Water Filled Cofferdams vs Steel Built Dams
When it comes to cofferdams, you typically have two options: water filled cofferdams or steel built dams. At Dam-It-Dams we’re big fans of water filled dams, for a number of reasons, a few of which we’ll outline in this blog post. Why Choose Water Filled Cofferdams Instead of Steel Built Dams? There are a whole ...
6 Benefits of Water Filled Cofferdams
At Dam-It-Dams our passion is and will always be water filled cofferdams. We work with customers each and every day to find the best application for what we’re convinced is an incredibly versatile product. Our cofferdams are used for a variety of different applications and we thought it would be beneficial to outline some of ...
Tornado Preparedness
Tornadoes may not openly seem like an event that should be discussed in relation to cofferdams, but let’s start by noting that most weather anomalies are accompanied by excessive water levels. Think about it- you have raining and storms, hurricanes and flooding, and those are obvious weather situations. However, wildfires, require excesses of water which ...
2019 Bomb Cyclone Winter Storm Ulmer
The effects of the late winter weather, where snow conditions clash with rainy spring conditions, can be felt all over the United States right about now, in the forms of flooding, high winds, tornadoes, land/mudslides, and other weather and location anomalies. For example, in the Mojave Desert in Nevada, they are experiencing whirlpools swirling in ...
Dam-It Dams – not just for home uses
With the many uses of a cofferdam system for small home projects, the ease of use for the average handyman, and the affordable purchase or rental options for the average homeowner, it’s easy to forget that this wonderful cofferdam system is perfect for larger commercial and construction projects. Our goal here at Dam-It Dams, Inc. ...
Ready For Spring
How many of us are ready for the snow and ice to finally be gone? Did I hear a unanimous, “All of us!” shouted at computer screens everywhere? We look forward to having white Christmases, wearing warm fuzzy clothes, sledding, drinking cocoa by a fire, and taking in the majesty of beautiful fresh snow blanketing ...
Why Material Makes a Difference – Choose Dam-it Dams
When it comes to choosing the right product to protect your home, structure, or property, from an overabundance of rising water levels, a lot of thought must go into what makes one product superior to the alternatives. There are so many options available, that it makes sense to boil it down what you’re actual end ...
Flooding Solutions in 2019
Recently, the weather has been flat out dangerous to certain areas. The Midwest, the Plans, New England, these areas are facing weather more treacherous than previous winters with a Polar Vortex, heavy snow, dangerous levels of ice, snow in unexpected regions, strong winds, temperatures reaching as low as 40 degrees Fahrenheit below zero, melting then ...
Information – Mudslides and the danger caused
A natural occurrence that will become more and more prevalent in the upcoming months is a mudslide. Mudslides are also called landslides, mud flows, and flow slides. The cause of this event is heavy rains, melted snow and ice, over-topping, and high levels of flooded ground water interacting with the stability of the upper layers ...
Over Saturation Conditions in the South
Flooding due to heavy rains in the Deep South has brought on many different trying situations such as flash floods, mudslides, landslides, bodies of water overflowing, and the trials don’t stop there. On Tennessee’s Highway 70N in Hawkins County, a large and devastating landslide occurred early Thursday evening, taking out both lanes of the road. ...