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...
Storm Malik hit Denmark with wind gusts of hurricane strength from January 29, 2022, prompting the deployment of NoFloods Barrier; the world’s most reliable flood control barrier. About 1.8 kilometres of the temporary flood protection barriers from Environment Solutions were successfully deployed across 7 locations in Frederikssund Municipality and Jyllinge. In total, more than 4 km of flood control barriers (water tubes)...
In January 2022, the NoFloods inflatable flood barrier was deployed across three different locations throughout the Municipality of Roskilde, to protect against storm Malik that was hitting Denmark. The deployment was successful and no damages were recorded. Here are a couple of pictures that showcase the deployment of the NoFloods flood barrier. The video below shows the NoFloods inflatable barrier in action.
The NoFloods Barriers were yesterday successfully used to protect the Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde from flooding. An evening storm was expected to raise the water level in Roskilde Fjord to about 1.3 meters, with a potential risk for the museum that is Denmark’s National Viking Ship Museum for the prehistoric and medieval period. (more…)
The "MetsterMill" in Sint-Truiden, Belgium, was to undergo a thorough architectural renovation by contractor ABB&Z, on behalf of the owner. The mill wall on the Melsterbeek had to be rebuilt as the foundations were no longer adequate. In addition, the state of the mill basin was unknown e.g. was there a concrete floor present? In what condition was it in? Was there...
Solum, a private Danish company supplying a wide range of environmental services was asked to remove sediment and repair a culvert gate for the municipality of Frederikssund.
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.
What you need to know: A water-inflated cofferdam is a temporary flexible barrier filled with water and used to create a dry work environment in areas surrounded by water such as rivers, lakes or coastal regions. Zenviron Pty, a leading BOP contractor specializing in renewable energy projects across Australia and New Zealand, embraced cutting-edge solutions for a challenging wetland construction project. To...
