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Metropolitan Hospital: New York City, New York
NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan in New York City undertook a major flood resiliency project to protect its East Harlem campus from future storm surge and rising water levels after damage from Hurricane Sandy. The project features nearly half a mile of reinforced concrete floodwalls up to 12 feet high, paired with engineered deployable systems to secure entrance openings and access points against extreme flooding.
Jersey City Medical Center: Jersey City, New Jersey
Located just blocks from the Hudson River on a 15-acre campus, Jersey City Medical Center’s (JCMC) Wilzig Hospital experienced significant flooding during Hurricane Sandy. That event led to a comprehensive upgrade in how the facility protects its Level II trauma center, patient care areas and critical building systems from future coastal storms. The resulting micro-resiliency project, supported in part by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), created a layered and highly engineered flood defense strategy around the campus.
Perelman Performing Arts Center: New York City, New York
Around the Perelman Performing Arts Center at the World Trade Center, the flood-protection design includes passive flood barriers integrated into the building’s access points. One key component of that design is a series of Hydro1® Pedestrian Flood Doors and barriers placed at ground-level entry points. These are purposely designed flood doors that stay in place 24/7 and act as watertight barriers if floodwaters rise.
City of Hoboken: Hoboken, New Jersey
The City of Hoboken is building one of the most significant flood protection systems in its history as part of the Rebuild by Design – Hudson River Project. Developed in response to the devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy, the project is designed to defend the city from future storm surge, high tides and heavy rainfall events. The system includes nearly 9,000 feet of reinforced concrete floodwalls and more than 25 deployable floodgates strategically located along the Hudson River waterfront.
MLK Community Center: Long Beach, New York
The MLK Community Center is located in Long Beach, New York, offering a range of child care services, human / social services and career development support. It sustained significant damage from Superstorm Sandy in 2012, requiring the facility to be repaired and rebuilt. The project wrapped up in 2024, and included BK7 Flood Prevention, which was responsible for solving one of the project’s most important challenges: flood proofing the facility’s front door and surrounding windows.
Glen Cove High School: Glen Cove, New York
Until Hurricane Sandy, decision makers in the city of New York had differing opinions on the importance of flood protection. The devastating flooding that resulted from the tropical cyclone in 2012 left no unbelievers, however. The only question on everyone’s mind was “how can we prevent this from happening again?” For the leadership at Glen Cove High School on Long Island – a facility housing grades 9-12 set on 50 acres of land – long-term plans started to include serious flood protection.
171 Nahatan Street/Olde Colonial Cafe
Norwood, Massachusetts
Residents of Norwood, Massachusetts, are no strangers to the beautiful old building located on 171 Nahatan Street. Playing many different roles throughout history, the community-owned building once served as a local fire hall but is now home to the Olde Colonial Cafe. Over the years, the building’s back door has often delivered something that the restaurant never included on its menu – inches of flood water caused by any heavy rainfall. An important access point for deliveries and restaurant employees, the back door leads to a basement that houses a commercial kitchen and storage area for restaurant supplies.
YMCA Of Frederick County
Frederick, Maryland
Historically, flooding has not been a concern for the residents of Frederick, Maryland. One uncharacteristically torrential rainstorm in 2015 changed that for good. The sudden influx of water caused storm drains throughout the city to back up and overflow into the streets. Floodwater rose to dangerous levels in a matter of hours and quickly began to make its way into homes and businesses, including the YMCA of Frederick County. Having operated in the same building for more than 60 years without any flooding issues, the YMCA didn’t have flood protection in place at the time.
Eenhoorn/Plaza Towers: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Located along the shores of the mighty Grand River in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan, lies the luxury high-rise known as Plaza Towers. It is owned by Eenhoorn, a national property management company that uses the building as its corporate office (it also houses a Marriott hotel and a variety of apartments and condominiums). In recent years, Plaza Towers has struggled with flooding from the nearby Grand River, and despite having in-building flood protection in place, the high-rise has suffered extensive damage to its lower levels.
In the winter of 2016, the leaders at Eenhoorn concluded that more effective flood protection was necessary. After researching potential flood protection products, they decided to put their trust in PS Flood Barriers® to find a solution. The building’s pedestrian walkway presented the most acute challenge. It measures 15 feet by 12.5 feet and is located between a permanent wall structure at the front of the Plaza Towers complex. Eenhoorn had attempted to protect this area with sandbags but found no success. City regulations required the pedestrian walkway to stay accessible at all times, so any flood protection that presented a permanent obstruction was off the table.
PS Flood Barriers knew that Plaza Towers needed a flood solution that would comply with city regulations while also having the strength and versatility to close off the large opening…
Lower Merion Township: Wynnewood, Pennsylvania
When storms caused two floods within five years, the town’s engineers turned to PS Flood Barriers for help.
“We looked at several different options and manufacturers for flood protection. There were a lot of different methods of protection and most involved some sort of locking mechanism or pneumatic system. However, we didn’t want crews to have to run out in the middle of a storm to deploy anything. PS DOORS was the first manufacturer I came across whose product looked and acted like a regular door…”
Clinton LumberKings
Clinton, Iowa
In 2006, the stadium underwent a $4.2 million renovation, which included refurbishing the team’s main offices. Around this same time, new federal mandates required the city of Clinton to separate sanitary sewer water (water from homes and businesses) from storm sewer water (water from rainfall runoff and other drainage). Prior to this, both sources of water would drain into the water treatment plant before being emptied into the Mississippi River.
Ocean County Utilities Authority
Ocean County, New Jersey
In 2012, Hurricane Sandy devastated the East Coast. Part of that destruction was flooding at wastewater pump stations located in Ocean County, New Jersey. As FEMA stepped in to help mitigate the impact of Sandy’s destruction, one of the stipulations for OCUA to receive FEMA assistance was the installation of flood protection barriers. OCUA looked into several companies to do the job and was most impressed with the experience of PS Flood Barriers and the simplicity and quality of the company’s flood planks.
Con Edison
New York City, New York
As a result of Hurricane Sandy in 2012, Con Edison, an energy company providing electricity, gas and steam service to more than 10 million people in New York City and Westchester County, needed to improve its flood protection efforts in facilities where gas pipes surfaced. Con Edison selected PS Flood Barriers to step up to the challenge, and it accepted.
Miller Coors – Golden, Colorado
NASA – Houston, Texas
Flood Hatch and PD-520
New York City Department Of Sanitation
Metro Transit Line 7 Fan Plant – New York City, New York
Stainless Steel Pedestrian Flood Door
Chrysler Museum Of Art – Norfolk, Virginia
“Due to the success with the doors we purchased from your company a couple years ago, I am looking into additional flood protection for other doors we have.”
-Timothy Fink, Facilities Management
Revel Casino – Atlantic City, New Jersey
“The sump pump for the elevators failed but the flood barriers did their job with no leakage!”
-Bob Keeper, South Jersey Overhead Door Co.
