FLOOD MANAGEMENT FOR INFRASTRUCTURE INDEPENDENT FLOOD MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE BUSINESS HOMES COMMUNITIES www.aquobex.com Our individually refined service package is designed to ensure that potential flood events have the minimum impact on your infrastructure and service. We provide more than just essential information, offering the best advice and if you choose to implement it, a robust solution. We are also able to liaise with consultants and engineers that may have already began flood risk assessment. Aquobex solutions are... Independent We are not tied to any one data or product provider, but explore the whole of the market to identify best-in-class. We do this through interrogation of performance data, test witnessing and in-house testing of products at our facility at BRE Garston. Accredited Each element will require the appropriate accreditation as a minimum but we shall not allow inferior products to hide behind irrelevant or poorly set standards and accreditations. Guaranteed With our thorough understanding of each element of service including operation, longevity and robustness, you will receive individual guarantees and an overall warranty for your peace of mind. Insurable Our solutions are recognised by mainstream insurers and specialists brokers. They provide the means to obtain flood cover or to negotiate improved terms. “Keep the water out as long as possible. Make good as quickly as possible”. Can the use of rainwater harvesting and SUDS reduce the flood risk? How will flooding affect your ability to perform your public or civic duties? Can you keep the main road and rail routes open? How will a major flood affect flood insurance cover? Is predictive modelling and real-time data integrated into your response plan? Which infrastructure sites should be prioritised? Can you access all sites during a flood in order to shut down services or deploy protection? Do you need short term, medium term or long term measures? If you require a guaranteed and dynamic service package to protect infrastructure from flood risk, Aquobex provide more than data and information but intelligence, understanding and robust solutions. For a professional and expert opinion please contact the team. Building 69, Building Research Establishment, Bucknalls Lane, Garston, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD25 9XX +44 (0) 1923 518582 [email protected]www.aquobex.com @Aquobex WHY AQUOBEX FOR INFRASTRUCTURE? Aquobex is a registered trademark of Einstein IP Limited.
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FLOOD MANAGEMENTFOR INFRASTRUCTURE
INDEPENDENT FLOOD MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS FOR
INFRASTRUCTURE BUSINESSHOMESCOMMUNITIES
www.aquobex.com
Our individually refined service package is designed to ensure that potential flood events have the minimum impact on your infrastructure and service. We provide more than just essential information, offering the best advice and if you choose to implement it, a robust solution. We are also able to liaise with consultants and engineers that may have already began flood risk assessment.
Aquobex solutions are...Independent We are not tied to any one data or product provider, but explore the whole of the market to identify best-in-class. We do this through interrogation of performance data, test witnessing and in-house testing of products at our facility at BRE Garston.
Accredited Each element will require the appropriate accreditation as a minimum but we shall not allow inferior products to hide behind irrelevant or poorly set standards and accreditations.
Guaranteed With our thorough understanding of each element of service including operation, longevity and robustness, you will receive individual guarantees and an overall warranty for your peace of mind.
Insurable Our solutions are recognised by mainstream insurers and specialists brokers. They provide the means to obtain flood cover or to negotiate improved terms.
“Keep the water out as long as possible. Make good as quickly as possible”.
Can the use of rainwater harvesting and SUDS reduce the flood risk?
How will flooding affect your ability to perform your public or civic duties?
Can you keep the main road and rail routes open?
How will a major flood affect flood insurance cover?
Is predictive modelling and real-time data integrated into your response plan?
Which infrastructure sites should be prioritised?
Can you access all sites during a flood in order to shut down services or deploy protection?
Do you need short term, medium term or long term measures?
If you require a guaranteed and dynamic service package to protect infrastructure from flood risk, Aquobex provide more than data and information but intelligence, understanding and robust solutions. For a professional and expert opinion please contact the team.
Building 69,Building Research Establishment,Bucknalls Lane, Garston,Watford, Hertfordshire, WD25 9XX
Aquobex is a registered trademark of Einstein IP Limited.
