Flood Protection Buildings need flood protection. Why? Because cost of flooding in developed countries comes mainly from damage to buildings and contents and they need flood protection. The people in the buildings need flood protection. If floodwater is does not enter buildings then most problems from flooding in developed countries are greatly eased or solved altogether. Traditionally, little attention was paid to property flood protection. Instead engineers tried to stop water getting near properties through heavy civil engineering techniques like dams and barriers. Why? Well, in the past most flooding was caused by rivers or sea. That no longer applies. Flooding across the world is often caused by more frequent extreme weather and/or an inability of urban drainage infrastructure to cope with increasing demands. Reliance on civil engineering with flooding coming from extreme weather and inadequate drains means properties now flood much more often than they did - because we have more possessions and more expensive buildings it also costs much more. And civil engineering constructions might keep water in flooded areas, causing longer term floods. New Orleans is an extreme manifestation of such problems. Flood protection for properties is the solution and a new industry is building fast. Insurers and occupiers are starting to realise that protecting property is the only remedy likely to avoid heavy flooding costs and is actually the only remedy within their control. Yet the science of direct property flood protection has been under-developed and needs to be properly addressed Flodef is addressing it. Flodef is one of the best companies in the world of property flood protection. It is in the forefront of this technology with a number of existing complete property systems and many more in development. Flodef has a very comprehensive approach. It assesses each property individually, looks at every way that water might enter a building, suggests how flood protection can be implemented then provides and installs the specified solutions. Flodef's approach means that in the UK it has insurers who will always insure against flood, at reasonable terms, a building that is fully protected by its recommendations. Flodef has a permanent R&D section, concentrating solely on property flood protection, with probably the best private test facility in the UK. It currently has around 5,000 square feet dedicated solely to R&D with three test tanks and has plans to expand it. Flodef does not specify or sell anything without thorough testing by its own staff in its R&D facilities. Flodef's existing products: 1. a retro-fit 'pull-up' system. 2. a high-specification system to cover unmanned utility buildings such as electricity sub stations and grid stations carrying very high costs of failure. 3. a new-build system for cavity walled buildings which flood-proofs during the building process and links to 'pull-up' door guards for complete building protection. 4. a tilt-up system that stands alone which is being used in railway stations. 5. Flodef's products in development: 5.1. a glass frontage product for retail shops 5.2. a 'glass curtain-walling' product for glass fronted new build projects 5.3 industrial flood-proof roller shutter doors 5.4. system emergency services temporary water containment Flodef's services free initial survey and report on buildings needing flood protection planning advice and liaison full specification of solutions installation and project management of flood protection solutions liaison with all professionals involved. Flodef has the technical expertise to find new ways of handling any property flood protection project and welcomes the challenge of working with clients on unique solutions.