TrapBag Flood Barriers in Florida
Flood Protection
TrapBag has flood protection at the forefront of its design, having had its origins in seeing the devastation after Hurricane Charley in 2004. Whether you need protection along Florida’s coastlines, along rivers, or in other low-lying areas, TrapBag has enough strength to create a watertight barrier that keeps lives and property safe during flooding events. Since every moment counts during a flood emergency, a team of two people with a skid steer or dump truck can fill the barrier in minutes. However, even without heavy equipment, a team can still fill up a TrapBag barrier in a fraction of the time needed to create a sandbag wall with the same strength.
Learn More »Erosion Control
Florida’s erosion control efforts are more important than ever. With beaches washing away every year during hurricane season and through constant wave action, Florida’s most beautiful natural features are at risk of disappearing for good. TrapBag is an ideal erosion control solution because it takes on the impacts of wave action, protecting the shoreline behind it from further damage. TrapBag barriers also come with attachable lids that prevent the sand or gravel inside them from escaping.
Learn More »Seawalls
Seawalls are essential for protecting coastal habitats and neighborhoods. Seawalls brace against landmasses and coastlines to prevent erosion during storms and periods of high tides. This prevents coastal flooding and storm surges during hurricanes. TrapBag makes for an ideal base in vertical or mound seawalls. These barriers are more cost-effective and require less time and labor than installing traditional rip-rap seawalls.
Learn More »Retaining Walls
At scale, retaining walls can prevent significant damage to neighborhoods and natural habitats, in addition to protecting beaches from losing sand during major storms. Retaining walls can protect against flooding and prevent water from damaging homes and businesses. TrapBags make ideal retaining walls because they’re a more efficient alternative to sandbags. One 100-foot length, 4-foot-tall TrapBag barrier replaces roughly 8,000 traditional sandbags, all in a fraction of the time assembly would normally take to complete.
Learn More »Stormwater Management
Stormwater management is essential for any municipal or commercial building project. It involves developing ways to keep contaminated wastewater on construction sites from entering the water supply. TrapBag stormwater protection barriers are used at construction sites, paper mills, and mines to contain stormwater runoff that may contain harmful chemicals. These flood protection barriers can also create water barriers around worksites, making effective temporary cofferdams.
Learn More »Cofferdams
Drain water in or near construction sites when you use TrapBags as cofferdams. Traditional steel or metal cofferdams are costly in terms of both time and finances. With TrapBag, you can create a temporary cofferdam to protect your construction site effectively.
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Who We Serve In Florida
TrapBag was started in Florida by a resident who was tired of the ineffectiveness of existing Florida hurricane protection options that were available at the time. Here are some of the organizations and causes we serve in the Sunshine State to keep residents and the environment safe when disaster strikes.
Civil and Coastal Engineering
Civil and coastal engineering organizations have counted on TrapBag barriers for over 10 years to maintain roads, bridges, and coastal structures during emergencies. Both private and public organizations use TrapBag to protect:
- Infrastructure
- Water construction sites
- Coastlines
- Sand dunes
- And more
Emergency Management
Emergency management services are constantly looking for new ways to improve Florida’s hurricane protection systems. With solutions like TrapBag, emergency management services and departments can protect residents and their property. Emergency management crews rely on TrapBag for their disaster mitigation plans and on-scene prevention measures to keep residents and civilians safe. It’s an ideal solution for creating temporary dikes, dams, levees, seawalls, and spill control barriers where communities need them.
Learn More »Environmental Protection
Environmental protection organizations and groups have been relying on TrapBag for years. They use these cutting-edge barriers as solutions for different environmental problems, including:
- Defending the land from uncontrolled erosion
- Reducing the damage flooding can cause
- Providing a more efficient barrier system
Infrastructure Protection
Highways, bridges, roads, and dams are vulnerable to flooding events of all types, especially if they’re located near areas prone to damage during major events. The water supply can also be damaged by dirty water during storm surges and other flooding events, and mass transit systems could become inoperable. These vital pieces of infrastructure can benefit from the protection TrapBag can provide. They’ve even been tested by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for their strength, proving that they can keep thousands of gallons of water away from infrastructure projects.
Learn More »Marine Services
Marine service companies can use TrapBag to make their work easier. For example, TrapBag barriers are stackable and can create an ideal drydocking station for watercraft, or as cofferdams to protect watercraft during routine maintenance. They can also keep water away from the harbor floor during marina construction projects, creating enclosed spaces where crews can work more efficiently than with traditional barriers.
Learn More »Why Choose TrapBags for Construction?
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Fast Deployment
Compared to traditional flood control barriers involving sandbags in Florida, TrapBag can be assembled and deployed in a fraction of the time. Two people and an equipment operator can install 100 linear feet of TrapBags per hour. On the other hand, a traditional sandbag flood wall can take days, even with an entire team of people filling and placing the bags.
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Reliable Strength
TrapBag’s unique design helps it keep back thousands of gallons of water during flooding events. Because each cell connects with its neighbors like an accordion, they lend strength to each other when filled with heavy materials like sand or washed gravel.
On the other hand, if damage compromises one of the cells in the TrapBag barrier, the rest will remain standing strong. By contrast, traditional sandbag walls tend to collapse very easily when one section is compromised, allowing even more water to come in.
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Efficient Design
TrapBag barriers are designed with efficiency in mind. They are a low-cost, rapidly deployable flood control system with pentagon-shaped bags with 60% of the mass in the bottom 50% of the barrier, making them more effective than regular sandbags.
TrapBag barriers are 300 times faster to install than a traditional sandbag wall, making them ideal for setting up efficient barriers in Florida in a fraction of the time. They also require 40% less fill material, making them more cost-effective than sandbags when factoring in time and labor for assembly.