The Tilt-Dam team left to right: David Smith, John Forrest, Jim Barrack with CIOB senior vice president Roger Flanagan.
A flood defence system designed and developed by a civil engineer and funded by the ICE’s research and enabling fund won the Chartered Institute of Building’s 2006 innovation award earlier this month. Tilt-Dam is a permanent demountable flood defence system which can be manually erected when the risk of flooding occurs. The 2.7m long 2m high steel and concrete vertical barrier is hinged at its base. In the upright position, the structure holds back water at a time of high flood risk. It can be lowered when water levels have fallen. (NCE 8 December 2005).
