Grand Forks and East Grand Forks: After the Flood (Literally); by Linda Tischler from Fast Company magazine

Looking for other solutions, he turned to a Massachusetts-based company, Flood Control America LLC, which licensed a product called an Invisible Flood Control Wall. It had been developed in Cologne, Germany to protect the area around the city's famous cathedral from periodic flooding by the Rhine. Essentially a post-and-plank structure, the wall can be assembled to keep out floodwaters, then deconstructed and put back in the shed when the waters recede. Read On...

"Invisible" wall protects Red River Valley; by George Fryklund and Jennifer Reeder from Land and Water magazine

In the case of the IFCW™ installation at East Grand Forks, intermediate and vertical parting supports bolt into anchor devices mounted deep in a concrete wall base. When needed, the 20-foot sealed (horizontally) and extruded aluminum planks stack between them. (Additional support for walls over 8-feet in height, are provided by pin-connected diagonal braces with a horizontal tension rod to transfer the load to post base anchorage.) Read On...

Mitigation Success Stories IV; from the Association of State Floodplain Managers, in PDF format

The IFCW is a removable wall that is erected only during the threat of a flood. Patented
twenty-foot sealed, interlocking hollow aluminum planks stack on top of a sill plate integrally
constructed on a permanent concrete foundation. Posts and pin mounted diagonal
braces provide additional support. A working crew of 3 people can install 1200
square feet in 2 hours. Read On...(pgs. 43, 44, 67)

Design Guide for Improving School Safety in Earthquakes, Floods, and High Winds

Mobilized floodwall. This category of flood protection measures includes fully engineered flood protection structures that have permanent features (foundation and vertical supports) and features that require human intervention to mobilize when a flood is predicted (horizontal components called planks or stop-logs). Read On...(pg. 5-50)

City proud of recovery from 1997 flood ; from the USA Today, and the AP

Whitey's anchors a row of restaurants that look out over the river. They sit at the edge of East Grand Forks' new downtown, which boasts a Cabela's sporting-goods store that draws in shoppers from across the region. What appears to be a low, decorative wall near and the Red is actually the base of downtown's current protection: An "invisible" floodwall into which temporary panels will be placed to protect the city. Read On...

Flood Protection in East Grand Forks; by Alan Draves

The city of East Grand Forks built a new dike and floodwall to protect the rebuilt downtown area. The two blocks closest to the river will be protected by the first U.S. installation of the "Invisible Flood Control Wall". The "Invisible Flood Control Wall" is erected only when a flood threatens. The rest of the time, the river will be visible from the downtown area. The "Invisible Flood Control Wall" is erected on a permanent concrete base. When a flood threatens, the vertical columns are inserted in holes in the concrete base, and the interlocking horizontal planks are stacked between the columns. Read On..