking about […]