Waterway Barrier Engineering
Powerful Partnerships
Waterway Barrier Engineering & installation can be complex. Our experience makes the process smooth, simple, and within budget. Worthington’s expert waterway barrier engineering & installation services span decades of projects worldwide.
Our engineers use tools like Flow3D™, HEC-Ras, Solidworks® or 2D via AutoCAD™. Our engineers stay up to date on the latest best practices for dam safety and public safety around dams.
Using the powerful Flow3D™ software platform, we can model boom behavior under complex headpond and spillway conditions.
3-TIERS OF ENGINEERING/DESIGN SERVICES TAILORED TO YOUR REQUIREMENTS AND EXISTING CAPABILITIES. OUR SERVICES ARE STRUCTURED SO YOU CAN DECIDE HOW MUCH, OR HOW LITTLE, ENGINEERING & DESIGN SUPPORT YOU REQUIRE.
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3-Tiers of Engineering Options
TierONE
Basic Anchor Tension
You provide Worthington’s design team with basic data including wind speed, surface flow velocity, wave height, debris, and ice. We hand calculate the boom line tension at each anchor point, mark the loads on an aerial image or on a drawing that you provide to us showing the general boom layout, boom sag, and tension at each anchor point. This is especially helpful for engineering firms who have large in-house capability and only need to know the loads so they can design anchorages and other attributes. Not Included: design calculations, engineers stamps, drawings, site visit
TierTWO
Anchor Tension PLUS General Layout
All the deliverables in TierONE plus we provide standard general layout drawings showing boom line catenary, anchor locations. Not Included: design calculations, engineers stamp, anchor designs, detailed product drawings, site visits
TierTHREE
Full Service Complete Design Package
This is a full IFC (Issued For Construction) design package that may include detailed design calculations in a design brief, boom layout and anchor details, engineers stamp, site walk down, bathymetric profiling, core samples, construction support.
Full FLOW-3D™ Capabilities
We do more than just provide stunning 3D design and engineering documents. Our powerful Flow-3D software allows us to accurately model flows, loads, direction of debris, fish and people at your site allowing you to make a more informed decision.