IBS ‘K-System’ Delivers Temporary Flood Protection during Mytholmroyd Flood Alleviation Scheme Construction
IBS Engineered Products Ltd (IBS), one of the UK’s leading contractors specialising in the design, manufacture and installation of flow control and flood protection equipment, has been awarded the contract to supply a temporary flood barrier along a stretch of the River Calder, in Mytholmroyd, a £30 million flood alleviation scheme (FAS).
Specifically, IBS has provided a 130m long section of its ‘K-System’ temporary flood protection barrier, a completely mobile system that does not require any permanent fixings for installation on hard surfaces up to a flood height of 1.3m. This flexibility means the ‘K-System’ can be used in different locations according to flooding risk or, in this instance, during the programme of works being undertaken during the construction of the permanent FAS.
Speaking about the project, Ray Moulds, Managing Director of IBS Engineered Products, said: “The Mytholmroyd project is the perfect showcase for the company’s K-System, being both fast and easy to install. It can also be used flexibly at different locations according to flood risk, accommodating surface unevenness (up to 15mm), curves in the defence line, height differences (up to 190mm) and slopes along the length of the barrier”.
Developed by the Environment Agency in partnership with Calderdale Council, the Mytholmroyd scheme was designed in response to the widespread flooding experienced throughout the Calder Valley area during Boxing Day 2015 and is being delivered by VBA, a joint venture comprising VolkerStevin, Boskalis Westminster and SNC-Lavalin’s Atkins business. VBA in turn awarded IBS Engineered Products the order for the temporary barrier system. The completed flood alleviation scheme will see the construction and raising of existing walls on both banks of the River Calder and Cragg Brook, to up to maximum height of approximately 1.8m, the strengthening of buildings on both banks of the River Calder and Cragg Brook, improvements made to the culvert on White Lee Clough, and the widening of the channel on the River Calder, including improvements to bridge structures.
For more information about IBS Engineered Products’ ‘K-System’, or its range of flood protection solutions, call 01302 630015 or contact us here.
Notes to Editors | About IBS Engineered Products Ltd:
IBS Engineered Products Ltd a is a wholly owned subsidiary of IBS Technics GmbH, with headquarters in Thierhaupten, Germany. Established in 1994, IBS specialises in the design, supply and installation of flow control and flood protection equipment and has had a UK presence since the early 2000’s.
IBS has a long and unrivalled history of providing large-scale flood protection systems, including the installation of over 1000 linear metres of glass wall systems in Europe and over 100,000 square metres of demountable and temporary flood barriers worldwide.
UK work includes major flood protection projects at Bewdley and Shrewsbury, to protect against the River Severn and which were the first large-scale demountable flood defence systems of their type in the UK, still successfully at work today due to the high quality of finished product.
IBS’ product portfolio includes penstocks, stoplogs, demountable flood defences, flood gates and the company’s innovative glass wall flood protection system.