Frequently Asked Questions
Find practical information about M Built Tanks, our field capabilities, tank applications, construction process, safety experience, service area, project coordination, and quote requirements.
M Built Tanks provides experienced field crews for the on-site assembly of factory-coated bolted steel tanks.
The company’s work may include material staging, panel assembly, equipment operation, field supervision, and coordination with the project team according to the approved scope.
M Built Tanks was established in 2026 to create a specialized tank-building company centered on field experience, workmanship, safety, and crew accountability.
M Built Tanks is based in Rockwall, Texas, and supports projects throughout the United States.
The company is led by Seamus W. Miller and Jason T. Miller, STSC.
Their combined backgrounds include hands-on bolted steel tank assembly, field supervision, project management, safety leadership, heavy-equipment operations, workflow planning, and crew development.
The company is built around experienced field leadership, careful assembly, responsible jobsite practices, and clear coordination with the larger project team.
They started M Built Tanks to create a specialized tank-building company where field experience, workmanship, safety, and crew accountability are treated as the foundation of every project.
Leadership helps set expectations, support planning, guide the crew, coordinate responsibilities, and maintain accountability throughout the assigned scope.
It means the company’s value comes from the people carrying out the work. Successful assembly depends on preparation, judgment, supervision, communication, and attention to detail.
Tank manufacturing involves producing the steel panels, factory coatings, fasteners, accessories, and other system components.
Field assembly involves organizing and installing those supplied components at the project site according to approved documents. M Built Tanks specializes in the field portion.
Engineering responsibility belongs to the engineer of record, tank manufacturer, EPC firm, owner, or another qualified party identified by the project documents.
M Built Tanks does not provide professional engineering services.
No. Tank design and CAD documents are provided by the appropriate engineer, manufacturer, EPC firm, or other responsible party.
No. M Built Tanks specializes in on-site assembly and field execution rather than manufacturing panels, coatings, or tank-system components.
No. The panels arrive with the specified factory-applied coating. M Built Tanks assembles the supplied components according to the approved requirements.
Yes. M Built Tanks can perform a defined field scope for general contractors, EPC firms, tank manufacturers, owners, and other project partners.
The approved design, manufacturer instructions, site conditions, project documents, and assigned responsibilities determine the permitted construction approach.
M Built Tanks plans its field activities within those requirements.
No design change should be made based only on informal field judgment. Questions or conflicts should be directed to the party authorized to issue revised drawings, approved instructions, or formal clarification.
Visible concerns should be documented and communicated to the responsible project party.
The manufacturer, supplier, general contractor, EPC firm, or owner determines whether replacement, correction, or another approved action is required.
Our field experience includes factory-coated bolted steel tanks ranging from approximately 5,000 to 3,000,000 gallons.
The actual field scope depends on the approved tank design, project location, access, schedule, equipment requirements, site conditions, and project documents.
Our experience includes tanks up to approximately 80 feet tall and approximately 10 to 160 feet in diameter.
Height and diameter vary based on required storage volume, available site area, foundation conditions, approved design, and other project requirements.
Useful information includes:
- Tank capacity
- Height and diameter
- Project location
- Tank application
- Construction schedule
- Approved drawings and specifications
- Coating system
- Site-access conditions
- Proposed lifting or assembly method
- Engineering responsibility
- Material-supply responsibility
M Built Tanks reviews this information to understand the proposed field scope.
No. Capacity and dimensions are established by the owner, engineer, manufacturer, EPC firm, or another responsible project party.
M Built Tanks reviews the approved information to plan and perform the assigned field work.
Yes. The company’s experience spans a broad capacity and dimensional range.
Each project is reviewed individually because crew needs, equipment, access, schedule, field conditions, and assembly methods vary.
Applications may include:
- Potable water
- Cooling water
- Fire-protection water
- Process water
- Wastewater
- Leachate
The approved design, materials, coating system, and specifications determine the intended use.
A potable-water tank stores water intended for human consumption or distribution.
