Automatic Floodgates Ease Flood Fear For Tacoma WWTP
In 2009, Tacoma’s Wastewater Treatment Plant faced severe floods. To prevent future damage, Tacoma launched a $25 million flood mitigation project featuring FloodBreak’s automatic flood barriers. In 2016, the project won the Public Works Project of the Year Award for Disaster & Emergency Preparedness.
FloodBreak featured in FEMA Floodproofing Non-Residential Buildings Publication
FEMA P-936, Floodproofing Non-Residential Buildings, features two hospital flood mitigation projects with floodwalls and FloodBreak® passive flood barriers. The new publication is intended to assist local government officials, engineers, architects, and property owners involved in the planning and implementation of floodproofing retrofits. Both hospital mitigation projects were FEMA funded and used a combination of floodwalls and passive flood […]
MTA Tests FloodBreak Vent Shaft System for Subway Flood Protection
The FloodBreak® Vent Shaft System is a versatile flood control product line that protects a range of ventilation openings above and below grade. Initially designed as a flood control solution for the MTA, the closure device passively protects subway system vents from being inundated by localized street flooding. In response to Sandy, The MTA asked […]
Historic Rosenberg Library Protected by Passive Flood Barriers
Architecturally Integrated Flood Gates Protect Rosenberg Library. Customer: Rosenberg Public Library Location: Galveston, TX Products: Vehicle and Pedestrian Gates Installation dates: 2010 – 2011 Background The Rosenberg Library, a historic building on Galveston Island in Texas, was ravaged by Hurricane Ike in 2008 but now is fully restored and protected from future storms. Today the many Texas treasures on display […]
New Jersey Dealership Saved Again from Flash Flooding
The FloodBreak® passive flood barrier installed in 2008, once again protected Route 22 Honda, a Hillside, NJ Honda dealership, when flash floods came unexpectedly again this summer. The FloodBreak Vehicle Gate deployed automatically. lifted by the fast rising floodwaters caused by a slow-moving thunderstorm that inundated sections of Route 22 in Union County, NJ forcing […]
FloodBreak Presents Solution to Raise Levees for FEMA Accreditation at FMA Conference
FloodBreak participated with levee experts at the 2013 FMA Annual Conference to discuss an innovative approach used by the IBWC to raise their levees to meet new flood elevations. The title of the presentation was “Raise Levees for FEMA Accreditation Without Raising Roadways or Bridges – An Innovative Approach and Case Study” An innovative and […]
Wastewater Treatment Plant in Decatur, IL
Floodproofing The Sanitary District Of Decatur The Sanitary District of Decatur, a wastewater treatment plant in Decatur, IL is permanently protected from flood damage should the flooding that is ravaging many towns in the Midwest, threaten their facility. They will not have to use personnel to fill and place sand bags around the plant nor […]
FloodBreak Prevents Flood Damage at the Vanderbilt Eye Institute
A FloodBreak® passive floodgate system was installed at the Vanderbilt Eye Institute in Nashville, TN to provide permanent protection 24/7 against future flooding. The Vanderbilt Eye Institute, a department of Vanderbilt University Medical Center, was inundated with two feet of water on the first floor in the 2010 Flood. Flooding on the Cumberland River also damaged the […]
FloodBreak Chosen to Protect Another Hospital: University of TX Medical Branch
The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) is an 84-acre campus on Galveston Island that was devastated by Hurricane Ike. FEMA awarded the state of Texas more than $90 million, in the form of a Public Assistance Grant, for flood mitigation including FloodBreak passive flood barriers as part of dry floodproofing measures. FEMA requires that […]
Hidden Passive Flood Barriers Protect Restaurant 24/7
FloodBreak® passive flood barriers provide permanent flood protection and are virtually invisible with tile covering.
