The logistics of deploying flood barriers have many aspects, ranging from long-term storage options to rapid deployment in live flooding scenarios. These two issues are intimately integrated when the best storage is designed for rapid deployment as well. We have developed several accessory solutions to address both storage and deployment concerns. (more…)
Our revolutionary flood defence barrier was recently deployed in the heart of Ravenna, Northern Italy, to safeguard the city's data center against potential flood risks. Over the past few days, devastating floods have wreaked havoc in Northern Italy resulting in the displacement of over 36,000 people and tragically claiming the lives of 14 individuals. Streets throughout the Emilia Romagna region have been...
This week we trained firefighters and natural disaster ground crew personnel from the Fire Department of the Moravian-Silesian Region on how to use the mobile flood barrier. The mobile flood barrier effectively marks a new era in fighting floods in the Czech Republic. A region that has been hit hard by floods, causing significant damage to communities and infrastructure.
Our reusable flood barrier helped one of the world's biggest metal and mining companies repair a dam in a wetland. They partnered with UDIM, our distributor, who supplied them with the reusable flood barrier to dam up the water in the wetland, thus making repair work possible. One of our in-house specialists was present to provide assistance. The barrier deployment was successful thanks...
One of the world’s leading steel and mining companies needed to renovate a dam located in a wetland area. They partnered with our distributor, Udim, who provided them with a portable water dam to help protect the wetland area during the renovation. Our in-house expert was on-site, providing support and expertise during the deployment of the portable water dam. Everything was successfully executed...
Our Nofloods barriers were used in a major exercise in the municipality of Rubiera, located in the province of Reggio Emilia, Italy. The exercise was organized by the provincial civil protection of Reggio Emilia which involved several municipalities including technicians and managers from the Emilia Romagna Region. (more…)
A client in Holland needed to carry out a culvert inspection for potential maintenance work and repairs. (more…)
Unlike traditional flood prevention techniques that consume a lot of labour and resources (e.g. sandbags), we’ve engineered a proven, smarter and more effective system that uses the threat (water) to fight the threat (water). Using flood water as a resource to fight the flood, you can build up a flood barrier that uses less than 1% of the help you would...
The municipality of Rubiera as well as the entire province of Reggio Emilia (Italy), can finally say goodbye to the destruction and suffering caused by floods. This is after the Reggio civil protection authority purchased one kilometre of NoFloods Barriers - our innovative flood defence system that uses the threat (flood water) to neutralise the threat (flooding). This means that they...
Storm Malik made landfall in Denmark on January 29, 2022, breaking records to be the strongest storm to hit the country in six years. It posed a great threat to central buildings including cultural heritage sites such as the National Viking Ship Museum located in Roskilde. The NoFloods water-filled flood barriers were deployed as a countermeasure to protect the iconic museum...
