Natural Hazard Prevention and Mitigation Solutions

River protection, Fouchy a Troyes, France

Boston Barrier Flood Defence, Boston, UK

ArcelorMittal

Tel: +352621205109
Website: https://sections.arcelormittal.com/

Natural Hazard Prevention and Mitigation Solutions

ArcelorMittal – Luxembourg

Mean sea level rise is currently increasing the frequency of extreme hazard events, requiring for immediate action to prevent and mitigate climate change effects via flood defences and coastal erosion protection schemes.
Steel sheet piles are an adequate solution when facing high external loads, (i.e .waves), limited space,
time pressure, and stringent requirements for low noise impact.
They are used as cut-of solutions, dike reinforcement, river embankment protection or groins to avoid further damaging consequences for households, agriculture, infrastructure and industrial assets.

Characteristics

High strength resistance
Due to the intrinsic properties of steel
(i.e. ductility and flexibility) sheet piles
allow to have lighter structures
➔ high design flexibility
– high resilience
– high quality assurance.

Speed of installation
As a prefabricated element, sheet piles allow for an immediate start of works, low level of equipment mobilization and short preparation period of the construction site.

Adequate for low noise requirements
Thanks to pressing piling equipment,
it is possible to perform installation
without disturbing the surroundings.

Fitting to the circular economy principles
Substantial CO2 savings using low
carbon steel, as EcoSheetPileTM Plus is
produced from 100% recycled material
and 100% renewable energy

Applications

NO	PROJECT	YEAR
1	Stormwater retention basin, Lübeck, Germany	2000
2	Breakwater “Marina Pez Vela”, Costa Rica	2008
3	Flood defence on River Thames, UK	2012
4	Odra River Protection, Poland	2014
5	Coastal groins, Cayeux sur Mer, France	2015
6	River groins, La Pastora River, Peru	2016
7	Flood defence, Givet, France	2020
8	Dyke reinforcement, Gorinchem-Waardenburg, Netherlands	2021
9	Flood protection, Huntington Beach California, USA	2022
10	NYC Coastal Resiliency project, New York, USA	2022

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