Prevent building damage & loss with removable stop log flood barriers. Aluminum flood planks remain one of the most trusted, widely-used watertight devices nationwide. These versatile systems enable rapidly-deployed active protection – customized for nearly any opening height, width, shape, or requirements. As a building owner yourself, defend your property with reliable, adaptable, and stackable flood barriers. Read on to learn how watertight stoplogs prevent flood damage.
Removable Stop Logs Installed At A Mixed-Use Waterfront Building In Boston, MA By Orange Flood Control, LLC.
Full-Lifecycle Design, Installation, & Maintenance Services
Access full-lifecycle stop log design, installation, testing, & maintenance services with Orange Flood Control, LLC. As complete flood protection specialists, our team supports clients throughout planning, protection, and long-term preparation stages. Integrate high-strength, flexible, and fully-removable systems that secure vulnerable access points, doorways, loading docks, or entire building perimeters.
Depending on your project’s needs, goals, and requirements – the end-to-end process may involve:
- Design & Customization: Customize solutions to meet a range of design requirements & configurations, including extended straight runs, 90-degree angles, curves, or closed rectangles with cross-bracing. Our specialists offer in-house project management, architectural support, and documentation coordination throughout the process.
- Architect-Led Consultations: Licensed design professionals review your risk tolerance, select slot-in barrier options, and compare potential project-specific alternatives.
- Compliance Planning: Select FM approved & tested barriers that align with local building codes and nationwide compliance standards. Our team has installed systems for LEED certified buildings, BABA-compliant projects, and FEMA-funded flood mitigation efforts.
- Plank Supply & Delivery: Choose reliable stoplog systems from trusted, established, and certified manufacturers. Our team manages job-site delivery coordination for aluminum planks, custom gaskets, anchors, and required system hardware.
- On-Site Coordination: Pre-install, coordinate logistics, staging, mobilization, and field operations with experienced specialists. Keep end-to-end stop log projects on-time and on-budget.
- Seamless & Certified Installation: In-house, union-certified millwright technicians integrate systems that are rated for up to 13’ water protection heights (WPH).
- Field Testing: Before your system is used during real-world conditions, field hydrostatic water testing validates watertight gaskets, compression, anchors, and other system components.
- Maintenance & Custom Repairs: Ensure your system stays resilient after multiple uses, repeat storm exposure, and prolonged compression. Our team offers annual maintenance plans that cover repairs, replacement, and annual servicing.
- Personnel Training: Empower your emergency response teams with the steps, videos, and resources needed to reliably deploy semi-permanent systems. Training programs cover plank storage, retrieval, and pre-storm readiness.
Schedule an initial consultation with our architect-led, solution-driven, and full-lifecycle team at Orange Flood Control, LLC.
Technical Specifications & Requirements
| Specification | Flood Planks & Stop Logs |
| Maximum Span | Logs can be connected with a removable center mullion to span extended lengths. Form a continuous wall around your building’s vehicular entrances, retail storefront, or full perimeter. Unsupported, single beams can extend 10’ in length. |
| Foundation Requirements | Installation requires a structurally-sound, flat, level, and load-bearing foundation. Masonry, structural framing, or reinforced concrete is typically recommended. Select bottom gaskets if your system will sit on non-porous surfaces like metal, sealed concrete, tile or epoxy coatings. |
| ANSI/FM 2510 Testing | Systems like the HydroDefense® Flood Planks are engineered, fabricated, and tested for ANSI/FM 2510-2020 standards. Products pass Hydrostatic Load Test |
| Vandal Resistant Features | Secure covers and lockable clamps available for sites that require additional, 24/7 security measures. Prevent authorized tampering, removal, theft, or sabotage for remote facilities or unmanned sites after deployment. |
| Custom Design Options | While completely removable, flood planks can be customized and powder coated to a range of RAL colors. Devices are fabricated with durable galvanized and aluminum components to promote a long service lifespan. |
Provide Resilient, Fully-Removable Protection
Innovative stop logs are engineered for resilient, reliable, and removable storm protection. Flood planks provide similar protection levels & capabilities to permanently-installed mitigation devices. Of course, these solutions are uniquely removable when not required – minimizing aesthetic & design impact. Depending on your building’s openings, pre-fabricated plates or anchor sockets may be mounted for structural support. Then, slot-in logs are fitted for watertight, stackable protection. Heavy-duty gaskets are incorporate to maximize resistance and effective flood protection – even after prolonged deployment or compression. Install rapid deployable flood barriers to strengthen building resiliency & defense.
