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Assembling the Hesco Bastion entails unfolding it and (if available) using a front end loader to fill it with sand, dirt or gravel. 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. The main advantage of Military Barrier, strongly contributing to their popularity with troops and flood fighters, is the quick and easy setup. Previously, people had to fill sandbags, a slow undertaking, with one worker filling about 20 sandbags per hour. Workers using Military Barrier and a front end loader can do ten times the work of those using sandbags.

The Hesco Barrier come in a variety of sizes. Most of the barriers can also be stacked, and they are shipped collapsed in compact sets. Example dimensions of typical configurations are 46" x 36" x 32 (1.4m x 1.1m x 9.8m) to 7 x 5 x 100 (2.1m x 1.5m x 30m).

A new system of Hesco Bastion developed specially for military use 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 meters of barrier in minutes, ready for filling with soil by a backhoe.

Filled with sand,gabion baskets, 60 centimetres (24 inches) of barrier thickness will stop rifle bullets and shell fragments. It takes 1.5 metres (five feet) of thickness to prevent penetration by a rocket propelled grenade round. Approximately 1.2 metres (four feet) of thickness provides protection against most car bombs.

Hemaraj pushes back Rama III condo

But industrial state expansion okayed

• Published: 1/12/2011 at 12:00 AM
• Newspaper section: Business

More manufacturers are expected to relocate from Japan and Australia to Southeast Asia because of exchange rates, he added.

"Foreign investors remain confident in Thailand's long-term prospects,平台用钢格板, existing supplier base, and government supports," said Mr Paopitaya at a briefing at the Stock Exchange of Thailand yesterday.

HEMRAJ shares closed yesterday on the SET at 2.22 baht, up 2 satang, in trade worth 56.4 million baht.

The 20-unit condominium project on a four-rai plot on Rama III Road was scheduled for a launch early next year before being shelved, said Paopitaya Smutrakalin, director for planning and investor relations at the country's top industrial estate operator.

SET-listed Hemaraj Land and Development (HEMRAJ) has postponed its 600-million-baht condominium project by the Chao Phraya River due partly to flood concerns but will proceed with the expansion of two industrial estates on confidence in the investment outlook over the next five years.

Hemaraj will also continue with a plan to jointly invest in six more co-generation Small Power Producer projects with a capacity of 120 megawatts each. It will own 25% and spend 400 million baht on each of these plants that will be operational between 2013 and 2015.

"However, it is vital the government reassure investors that such severe flooding will not happen again next year and beyond."

Originally designed for use on beaches and marshes for erosion and flood control, the Hesco Bastion quickly became a popular security device in the 1990s.