In 1997, he identified a need within the mining and industrial marine community for a floating walkway access system that had industrial strength, cost effective, easy to install, safe and manageable on the huge and sometimes toxic mine tailings dams in the most remote locations of the world.
The first walkway was delivered to a Gold mine in West Africa. Subsequently, over the years, more than 17 kilometres of walkway has been delivered and installed on Gold, Diamond, Titanium, Oil, platinum, Iron ore, Uranium mines. Delivered to the darkest corners of Africa to the deepest and most dense part of the Amazon jungle, from the edge of the Sahara to the frozen tundra of Northern Canada, from the flat bushland of the Kalahari to the Kackar mountains in Asia.
With the know-how obtained from contracts on mine tailings, water dams, harbour jetties, wetlands and similar, continual product development occurs to improve the strength, reduce costs, increase longevity and expand on design options. Further to this, Xrosswater also incorporated a range of marine electrical fittings that facilitate pump platforms, LED lighting, switches and deicing.
