Slides of the event hosted at the Dutch Consulate in New York on May 5th 2016

1. Overview of three
Dutch deployable
flood defence
providers
Boston & New York
May 2nd – May 6th 2016
Contact:
nyc-ea@minbuza.nl

2. Consulate General of the Netherlands
in New York
@NLinNY
facebook.com/NLinNewYork
Duplo-dam
• Completely stored on
site
• At ground level or
the top of a wall
Dutchdam-bold
• Completely stored on site
• Easy trafficable
• Easy employable
Dutch Dam
www.dutchdam.com

3. Consulate General of the Netherlands
in New York
Hyflo
@NLinNY
facebook.com/NLinNewYork
HYFLO Self Closing
Flood Barrier
• No warning system
and warning time
required
• No manpower
required
• No storage needed
• Maintenance free
• Installed in one day
SCFB during Sandy. Washington, USA
www.hyflo.nl

4. Consulate General of the Netherlands
in New York
@NLinNY
facebook.com/NLinNewYork
Tube Barrier
• Quick and simple to
install (100 m in 1h with
4 people)
• Modular system
• Usable on virtually
any surface
• Storage and
transport in
bulk bins
Tube Barrier
www.tubebarrier.com

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Creates a
water resistant
infrastructure
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Wales - UK

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Dutchdam at coastal boulevard (back side), stored on site
www.dutchdam.com
Weston-super-Mare UK

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For Waterfront landscaping,
to encircle objects,
to close buildings and
objects below ground level
Videos: www.dutchdam.com

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Dutchdam composite profiles, no corrosion, no theft.

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The use of advanced materials is the road to new solutions.

12. barriers
State of the art technology
auto-flood-barriers in super fiber
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The new Katy Hackett Bridge in Dublin/Ireland has Dutchdam
flood barrier integrated in the bridge deck at each 4 corners.
www.dutchdam.com – photo: Le Journal

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The Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure stated:
1. The Dutchdam can be employed as a temporary
flood defence and fulfils all the requirements and
conditions set out by the Ministry.
2. Demonstrates its superiority by the way in
which it can be speedily deployed and installed;
its appearance is also in keeping with
the local architectural ambiance.
videos on www.dutchdam.com

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Flood barriers must be in place
before flooding

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Dutchdam:
costs or values ?

18. Working principle SCFB™
SCFB with Service Pit

19. Key Benefits
No warning system and warning time required
– the SCFB rises instantly through the rising water level
No manpower required
– the SCFB is not energy driven and operates without any human intervention
No storage needed
- in resting position the barrier is invisible and fully self protected
Short closing time
- with a fast flood the barrier will close within a minute
Low Maintenance cost and Easy to test
-by filling up the pit the barrier is lifted automatically and ready for inspection
Unlimited lengths
–the SCFB can be built at any required length.

20. Applications

21. National Archives Building Washington DC

22. Commerce Bank Pennsylvania USA

23. Reports
Failure chance analyze
Earthquake tests
Strength calculations components

24. TubeBarrier
The newest Dutch innovation for flood protection

25. It started with this picture in
2013….
Germany - June 2013Idea
Prototype
Patent
TU Delft/test-location
Climate KIC
All in 2013

26. How does it work?
• No pumps
• No electricity
• No sand or water to fill the barrier
• No need of a lot of manpower
• No extra knowledge needed
Fighting water with water

27. General Applications:
Flexible (temporary) flood defense
Urban environment (for houses,
apartments, hospitals, offices,
etc.)
Pre-installed version (quay, dike
etc.)
Temporary drainage canal
(regulate)
Water storage
Crop protection, glass and
horticulture
Petrochemicals, Collecting dirty
firewater with a (chemical) fire
Pre-installed on
a dike

28. Storage and Transport
• Easy transport in pallet
boxes
• 10 meter TubeBarrier
folded back to 50 cm
• 1 box weights +- 100kg
(10 meter/70cm high)

29. Success:
Netherlands
England
Bangladesh

30. Team TubeBarrier
Inventor
Focus: Production,
R&D
Robert Alt
Business, entrepreneur
Focus: Strategy /sales
Sukhjinder Singh
Sales:
Focus Azië
Harry Bos
Sales:
Focus Europe
Marcel Wijnberg
Production:
Marco Nobel

31. What we are looking for
We can`t do it alone, we believe in partnerships
Reliable partners
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