Aquobex articles
Blast from the past: revisiting an early customer of Aquobex flood-resilience products
A recent video (below) from the Ox-Cam Pathfinder Project, part of a mini-series of interviews to encourage Property Flood Resilience (PFR), was an interesting find for us. Not only does the 5-part series discuss the various flooding problems residents and small business owners find themselves in, but the measures undertaken in this episode by Sue in Berkshire i
The ability to mimic natural drainage and ground water processes, and deal with storm water at its source, allows Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) to be more efficient and sustainable. So what is holding them back?
Sustainable drainage systems currently exist in construction guidance rather than policy, and does not reduce the costs associated with building properties, so it is not always considered by housebuilders. However, as flooding risk rises globally due to clim
Flood Performance Certificates (FPC) are an idea that in some ways follows the template of Energy Performance Certificates (EPC), making the case that FPC would inform homebuyers and tenants about the risk of flooding before they buy or sign a lease agreement.
Cascading disasters. Get used to hearing this phrase a lot in the coming months and years. This is not a new term. David Alexander, professor at UCL Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction and his colleagues have been banging this drum for a very long time. Simply put, a cascading disaster is when one incident has a knock-on effect on another system resulting in further, unpredictable and escalating impa
Martin Dolan
Flood protection products such as door barriers, flood doors and mobile flood barriers can be a significant investment, but with enormous benefits. The trouble has been that no full national standards have existed anywhere in the world, and so confidence in products has been under question. In the UK a publicly available standard (PAS1188) has been in existence since 2003 whilst in the commercial world a standard (FM2510) promoted by FM Approvals in the commercial propert
Aquobex have designed and installed a range of flood door, window and barrier defences bolstered by one-way drain valves, vents and and sump pump to remove any water.
Following a significant period of expansion, Aquobex have moved into new headquarters based at the Harwell Campus, a leading science, innovation, technology and business campus, located just south of Oxford.
The 7000sqft facility will include our core management team as well as manufacturing and research. The Harwell office will work in tandem with our test facility based at BRE Watford.
The move also sees the addition of five new team members with a further two st
Aquobex are delighted to announce a new strategic partnership with MA Assist, one of the UK’s leading Integrated Property Services companies.
The partnership will see MA Assist trained in the installation of several Aquobex flood resistant products as part of a joint 5 year strategic action plan. The plan aims to increase the number of properties fitted with flood protection solutions in highly flood-prone areas. Future installation work will involve a range of resilient solu
Before The Flood is a must see film which has premiered on the National Geographic Channel, made by filmmaker Fisher Stevens, Leonardo DiCaprio.
Our Non-Executive Director John Panczak has been working with the Commonwealth Environmental Investment Platform (CEIP) to help the company identify opportunities overseas, in such places as Sri Lanka, Mauritus, Bangladesh and Malaysia. The CEIP are also planning to help Aquobex engage at ministerial level within Commonwealth territories.
