Wet & Dry Flood Proofing Solutions for properties & communities
Are you looking for new products to add to your portfolio?
Smart Vent
Ideal for Queenslander homes. Lets the waters pass safely through the property
Perimeter Barriers
Rapid deployment flood barriers to protect detached properties and communities. So much better than sandbags
Passive Barriers
Activated by the incoming flood water so you are guaranteed the barriers will deploy and save your property
Custom Barriers
Customised panel barriers to protect your most valuable assets. Ideal for difficult critical infrastructure sites
Flood Glass Walls
Ideal for seaside/riverside communities and properties. Preserving the view and your home/business
FPaaS
Flood Protection-as-a-Service. Why buy when you can hire? You'll need a trigger point, a deployment team, warehouse and logistic services for this innovative solution to flood management, at scale
FloodRecover
FloodRecover is a strategy to make homes more resilient to flood (& fire) with solutions, design standards, accredited installation and documentation control that allows property owners to obtain cost effective insurance coverage. Innovative products are available including a range of floodproof kitchens, Dragonboard (rather than plasterboard), sewer non-return valves, tanking and pumping solutions
Licensing opportunities available for the fabrication, sales and usage of CorTuf 150 across Australia & New Zealand
Ultra High Performance Concrete (UHPC)
Compressive strength Flexural strength Longevity
150+ MPa 21+ MPa 150+ years
CorTuf™ is the nomenclature given to a family of ultra-high-performance concretes developed at the US Army Engineer Research and Development Centre. It is an advanced fibre-reinforced cementitious material with greater strength, tensile ductility, and durability properties when compared to conventional or even high-performance concrete. CorTuf™ exhibits elastic-plastic or strain-hardening characteristics under uniaxial tension and has a very low permeability due to its dense and discontinuous pore structure.
CorTuf™ is a tailored UHPC and was designed to work with local raw materials. The CorTuf™ premixed compounds, the core ingredient of the UHPC, is only 25 percent of the final product’s volume. And sourcing all other constituents locally eliminates the need to ship large volumes around the world.
Together with Portland cement, the active components of a CorTuf™ Compound create a reactive binder that, when combined with fine aggregates and high-range water reducers, hydrates into a densely-packed matrix.
The main characteristic of CorTuf™ are achieved through homogeneity encasement by eliminating coarse aggregates in the matrix, density encasement by optimising the packing density, and ductility enhancement by the introduction of fibres. The result of combining these concepts is an extremely compact material, in which pores are not communicated, so the lifespan of a structure made of CorTuf™ is significantly extended. The corrosion resistance even in the cracked state increases significantly even when exposed to an aggressive environment due to the low permeability and discontinues fibre reinforcement.
Fibre reinforcement solves the problem of brittleness in CorTuf™ and drastically improves tensile strength in impact resistance. Alongside the low water-binder ration optimised particle packing, fibres are an essential part of ultra-high-performance concrete. There are up to 60 million fibres in just 1 cubic metre of CorTuf™. And for special requirements, this number can go even further. Other types of fibres such as synthetic, mineral or even recycled steel can also be used to reinforce CorTuf™. They can be combined with conventional reinforcement and prestressing when needed.
CorTuf 150 has many applications and will appeal to architects, bridge builders, flood mitigation engineers, coastal and riverine developers, and many, many more.
It's strength and durability enables bridges to be built with longer spans, piles to be created with 150 year lifespans and architects to build much larger open spaces.
Bridge Deck Overlays
Deck deterioration is caused by a combination of vehicle loading, freeze–thaw degradation, cracking, delamination of cover concrete, and/or corrosion of internal reinforcement. As an overlay material, UHPC provides structural strengthening and protection from ingress of contaminants.
New UHPC overlays can be incorporated into new bridge designs or added to existing, older bridges. It adheres to roughened concrete surfaces and bonds well, requiring minimal preparation.
Connecting Prefabricated Bridge Elements (PBE)
Prefabricated elements have added significant benefits to bridge construction, thanks to design and logistical efficiencies, but they still need to be properly assembled. The long-term performance of these spans will be greatly affected by the quality of the connections. Construction speed is also important to consider. UHPC has become a popular method for field-casted connections of PBE, because it enhances the integrity of connections while reducing complexity and shortening project schedules.
Precast Structural Members
UHPC is being successfully used in precast applications. Precast concrete construction involves easier logistical planning, controlled production settings, and standardized design and installation. These factors result in efficient projects that can be performed at scale. UHPC improves the strength and durability of precast members and offers more design opportunities.
Bonding is Easy with Cor-Tuf UHPC
Prevention and repair are achieved by UHPC bond behaviour. The science behind it involves complex microstructure interactions and chemical layering, but installing UHPC is not complicated. We’ve tailored our products to work with traditional concrete techniques so that no fancy laboratory is needed to get real benefits to the jobsite. Our mix and fibers blend with local materials and still achieve the flowability and bonding capability needed for outstanding results.
Form-fitting, workable, and strong for a century. Achieve long-lasting quality with your sand, your cement, and our CorTuf Concentrate.
Flood Glass Walls - Flood Glass Curtain Walling
When the view is everything but you don't want the flood waters to enter your home or community
Multi Hazard Early Warning Systems (MHEWS)
An end-to-end MHEWS, from sensors, earth observation (EO) and numerous other data inputs through an innovation Command & Control Centre managing all aspects of a disaster (preparedness, response & recovery) to real time awareness and warning s to citizens and 1st responders in even the most remote areas, using state-of-the-art low orbiting satellite communications and ground based Clear Voice technology that can transmit vice information up to 1km
What the business is about
Consultancy offering advice on flood protection solutions for all property types and communities with a range of product and service ideas.
Also promoting the deployment of multi-hazard early warning systems for use across the globe with a focus on SIDS & LDCs, as defined by the World Bank and UNDRR
Agent for CORTUF International and their next generation UHPC - Ultra High Performance Concrete
Agent for floodproofing.com. Looking for new partners across Australasia with some key products, including smart vents, flood glass walls & curtain walling and numerous building and perimeter flood barriers
