Flood Defence

Power Jacks designed and manufactured a set of special electric linear actuators which play a pivotal role in averting the build-up of debris in a waterway during flood events. The actuators are used to lower bridge railings which would otherwise gather objects caught up in the flow – materials such as tree branches have previously combined to form a barrier that exacerbates local flooding. Power Jacks worked with main project contractor ECS Engineering Services, delivering a total of four Rolaram actuators in support of the latest flood defence improvement works in the Yorkshire village of Skinningrove.