Tilting Flood Barrier for Automated Flood Protection

In Australia, floods rank as the most economically challenging natural disaster, averaging $8.8 billion annually (as of 2017) when considering insured, tangible and intangible costs. Additionally, many asset owners face challenges in obtaining adequate insurance coverage, magnifying the social and economic impacts of flood events.

When required, our in-house team can provide design support to ensure the product delivered will be engineered to withstand site specifications regarding flood water height, debris loading, deployment times etc. With an increase in flood mitigation projects, and more and more flood barriers being installed in public spaces, there have been significant design considerations around the safe operation of flood barriers.

The FloodFree Hydraulic Tilting Flood Barrier can be deployed manually via push-button control, or automatically using sensors calibrated to a preset water level. Once activated an audible alarm sounds and strobe lights flash. Dual acting hydraulic cylinders then raise the flood barrier.

The ‘smart’ controls use AI cameras to monitor the barrier and surrounding areas during deployment. If a person, animal or vehicle is detected in the immediate vicinity while the barrier is operating, deployment will cease, continuing only when the area is clear. Once closed, it remains flood free until manually reset via push-button control.