River & Hydraulic Design

Shinmachi Sluiceway in Yoshino River (Tokushima Prefecture)
Uji River Drainage Pump Station (Kochi Prefecture)

Scope of Services

  • Surveying and Planning for River Projects (Rainfalls, Runoff Analysis, Basic Planning)
  • Planning and Designing for River Front and River Environment
  • River Engineering Structures (Hydraulic Gates, Pipes, Sluices, Movable Weirs and Drainage Pump Stations, etc.)
  • Planning and Designing for Urban Drainage (Hydraulic Gates, Pump Houses, Sluices, etc.)
  • Dam (Investigation and Planning for Water Resources Utilization Facilities)
  • Hydrologic Studies (Discharge Observation, Drought Prevention Study)

An efficient managment of river basins is essential for not only satisfying the water requirement of the society but also for tackling almost annual flooding in some areas while drought in another. Fukken's has been active in such areas as forecasting flood volume or drought condition and providing effect mitigation and rehabilitation measures in affected areas. Fukken also conducts hydrologic studies, rainfall and run-off analysis, inundation analysis, planning and design works in Japan and elsewhere.