The complete tank system must use materials and components approved for potable-water service, and the project may reference NSF/ANSI 61.
Cooling-water tanks support systems that remove heat from equipment or facility operations.
They may serve industrial plants, manufacturing facilities, data centers, and other operations with substantial cooling demand.
Bolted steel tanks may support cooling-water storage, fire-protection water storage, or both.
The responsible parties establish the required capacity, system performance, design, and connection to the broader facility infrastructure.
A fire-protection tank stores water reserved for a fire-suppression system.
Project requirements may reference NFPA 22 along with approved fire-protection plans and site-specific system documents.
Process water is water used within an industrial or manufacturing operation.
Its purpose and required tank system depend on the process, water quality, temperature, facility conditions, and project specifications.
Wastewater tanks may support collection, temporary storage, equalization, treatment, or other municipal and facility processes.
The approved coating and tank configuration must be suitable for the specified application.
Leachate is liquid that has passed through or drained from waste material and may contain dissolved or suspended substances.
Tanks used for leachate must be designed and specified for that service by the appropriate responsible professionals.
Not automatically. The intended liquid affects the coating, materials, fittings, accessories, configuration, and applicable standards.
Suitability is determined by the manufacturer, engineer, owner, EPC firm, or another qualified party.
No. Coating selection is handled by the manufacturer, engineer, owner, EPC firm, or another responsible project party.
A change in service requires evaluation by the manufacturer, engineer, owner, or another qualified party.
Changing the stored liquid may affect coating compatibility, materials, fittings, cleaning requirements, accessories, safety requirements, and regulatory obligations.
Factory-coated panels are positioned, aligned, sealed, and bolted together according to approved drawings, specifications, and manufacturer instructions.
Depending on the approved method, shell rings may be assembled using cranes, lifts, or hydraulic jacking systems.
The panels are manufactured as part of a factory-coated bolted tank system. Bolting allows the panels to be joined on site without treating the shell as a conventional field-welded tank.
Material staging is the organized placement of panels, fasteners, sealants, accessories, tools, and equipment so they can be accessed safely and in the required assembly sequence.
Poor staging can create congestion, unnecessary handling, delays, and increased risk of damage.
Proper alignment supports correct bolt placement, seam consistency, sealant performance, shell geometry, and installation of later components.
Alignment must follow the approved system and project requirements.
The specified sealant or gasket system helps form the required seal at panel seams and connections.
The correct material, preparation, application method, and environmental conditions are established by the manufacturer and project documents.
On some projects, hydraulic jacks raise an assembled upper section so the crew can add the next shell ring closer to ground level.
The exact procedure depends on the approved construction method.
Equipment may include cranes, hydraulic jacks, aerial lifts, rough-terrain forklifts, skid steers, scissor lifts, boom-supported platforms, hand tools, and power tools.
The crew may verify delivery, organize staging, review approved documents, confirm equipment access, inspect supplied components for visible handling concerns, and coordinate site conditions and scheduling with the project team.
Remaining work may include roof or dome installation, ladders, platforms, handrails, specified fittings, exterior components, bolt checks, cleanup, and coordination for the next project phase.
Tank assembly may overlap with foundation work, material deliveries, cranes, piping, electrical work, inspections, and other contractors.
Clear coordination helps preserve access, sequence work properly, and reduce avoidable conflicts.
No. Engineering certification, regulatory approval, manufacturer warranties, testing, and formal project acceptance are handled by the appropriate responsible parties.
Potential clients and project partners include municipal water districts, industrial facilities, data centers, manufacturers, fire-protection professionals, general contractors, EPC firms, tank manufacturers, and project owners.
Municipal projects may involve public procurement, public-infrastructure requirements, potable-water considerations, inspections, and coordination with water or wastewater operations.
Industrial work may involve active facilities, process requirements, restricted access, production schedules, and site-specific safety programs.
