The Invisible Flood Control Wall (IFCWTM) is a removable floodwall that is erected only when flood waters threaten. Once the flood recedes, the wall packs neatly away, leaving an obstuctionless riverfront view. The Invisible Flood Control Wall is in extensive use, with installations in over 30 cities in the United States and Europe.

The IFCWTM has been analyzed and accepted for use by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, and is installed on a half dozen Corps of Engineers projects. The IFCWTM meets all U.S. Army Corps of Engineers criteria for floodwalls, yet unlike traditional C.O.E. floodwall solutions, the Invisible Flood Control WallTM keeps the beauty of the riverfront setting intact rather than blighting the area with a permanent concrete wall or earthen levee.

Where: Fargo, ND

What: Five closures protect the Oak Grove Lutheran School from the flooding of the Red River. The river flooded in 2001, and the IFCW kept the school dry.

When: Completed Fall 2000

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Fall 2007 FCA completes IFCW installation of industrial closures for US Sugar manufacturing site in Clewiston, FL.
Fall 2007 IFCW announces the largest removable floodwall installation in the world, 3500 lineal ft. at St. Paul Downtown Airport in St. Paul, MN.
August 2007 FCA has completed 1200 lineal ft. IFCW installation at Eureka Tent manufacturing facility in Binghampton, NY for Johnson Outdoors.
February 2007 New IFCW project at a waterfront government facility on the Chesapeake Bay.
January 2007 New IFCW project for a Kraft Foods distribution center in Walton, NY.

 
 

Publication: Fast Company
Title : Grand Forks After the Flood
Date: June 2002
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"Sandbagging is labor intensive. Then when the emergency passes, nobody is left to dispose of the sandbags. With the IFCW panels, you only put up what you need. They're light, so you only need a few people. We're really happy with it...we could maintain the view of the river that way." - Ron Arends, City Engineer, Cedar Falls, Iowa
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