With 50 years’ combined experience and expertise in the industry, Aquobex provides flood resistance (dry-proofing) and resilience (wet-proofing) solutions for infrastructure, businesses, homes and communities.
Our approach takes the form of an accredited, wholly independent and insurable service delivered in a supportive, consultancy style.
We provide the best solutions that are specific to your individual requirements by working information into intelligence, and forming products into systems.
Our experienced team contains chartered surveyors, engineers, flood systems specialists, business continuity planners, insurance experts and project managers. All critical infrastructure in the UK can benefit from our services, and we also have partners in many other countries.
Why Aquobex?
• We provide only appropriate solutions from best-in-class systems
• The leaders in integrating flood information and engineering technologies
• Trusted by respected organisations and recognised by insurers
• Our people are leaders in the industry and pioneers of new approaches to flood management
• Recognised as a definitive source of technology, knowledge, and data on flood protection
Our flood risk assessment includes detailed modelled data geared towards levels of probability set by you, analysis of flood levels against the finished floor levels, evaluation of both building and assets including the level of criticality, and qualitative and quantitative checks on available resource.
Bespoke services are also available to owners of large networks.
Our detailed desktop flood report informs of the flood risk to buildings and infrastructure from rivers, sea, groundwater and surface water flooding.Being based on indicative data from the leading industry sources it serves to demonstrate the need or otherwise of solutions to flooding. This can be provided for specific locations or as a strategic overview of vulnerability within a networkIt then provides a call to action if there is risk identified or reassurance if there is no flood risk.
With a thorough understanding of the problem and the potential solutions, we can specify individual systems and construction work elements to design an overall scheme. For larger schemes this may include recommendations for changes to operational plan, interim flood protection measures or services to produce immediate benefit.
The design will take account of current best practice, guidance, regulation and legislation, plus include an allowance for future climate change. We are also prepared to work to defined budgets.
Our installation and construction phase is a critical part of the process. We offer fully trained installation teams who have been trained and approved for the respective elements of the scheme and certified for specific high-risk environments. All installation teams work to the highest standards of health & safety and environmental management with an experienced project manager overseeing the delivery of the scheme to ensure minimal disruption to your operation. Our installation resource includes in-house teams, and for large schemes we partner with leading civil engineering firms.
Once your flood protection scheme is delivered, a completion pack including certificate, O&M manuals, maintenance guide and optional maintenance contract will support you and your staff to ensure the solution remains at optimum performance and condition. Where maintenance contracts are included we make an appointment to carry out a re-inspection and extend the terms of the warranty to ensure the best return on investment.
Aquobex offers the most transparent and comprehensive means to obtain the management of flood risk and its consequences. This robust process offers a route to achieve the best possible insurance terms or reduce the exposure levels of self-insure schemes.
Our understanding of related business processes such as BCM plans and flood emergency response plans enables us to provide solutions that integrate seamlessly into your operations; and where required you can design the response plan yourself. In order to prepare your organisation for flood risk, operation and maintenance manuals are provided along with test deployments and training materials.
2. Flood Risk Assessment
3. Design & Specification
6. Maintenance & Guarantees
5. Instruction, Testing & Embedding
1. Desktop Flood Report
4. Installation
GROUND STABILISATION
AUTOMATICBARRIERS
INSPECTION & MAINTENANCE
WALLS & EMBANKMENTS
DRAINAGE MAINTENANCE
IN-SITU BARRIERS
MOBILE BARRIERS
DEMOUNTABLE BARRIERS
FLOOD SAFETY DOORS
FLOOD GATES
INTERNAL TANKING
DRAINAGEANTI-BACKFLOW
DUCT SEALING
WATERPROOFING
Total rainfall in the UK during 2012 was 1,330.7mm, just 6.6mm short of the record set in 2000.
Daily river flows across England and Wales as a whole reached record levels on 48 days in 2012.
2012 was the UK’s wettest year on record.
Many hospitals, schools and emergency services stations are built on floodplains.
25% of flooding occurs outside areas formally designated as being flood prone.
Annual flood damage costs in England and Wales are around £1 billion today.
