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Asset Management / Monitoring - Brendenbach 2015

The barrier placed a few hundred meters upstream the city holds back driftwood

Asset Management / Monitoring - Brendenbach 2015

Flood in Altstätten 2014, this and other photos SRF https://www.srf.ch/news/regional/ostschweiz/grosse-ueberschwemmungen-in-teilen-der-ostschweiz

Asset Management / Monitoring - Brendenbach 2015

The Brendenbach in autumn 2014 before the installation of the UX barrier

Asset Management / Monitoring - Brendenbach 2015

Preparing the foundations for the barrier

Asset Management / Monitoring - Brendenbach 2015

Detail anchoring

Asset Management / Monitoring - Brendenbach 2015

Complete barrier (April 2018)

 
 

Year of installation

2015

Initial situation

On July 28th, 2014 the city center of Altstätten in Eastern Switzerland was flooded due to heavy rainfall and mudslide.

Description

A debris flow protection net in the upper course of the Brendenbach, immediately after a concrete barrier, was constructed as an immediate measure. The ring net lies right after a concrete barrier and retains alluvial wood and gravel.

Country/Region

Switzerland

Customer

Stadt Altstätten

Contractor

Gall Forstunternehmung AG

Protected object

Road, Railway, Building, Residential area, Infrastructure

Corrosion protection

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