The Cost Savings of Big Bags USA Flood Barriers

Flooding has many components to it. It’s emotional, it affects safety, but it’s also incredibly costly. An average from 2016-2018 showed that over those three years the U.S. experienced disaster costs exceeding $150 billion a year. At Big Bags USA, our protective flood barriers have a simplistic design that allows for more systems to be deployed by fewer workers using less training and natural resources than sandbags. This in itself is a huge savings, but it doesn’t stop there. 

There are enough things to be concerned about when flooding happens, don’t make filling sandbags one of them! Here are a few ways that our product can not only be time-saving, but more importantly cost-effective for your home, your business, and your community.

Cost & Savings

There are many protective flood barrier products on the market to stop, prevent, and divert the flow of water and land containment. While many of these products work well, we feel it is best to identify any unique demands of the situation and consider cost, time, resources, length of deployment, clean-up cost, and finally the end-use or reuse of your flood barrier product.

The benefits of using Big Bags USA sandbags barrier are many and varied. The most notable is the price comparison. We offer the high-quality Big Bags USA sandbags flood barrier at a great economic price with the most affordable price per linear foot. Another highly notable benefit to Big Bags USA sandbags protective flood barrier is the reduced amount of resources that are needed to deploy the systems.

One Big Bags USA protective flood barrier system replaces 750 regular sandbags. This is just in the footprint! If you were to stack regular sandbags to meet 40” in height, it would equal to 1500 sandbags. By using the Big Bags USA systems you save 52% on the raw materials alone.

Cost Savings Case Study

The Event:
The town of Canton, Mo is surrounded by 3 miles of levees. In June of 2008, the predicted flood stage was 2 feet above the levee systems.

Emergency management’s task:
Raise the top of levies 2 feet using a barrier of sandbags.

The following is actual FEMA documentation of the Canton, Mo flood event for June 2008 using TRADITIONAL SANDBAGS:
Personnel required 2,400 people 3 miles of sandbags, 2 feet high, (725,000 sandbags)
40,000 - 45,000 man hrs.
29 million lbs. of sand was moved 5x’s from sandbags to placement on the levee)
Total sand moved 145 million lbs over 6 days
$40,000 for lumber to backboard the sandbags.
$130,500 in sand for sandbags
$38,000 water and food for sandbags crews
Culver college spent an estimated $950,000 on housing, food, and other services.

Total Cost: $1,158,500

VS. The SAME EVENT utilizing Big Bags USA flood barrier
3 miles of Big Bags USA flood barrier systems = 1,056 flood-barriers
3 miles = 4 teams of 6 men = 528 man-hours
Project completion estimate 22 hrs.

Costs:
Big Bags USA flood barrier systems 1,056 x $395ea. = $417,120
Sand = $12 yd, x 1,056 = $12,672
Total net cost of sand $5,280
Estimated water and food (based from above) $432

Total Cost: $430,224

Canton, Mo could have saved $728,276 if they had used the Big Bags USA flood barrier system.


Big Bags = Big Savings

Flooding is inevitable, but that doesn’t mean you can’t be prepared. Our flood barriers make it easy and cost-effective to protect some of your biggest investments. The deployment of our Big Bags USA ground conforming flood barrier systems is both simple and easy. No other system on the market is as versatile and user friendly. Compare for yourself.

MADE IN THE USA ~ 100% Manufactured in Missouri ~ BUY AMERICAN  


If you have an immediate need for our systems or have any questions for us, please call us toll-free at 1-800-337-0537 or visit www.BigBagsUSA.com.

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Location: Camdenton, MO 65020, USA

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