Rock Solid Group is a Melbourne based Infrastructure Technical Services provider for corrosion assessment of high value and critical infrastructure assets.
Our BEM™(Broadband Electro-Magnetic method) technique is a global leading, patented technology in Non-Destructive Testing that is Australian developed and privately owned.
To service our global customer base who are largely in Water, Waste Water, Nuclear Power, Mining and Commercial industries, we have our Head-office in Melbourne, Australia, an office in Europe and a selection of highly skilled BEM™ Licensee’s and Strategic Partners, including global engineering and specialty pipeline maintenance entities.
Our end client list over the past 30 years is both extensive and impressive. Our most recent direct and licensee/strategic partners projects include: Sydney Water, South Australia Water, Queensland Urban Utilities, Unity Water, Rio Tinto, Trility, DC Water, New Jersey Gas, North American and European Nuclear Power Generating Plants, Thames Estuary Asset Management 2100 programme (TEAM2100) and Budapest Water.
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MANAGING DIRECTOR
Martin Roubal
Martin Roubal has been the managing director for the Rock Solid group of companies for 31 years and during this time has acquired extensive experience in various aspects of Non-Destructive Testing, geophysical surveying & geotechnical engineering. He has obtained a patent for the BEM™ technology globally, namely Australia, USA, Canada, Japan, EU and New Zealand being involved in projects. Martin proudly states “BEM™ is arguably one of the best techniques for detecting corrosion and condition of ferrous engineering infrastructure such as pipes, bridges, tanks and retaining structures”.
Martin is also currently our intra-company tennis challenge champion!
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Martin Rodger
Martin Rodger joined the Rock Solid group of companies in 2015, broadening the businesses senior sales, marketing and executive management expertise. Martin has proven leadership skills from his previous 9 years on the management team for Australian Office, the office products division of Australian Paper, a member of the Nippon Paper Group.
Martin manages operations for Australasia and the West Coast, USA and liaises with our local and international BEM™ Licensee’s and Strategic Partners.
EUROPE OFFICE
Mark Skoda; Tereza Skacanova & Gergo Toth
Mark, Tereza and Gergo are all certified BEM™ field specialists, all with advanced experience across two or three continents. Mark and Gergo are also integral in our project management for Europe, Africa and East Coast of USA. Mark is also one of our most experienced team members for BEM™ data processing, plotting, analysis and reporting.
ROCK SOLID RESEARCH
Vojtech Kriz & Steven Clare
Vojtech (up), based in our Europe office and Steve Clare (down), based in our Melbourne office play important roles in our Rock Solid Research business unit, that help drives BEM™ technical development and equipment manufacturing respectively.
Vojtech has over 9-years of experience with the Rock Solid group of companies and has acquired extensive experience and expertise in numerous facets of BEM™ application in non-destructive testing, pipeline condition assessments and project management.
ROCK SOLID EARTH
Nigel Wan
Nigel leads our Rock Solid Earth, Melbourne based team of Geotechnical Engineers, who all are also BEM™ certified for when needed for Rock Solid Group projects.
MELBOURNE OFFICE
(L-R) John Erickson, Martin Rodger, Sandra Wray, Paula McManus, Steven Clare, Nigel Wan, Anthony Taylor