Defend Versatile Commercial Building Openings
Stop logs remain a trusted commercial flood barrier option – designed for versatile, unique, and specialized building openings. These systems are engineered for vulnerable access points & locations that require durable defense. Protect your entire property from flood-related damage & loss where you need it most:
- Main Entrances & Doorways
- Glass Windows & Retail Storefronts
- Basements & Underground Spaces
- Interior/Exterior Stairwells
- Garages, Loading Docks, & Ramps
- Elevator Cores & Appliance Rooms
- HVAC & Mechanical Centers
During installation, mitigation technicians mount unobtrusive, secure u-channel posts on adjacent sides of the at-risk opening. These systems permanently remain in-place, so that watertight planks can easily be stacked when a storm notice is issued. Keep unique openings resilient & protected with stackable barrier systems.
Enable Simple, Rapid Deployment
Choose watertight rapid deployable barriers for a quick, simple, and efficient response. Your team can quickly retrieve, setup, and deploy critical plank components whenever a storm is expected. Lightweight, easy-to-use hardware is securely stored remotely. Offsite storage promotes corrosion-resistance – minimizing daily contact with rising floodwaters, debris, and natural elements. The aluminum sill plate with modular design and high-quality materials ensures and long lifespan – even after repeat use. Use load calculated based flood control with high strength to maximize safety, avoid prolonged compressions and prevailing flood conditions. Once deployment is required, logs easily stack with minimal required manpower & no specialized tools. Ensure building safety, integrity, and stability with active devices.
Customizations Designed To Solve Site-Specific Challenges. Design & Installation Completed By Orange Flood Control, LLC.
Designed For Unique Sizes & Configurations
Stackable flood control devices are engineered for versatile sizes, layouts, and design configurations. Your plank system can span unsupported up to ten feet. For extra-large openings, devices can extend to wider lengths with center mullions. Structural posts provide a gap to accommodate specialized layouts, steps, or directional changes. Before installing devices, meet with solution-driven companies to collect field measurements & identify site vulnerabilities. With architect-led support & expertise, you can seamlessly integrate stop log barriers – designed for unique sizes and building requirements.
Tested For Industry Performance Standards
Stackable flood barriers are tested, validated, and verified to nationwide performance standards. During fabrication, planks are tested by independent third-parties. These initial inspections measure hydrostatic, hydrodynamic, & impact-rated performance against ANSI/FM 2510 standards. Across the industry, different automatic, passive, point-of-use, and active barrier options are tested for compliance with:
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- Factory Mutual (FM Approvals)
- American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
- US Army Corps Of Engineers (USACE)
- National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)
- American Society Of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Before installing devices, prioritize in-depth inspections, testing, and compliance validation for reliability & peace of mind.
How Orange Flood Control, LLC Integrated Stop Logs For Citi Field & The New York Mets
Orange Flood Control, LLC installed eight flood plank systems to protect critical utilities & control systems for Citi Field in Queens, NYC. On-site, our in-house millwright technicians coordinated delivery, installed jambs on each opening, and cut planks for a precise fit. We supported stadium directors to select storage areas, organize deployment plans, and coordinate around events & daily operations. A combination of single & connected flood logs with a center mullion were used to protect the facility’s transformer vaults, fire pump combination control rooms, and other core utilities. Before compliance water testing was performed, our team carefully inspected grouting, hardware, caulking, and adequate gasket compression. After precision installation & testing was completed, we performed comprehensive personnel training with critical Citi Field & NY Mets personnel. Our training specialists offer step-by-step instructions, hands-on deployment guidelines, and custom site-specific resources.
Orange Flood Control, LLC is proud to support resilient mitigation projects for high-capacity, 41,000 seat stadiums in New York City, and across the United States. Long-term, these stop log systems will defend valuable equipment, infrastructure, and utilities – while preventing MLB game delays and promoting baseball fan safety.
Eliminate costly damage, closures, and relocations with stop log flood control systems. These reliable flood protection systems are engineered for resilient, fully-removable protection – designed for versatile commercial openings. Install these devices to enable simple, straightforward, and rapid deployment. These watertight flood proof doors and capabilities enable you to protect uniquely-sized, at-risk access points – with peace of mind through performance testing. Follow the points above to learn about stop log barriers for damage prevention.
