Designs "like this may be beneficial," says Randall Behm, chairman of the National Nonstructural Flood Proofing Committee at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Van den Noort says officials in Japan and Thailand are interested in his idea, which would cost billions to build. Another of Van den Noort's inventions, a self-closing flood barrier, is installed in hundreds of buildings, including the National Archives in Washington.
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机译：美国陆军工程兵团国家非结构性防洪委员会主席Randall Behm说：“这样的设计可能是有益的。”范登·诺特（Van den Noort）说，日本和泰国的官员对他的想法很感兴趣，这个想法将耗资数十亿美元。 Van den Noort的另一项发明是自动关闭的防洪屏障，安装在数百座建筑物中，包括华盛顿的国家档案馆。
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