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Flood Defence - Vulcan House Iron, Sheffield
Tilt-Dam In-Situ Flood Defence
Vulcan House Iron, Sheffield
In the summer of 2007, Sheffield was badly hit by flooding. As a result, Wilson Bowden Developments decided to upgrade their flood defence at Riverside Exchange and chose the Tilt-Dam in-situ system integrated with permanent walling around Vulcan House Iron.
Principal Features -
- 96m of Tilt-Dam (32 units each 3m long)
- 5 sections between fixed walling
- Flood depth 0.75m
- Precast concrete trenches (3 tonnes)
- Precast concrete lids (2 tonnes)
- Lids surface finish matching Marshalls Tegula and Saxon
Perfecta adjacent paving
- Drainage to both wet and dry trenches
- Special design around gas and electric services
- Adjustable props for seal pre-compression
- Key locking system (dormant position)
- Safety handrailing
- Contract award 7th January 2008
- Start on site 25th March 2008
- Installation complete 25th April 2008
Tilt-Dam is a unique, permanently installed, gravity powered, manually operated in-situ flood defence - a concrete trench with counterbalanced tilting lid. From being a path or roadway, the lid – also in concrete in this case - is rotated by hand to the vertical, forming a defence wall with perimeter seals. Tilt-Dam can be a single unit at an access point or a series of adjacent units forming an extended wall. It is quick and easy to mobilise, self-contained and no power systems are required – gravity does the work. The design principles are reliability, safety, simplicity, robustness, rapid mobilisation and easy maintenance.
Vulcan House Iron, Sheffield
In the summer of 2007, Sheffield was badly hit by flooding. As a result, Wilson Bowden Developments decided to upgrade their flood defence at Riverside Exchange and chose the Tilt-Dam in-situ system integrated with permanent walling around Vulcan House Iron.
Client:
Wilson Bowden Developments
Specialist Consultant:
Tilt-Dam
Architect:
Hadfield Cawkwell Davidson
Engineer:
White Young Green
Main Contractor:
Littlehampton Welding
Concrete Subcontractor:
ThermoneX
Wilson Bowden Developments
Specialist Consultant:
Tilt-Dam
Architect:
Hadfield Cawkwell Davidson
Engineer:
White Young Green
Main Contractor:
Littlehampton Welding
Concrete Subcontractor:
ThermoneX
Principal Features -
- 96m of Tilt-Dam (32 units each 3m long)
- 5 sections between fixed walling
- Flood depth 0.75m
- Precast concrete trenches (3 tonnes)
- Precast concrete lids (2 tonnes)
- Lids surface finish matching Marshalls Tegula and Saxon
Perfecta adjacent paving
- Drainage to both wet and dry trenches
- Special design around gas and electric services
- Adjustable props for seal pre-compression
- Key locking system (dormant position)
- Safety handrailing
- Contract award 7th January 2008
- Start on site 25th March 2008
- Installation complete 25th April 2008
Tilt-Dam is a unique, permanently installed, gravity powered, manually operated in-situ flood defence - a concrete trench with counterbalanced tilting lid. From being a path or roadway, the lid – also in concrete in this case - is rotated by hand to the vertical, forming a defence wall with perimeter seals. Tilt-Dam can be a single unit at an access point or a series of adjacent units forming an extended wall. It is quick and easy to mobilise, self-contained and no power systems are required – gravity does the work. The design principles are reliability, safety, simplicity, robustness, rapid mobilisation and easy maintenance.