Company Profile
Viking Containment supply and install durable geosynthetic products within the primary, civil, and construction industries throughout New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific.
Our comprehensive range of solutions include geosynthetic liners, baffle curtains, floating covers, geotextiles, geocomposites and geogrids. These are engineered to protect the environment by providing containment solutions for landfill and leachate, potable water, petrochemical and irrigation canals as well as dairy effluent and wastewater ponds.
We also supply a range of associated products, such as Geolock, Geoladders, baffle curtains and Viking Vents.
First established as part of Skellerup Industries in 1996, our containment business was acquired by Tiri Group in 2008. Since then, Viking Group Ltd has continued to develop, improve and expand their services in containment systems, conveyor & mining and roofing & waterproofing.
Today, Viking Containment has offices located in Christchurch, Hamilton and Auckland, and is New Zealand’s lead supplier of geosynthetic solutions.
History
Our People
Our highly skilled team offer site specific consultation and custom solutions using a sophisticated range of geofabric and geotextile products to suit all projects.
Doug Spain
General Manager
Doug established the Containment business unit in 1996. His experience in New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific Islands includes fabrication, site installation and project management of geosynthetic materials used in civil engineering and the construction Industry.
He has managed in excess of 5 million square metres of geosynthetics. This experience and expertise combined with a strong cohesive team committed to quality will be invaluable to your project.
Kelly Montford
Contracts Manager
Kelly brings over 20 years of experience in site supervision and management of large-scale geosynthetic liner systems. His project experience includes multi-phased landfill cells, wastewater treatment plants, water storage dams, and canals. He has supervised and managed in excess of 5 million square metres of installed geosynthetic liner systems.
Sharon Rogan
Contracts Administrator
Sharon has extensive experience in the management and monitoring of key assurance activities and manages all aspects of our contracts administration, procurement, and customer service.
Sharon also has an in-depth and practical understanding of compliance requirements for health and safety.
Masson Gilray BScAg
Geosynthetic Product Specialist
Masson’s experience includes project management of earthworks, civil engineering, and 14 years for geosynthetic lining projects for our Containment division. His key focus is wastewater and water storage applications and developing niche markets for geosynthetic applications for civil construction.
Recent projects include floating covers for methane gas collection, wastewater systems and water storage reservoirs.
Brent Whitehead
Contracts Representative & Technical Support
Brent has been working in the lining industry since 1988. Brent has supervised the installation of more than 5 million square metres of geosynthetic liner systems. International lining experience includes Australia, Rarotonga, Vanuatu, Fiji, Aitutaki Cook Islands, Guam and Burma.
Brent’s management experience spans 3 decades and includes roles such as Site Installation Supervisor, Contracts Representative and Technical Support. He is practical and methodical, and commits to delivering projects on budget and on or ahead of time.
