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Debris Flow & Shallow Landslide Protection - Brendenbach 2015

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

Debris Flow & Shallow Landslide Protection - Brendenbach 2015

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

Debris Flow & Shallow Landslide Protection - Brendenbach 2015

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

Debris Flow & Shallow Landslide Protection - Brendenbach 2015

Preparing the foundations for the barrier

Debris Flow & Shallow Landslide Protection - Brendenbach 2015

Detail anchoring

Debris Flow & Shallow Landslide Protection - Brendenbach 2015

Complete barrier (April 2018)

 

Systems

 

System length

21 m

 

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.

Customer

Stadt Altstätten

Contractor

Gall Forstunternehmung AG

Protected object

Road, Railway, Building, Residential area, Infrastructure

Corrosion protection

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