Helpful information includes:
- Bid documents
- Tank drawings and specifications
- Project schedule
- Site location
- Access restrictions
- Material-delivery dates
- Lifting responsibilities
- Equipment expectations
- Safety requirements
- Responsibility for materials and supporting services
M Built Tanks performs the assigned field scope while the EPC firm manages engineering, procurement, document control, scheduling, and overall project delivery.
Early coordination helps define sequencing, material availability, lifting needs, and interfaces with other trades.
Data-center projects often involve controlled access, demanding schedules, extensive contractor coordination, site-specific safety programs, and mission-critical infrastructure.
Approved documents, delivery planning, lifting requirements, schedule expectations, and clearly defined scope responsibilities are especially important.
Potentially. Active facilities may require review of access restrictions, operating hazards, permits, shutdown limitations, traffic flow, emergency procedures, site orientation, and interaction with other contractors.
Yes. M Built Tanks may provide field assembly for a manufacturer or supplier when selected for the approved project scope.
Planning may address site rules, fall exposures, lifting activities, equipment, weather, emergency procedures, PPE, access conditions, work sequencing, and project-specific safe-work requirements.
Verified leadership qualifications and experience include:
- OSHA 10
- OSHA 30
- OSHA 510
- Confined-space training
- Fall-protection training
- Safe-work planning
- Jobsite audits
- Hazard mitigation
- Incident response
- Heavy-equipment operations
- Contractor and crew supervision
Work at height requires planning around access systems, fall-protection requirements, approved anchor points, equipment use, weather, material handling, rescue considerations, and activity below.
Personnel involved must understand the lifting plan, equipment capacity, load-control methods, communication procedures, exclusion zones, travel paths, and assigned responsibilities.
AWWA D103 is a standard addressing factory-coated bolted steel water-storage tanks.
NSF/ANSI 61 addresses health effects for materials and components that come into contact with drinking water.
NFPA 22 addresses water-storage tanks used in private fire-protection systems.
OSHA requirements address workplace-safety topics such as fall protection, PPE, equipment operation, training, hazard controls, and construction-site practices.
No. M Built Tanks references experience supporting projects governed by these requirements.
Certification or approval should be stated only when verified for the specific company, system, material, or project.
M Built Tanks supports projects throughout the United States.
M Built Tanks is based in Rockwall, Texas.
The company travels to project sites across the country.
Mobilization planning considers location, field schedule, crew duration, equipment needs, lodging, site access, and coordination with material delivery and other contractors.
No. The company is based in Rockwall, Texas, and travels to project locations rather than claiming permanent offices in each state.
Remote sites, restricted facilities, compressed schedules, complex access conditions, and projects requiring extensive onboarding may need additional planning.
Providing the location and anticipated schedule early helps the company evaluate availability.
Travel, lodging, transportation, equipment mobilization, and other location-related costs should be addressed in the proposal and contract documents.
The treatment of those costs depends on the agreed project scope.
A useful submission includes:
- Project location
- Tank application
- Capacity
- Height and diameter
- Anticipated schedule
- Project contacts
- Approved drawings and specifications
- Site-access information
- General contractor or EPC information
- Description of the requested field scope
These documents identify the tank configuration, assembly requirements, components, standards, responsibilities, and project conditions.
They help clarify the labor, equipment, sequencing, and coordination needs.
Helpful information includes access routes, delivery restrictions, staging space, crane limitations, equipment restrictions, operating-facility conditions, work-hour limits, site orientation requirements, and schedule constraints.
Yes. Approved project files may be submitted through the Request a Quote form, subject to the website’s upload limits.
The files are used to understand the proposed field scope and prepare for project discussions.
Uploading them does not mean M Built Tanks has approved the design, accepted the project, or created a contract.
No. M Built Tanks does not provide professional engineering review, design approval, drawing certification, or regulatory approval.
The team reviews the available information, identifies missing details, and determines whether the opportunity aligns with the company’s capabilities and schedule.
Additional documents or clarification may be requested before pricing or commitment.
Use the Request a Quote form, call 214-680-4477, or email mbuilttanks@gmail.com.
Response timing depends on current field activity, travel, workload, and the completeness of the submitted project information.
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