In the Maas River, there is a lock from the sea where ships are lifted from approximately 56 to 488 NAP (Normaal Amsterdams Peil). The lock has two gates; an old one with lifting doors and a modern one with point doors. There were issues with the pivots and the neck-pins were damaged, so the authorities (i.e. the Government and RWS) decided...
Find out how our Dutch partner successfully created a cofferdam to enable the repair of a slipway at a ship junkyard in Haarlem, Netherlands.
In June 2018, Romania was hit by heavy rains which increased the water levels in rivers and lakes, thus creating floods in most areas within the country. One of the cities where flooding was highly devastating was Bacău. There, water levels were high and it even exceeded 3 meters in some areas. This was an extreme case isolated to specific areas, whereas in...
Flooding in Italy has in the past resulted in the destruction of homes, infrastructure and even loss of lives. We recently visited the iconic and scenic Southern European country to showcase our line of flood protection technology in an effort to help them become more prepared against future flooding.
With over 2.000 inhabitants per km², the Rhine valley is one of the most densely populated areas in Germany and thus highly susceptible to flooding, especially in cities. In November 2018, Environment Solutions accomplished a dense 3-day training for emergency flood protection, educating more than 30 specialists from the Civil Engineering Department of the City of Karlsruhe, Germany, to successfully...
New technology, new solutions and new ways to fight floods was presented in Bangkok by Environment Solutions, to an exclusive selection of government officials and guests from the private sector. They all attended with the main purpose of exploring new ways to make cities and businesses more resilient towards floods.
Compared to sandbags and big bags – the NoFloods Barriers have proven their efficiency and reliability over and over during several storm surges. E.g. within the first 2 weeks of 2019, the barriers were deployed in multiple locations to protect people and critical infrastructure from potential devastation by flood waters. One of the key advantages of the NoFloods Barrier is its...
