Poole-based Fluvial Innovations has won the Queen’s Award for Enterprise for Innovation for the development of its flood defence system, Floodstop.
Designed as a cost-effective alternative to sandbags, the Floodstop flood barrier was the brainchild of founder and director of Fluvial Innovations Simon Phelps while he was studying for a degree in computer-aided product design at Bournemouth University.
Floodstop in action
Since launching the product in 2008, Floodstop has been sold throughout the world with a client list that includes nuclear sites, San Francisco public utilities, The UK Environment Agency, Coca Cola, Warsaw Metro, The National Trust and The RAF.
The modular flood barrier is a re-useable alternative to sandbags and can be rapidly assembled by one person with ease. The barrier works as a series of interlocking plastic units which self-fill with flood water and, together with interlocking keys, secure it to the ground so it can withstand water flow.
Founder and managing director, Simon Phelps commented: 'This is a huge achievement for Fluvial Innovations. We are proud not only of our commercial success but also in knowing that we are providing a solution to the enormous misery, disruption and cost resulting from flooding.'
The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise are for outstanding achievement by UK businesses in the categories of innovation, international trade, sustainable development and promoting opportunity through social mobility
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