High Rise Flood Protection for Sydney

A commercial and residential, high rise building in the Western suburbs is Sydney’s latest apartment block to be protected from flooding, with AWMA’s FloodFree Doors and Barriers.

The building’s underground car park is protected from flood and storm water ingress with a permanently installed Passive Tilting Flood Barrier, concealed within the buildings infrastructure. Should water at the car park entrance rise past a designated level, the 8.1m wide Tilting Flood Barrier will automatically deploy across the width of the driveway, to a height of over 1m.

If self-deployed, alarms will be triggered to alert anyone in the area of the rising barrier. Once waters recede, so too will the barrier. The barrier can be manufactured to meet surrounding aesthetics and/or requirements such as non-slip surfaces.

Two Flood Doors located in the lobby protect the entrance lift corridors from rising water levels.The  Personal Access Flood Doors may be manually closed at any time, isolating the access points.

The Flood Doors are outward opening doors of standard sizes. Made-to-order they are powder coated to meet aesthetic requirements and can accommodate requests such as windows, locks etc.