Flood Barriers & Erosion Control for Many Industries

TrapBag Serves a Variety of Industries

TrapBag barriers can be utilized by all kinds of industries. They are the ideal solution for many public sectors when it comes to flood protection, erosion control, water containment, and more. TrapBags save organizations money by preventing damages, creating a safer and more economically stable environment for communities to enjoy for years to come.

Types of Infrastructure

Public Works and Government

Government agencies are responsible for many forms of public infrastructure and services that keep their communities safe, supported, and thriving. Durable protection from the elements is critical in helping public works officials to maintain parks, beaches, roads, and public service centers. TrapBags are a long-lasting, easily deployable flood control and erosion reduction solution, ensuring environments stay intact and maintain their value, no matter what weather conditions occur. 

In addition to protecting physical structures provided by municipalities, TrapBags can aid government officials in their efforts to create and uphold a safe environment—in the event of chemical or oil spills, public health workers can utilize TrapBags to contain spills until cleanups are completed.  

Critical Infrastructure Protection

Public infrastructure is necessary for a functioning society. Maintaining infrastructures like highways and roadways, bridges, dams, and public transportation systems is incredibly important in enabling people all over the world to go about their day as usual. 

Natural disasters, like hurricanes, heavy rainfalls that induce flooding, earthquakes, and landslides all place infrastructure at risk of damage, which is incredibly costly and difficult to achieve in a timely manner. TrapBag barriers can help protect critical infrastructure from damage. 

Coastal regions can benefit from TrapBag seawall alternatives, while areas more prone to earthquakes or mudslides can use TrapBags as diversion or gravity walls, reducing the amount of debris that smashes into infrastructure. 

Construction

Flooding can both lead to harmful erosion as well as the derailment of the strict timeline of a construction project. That means, to the dismay of investors and the crew, that more money and time must be allocated to the job. Prevent your site from being damaged and setback with protection from TrapBags.

Some construction projects involve working in or around water—piers, docks, bridges, etc. TrapBag dams and cofferdams can easily and dependably retain and divert water during excavations and building thanks to their leak-proof structure.

Civil Engineering

The sturdy structures around our cities and municipalities are all a result of the expertise of civil engineers. TrapBags can aid civil engineers in their construction, development, and protection efforts, especially as climate change continues to lead to unexpected and unprecedented shifts in weather patterns. 

Civil engineers have to be ready for anything, and the durability and ease of installation TrapBag barriers offer can help to simplify the complex issues engineers will continue to face.

Coastal Engineering

TrapBag barriers can be used by coastal engineers to combat coastal erosion—when it comes to protecting coastlines from weakening and receding, they are the superior method. TrapBags are leakproof, extremely durable, quickly deployable barriers that provide a cost-effective alternative to more expensive forms of erosion control.

Emergency Management

Affordable and dependable forms of emergency management are growing increasingly important—in 2021, the U.S. spent $145 billion on natural disaster-related damages, making it the third most expensive year ever. 

When a hurricane, tropical storm, landslide, tornado, or other unexpected natural event occurs, TrapBags are the ideal protective solution for all kinds of environments, including private and public property, farmland, infrastructure, and more. 

Environmental Protection

One of the most frequent kinds of natural disasters is flooding. Flooding can be detrimental to the environment, destroying habitats, drowning wildlife, and carrying chemicals into waterways. It can also worsen water erosion, the process that involves washing away soil, dirt, and other natural earth material into the ocean. With temperatures rising due to climate change, water levels are also rising, making flooding and erosion even bigger concerns.

TrapBag barriers offer a solution to controlling and preventing damage from disasters such as flooding, erosion, and toxic spills. TrapBags are strong, reliable barriers that can be quickly deployed to act as flood walls, sea walls, and more. Companies and individuals operating in environmental protection, conservation, and consulting can trust TrapBag to make a difference.

Marine Services

Marine service workers can make their job easier with the help of TrapBags. TrapBags are versatile water barriers that can be used to assist with services in and along the water, keep service buildings safe from erosion, and prevent damage from flooding. TrapBag barriers are a reliable and affordable solution to many marine service needs such as construction, repairs, and maintenance checks.

Mining

TrapBags are an engineered form of flood control, designed as the ultimate method of easily deployable and affordable flood protection. Made of an extremely durable geotextile material and arranged in an accordion structure to prevent leakages, TrapBags provide peace of mind during dangerous situations like flooding events, landslides, chemical spills, and more.

TrapBags in Action

A few projects that have utilized TrapBag barriers include: 

• Levee Installed for Flood Protection in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
• Infrastructure Protection in Kearny, New Jersey
• Mudslide/Debris Flow Protection in Colorado Springs, Colorado
• Flood Protection on I-29 in Iowa
• Dune Core Stabilization for Hurricane & Storm Surge Protection in Rockaway Beach, New York

TrapBag Solutions

TrapBags can create many configurations, making them the most ideal option for all kinds of industries.

• Flood barriers: Whether you are preparing for hurricanes, storm surges, or accounting for rising sea levels, TrapBag barriers offer long-lasting protection from the damaging effects of floods.

• Erosion control: Erosion can be aesthetically and environmentally damaging to communities. Because of their unique design and ability to be laid on sloping land, TrapBags are great when used as MSE or gravity walls, seawall alternatives, and as sand dune stabilization. 

• Seawalls: TrapBags are an affordable and easily deployable alternative to expensive, difficult-to-place steel or boulder seawalls.

• Infrastructure support: TrapBags can provide reliable stability to bridges, dams, highways, and other forms of infrastructure during floods and storms, mitigating extensive damage, expensive repairs, and loss of employment. 

• Cofferdams: Need a dry workspace at your construction site? TrapBags make ideal cofferdams, as they are easy to place and remove. 

• Dune stabilization: To prevent flooding or strong winds from eroding land, which can weaken natural flood protection as well as add debris to landslides, TrapBags can be placed in the core of dunes and around the exterior for added stability.

• Debris diversion walls: Diversion walls made of TrapBags are durable enough to change the course of flowing land and rocks, protecting nearby structures. 

• Dams: Sturdy dams are integral to preventing flooding. TrapBags block and redirect water, saving lives as well as saving communities from costly, difficult-to-fund repairs.

• Levees: TrapBag levees are water barriers that prevent floodwaters from infiltrating elevated surfaces, like roadways and agricultural plots. 

• Stormwater containment: Post-rainstorm, water can pick up contaminants from a variety of sources, oftentimes construction sites or waste yards. If this runoff cannot be absorbed in the ground, it can enter waterways, and be harmful to the consumers and the environment. TrapBags can prevent this from occurring by holding the contaminated stormwater in a basin permanently, or until it can be properly disposed of.
• Spill control: Whether due to human error or a natural disaster, chemicals like oil can be spilled. This can have an immense negative impact on the surrounding environment if not dealt with quickly and effectively. The leakproof structure of TrapBag makes them an exceptional solution for time-sensitive chemical spills, thoroughly trapping the chemicals while a further plan of action is discussed.