Assembly

ASSEMBLY

The Tiger Dam™ tubes are 50 feet in length when they are filled (54 feet when empty) and they are 19 inches in height. Each tube is inspected, tested, and certified prior to shipping. Upon arrival on-site, the tubes that will form part of the bottom layer are laid out and filled with water. Adjacent tubes are layed out and filled and are connected using sleeves to form a watertight seal. Once the bottom layer is completed, subsequent levels are added in the same fashion as required.

After the flood waters have receded and the dam is no longer required, the system can be drained, cleaned, tested, repaired if necessary, re-certified, and re-used.

The Tiger Dam™ system has had extensive testing at the University of British Columbia's world-class Oceanic Institute testing facilities.

SETUP TIME

It takes approximately 90 seconds to fill one tube with water using a fire hydrant and three minutes using a standard pump. How many sandbags can be filled in that amount of time?

STEP BY STEP ASSEMBLY:

STEP 1

It takes only two people to set up the flexible tube dam. Here you see two men rolling out the empty tubes getting them ready to be filled with water. Each tube is strapped together before being filled with water.

STEP 2

The picture on the right shows how three tubes are laid out parallel to each other. Straps are in place and valves are open, ready to be filled with water.

STEP 3

The bottom layer of the barrier pyramid is being filled with water, tube by tube, to its maximum capacity.

STEP 4

The team of two men are laying out the second level of the dam. They are ensuring that each tube is strapped together and is laid evenly and parallel to the bottom layer.

STEP 5

Work begins on the second layer by filling each tube with water until it reaches its maximum capacity.

STEP 6

After the second layer of tubes are filled with water, the third and final layer of tubes is laid out evenly and parallel on top of the second level.

STEP 7

Just like that, the dam is finished. Six tubes stacked in a pyramid fashion make a very stable flood protection barrier. Total completion time is approximately one hour, depending on the water fill method you choose.