Request Project ReviewStorm · Hurricane · Cyclone · Whole-property resilience
Apollo NZ Global brings severe-storm protection into one coordinated project pathway: protected openings, strengthened roof and structural load paths, storm safe rooms and shelters, rooftop and critical-equipment protection, solar mounting, and flood-defence interfaces. Systems are matched to the building, hazard, region and exact technical evidence rather than sold under one universal hurricane rating.
Storm, hurricane & cyclone protection · direct answers
The programme covers opening protection, impact glazing and screens, roof and structural load-path strengthening, storm safe rooms and community shelters, protected rooftop/HVAC equipment, high-wind solar mounting, generator enclosures and links into passive, opening and perimeter flood defence.
No. Florida/Gulf Coast, Caribbean/Bahamas, Pacific Islands, Australian cyclone regions and typhoon markets can follow different codes, approvals and engineering practices. Apollo checks the destination pathway before making a project-specific compliance or performance claim.
For U.S. projects, ICC 500 establishes storm-shelter requirements. A project described as a FEMA safe room also needs to follow the applicable FEMA P-361 criteria. FEMA does not certify or approve individual manufacturers or shelter products.
Send the project location, building type, drawings or clear photographs, known hazard and code information, opening schedule where available, structural details, intended shelter occupancy if relevant, flood or storm-surge information and any critical equipment that needs to remain operational.
Apollo is supply-only. Final structural design, anchors and fixings, installation, local engineering, approvals and code compliance remain project-specific unless expressly included in the written supply scope.
Protection system selector
A severe storm can challenge the structure, openings, occupants, rooftop equipment, power systems and site water path at the same time. These pathways identify where protection belongs; final design remains project- and jurisdiction-specific.
Shutters, impact windows and doors, permanent screens, large-opening systems and impact roof glazing.
Explore system 02Roof + structural load pathRoof-to-wall connections, truss and gable strengthening, and project-specific retrofit pathways.
Explore system 03Safe rooms + storm sheltersResidential, facility and community refuge pathways separated clearly by the applicable shelter standard.
Explore system 04Rooftop + mechanical equipmentEngineered support, tie-down and screening pathways for HVAC and other exposed plant.
Explore system 05Critical powerWind- and debris-resilient generator enclosure pathways for facilities that depend on post-storm continuity.
Explore system 06Solar arraysHigh-wind mounting and attachment pathways tied to roof structure and regional approvals.
Explore system 07Flood + storm-surge interfacesPassive barriers, flood doors, perimeter defence and engineered flood-vent pathways coordinated with the wider Flood Protection programme.
Explore system 08Regions + approvalsUse the regional pathway for Florida/Gulf Coast, Caribbean, Pacific, Australia or typhoon-market requirements.
Explore systemWindows, entrance doors, sliders, balconies, garages, roof glazing, shopfronts and ventilation openings should be mapped as one building envelope. Permanent impact systems, deployable shutters and specialist screens can be combined where the project supports them.
Roof deck, trusses or rafters, gable ends, roof-to-wall connections, walls and foundations form a load path. Existing buildings can require targeted strengthening before high-wind components make sense. The structural engineer and local code pathway remain central.
A protected room is not automatically an ICC 500 storm shelter or a FEMA safe room. Occupancy, wind and debris criteria, anchorage, egress, accessibility, ventilation, sanitation, emergency systems and flood or storm-surge siting all affect whether a proposed refuge meets the required pathway.
Rooftop plant, generator enclosures, solar mounting and mechanical screening need their own wind, impact, anchorage, ventilation and service-access review. Protecting glazing while leaving essential equipment exposed can still create a long recovery.
Hurricanes, cyclones and typhoons can combine wind-driven rain, surface flooding and storm surge. Passive barriers, flood doors, perimeter systems, engineered flood vents, drainage and pumping belong in the wider site strategy where those hazards apply.
Florida and Gulf Coast work can require Florida-specific approvals and local code review. Caribbean and Pacific jurisdictions vary. Australian cyclone projects follow the applicable NCC and Australian/New Zealand wind-engineering pathway. Typhoon markets need the relevant national and local requirements. Apollo verifies the pathway before making a project claim.
Plan · compare · specify
Start with the life-safety pathway, terminology, siting and evidence required for a genuine shelter project.
Open pathway Opening protectionReview always-in-place impact-screen pathways for windows, doors and selected glazed openings.
Open pathway Regional engineeringSeparate Florida/Gulf Coast, Caribbean, Pacific, Australian cyclone and typhoon-market requirements.
Open pathway Regional engineeringReview severe-storm protection around island, coastal, wind, corrosion and local approval requirements.
Open pathway Regional engineeringPlan cyclone and severe-weather protection around island logistics, coastal exposure and destination-specific engineering.
Open pathway Regional engineeringUse the Australian cyclone pathway for northern-region wind, opening and structural coordination.
Open pathway Regional engineeringReview typhoon-market protection against the applicable national, local and project-specific requirements.
Open pathway Planning guideMap the building envelope and severe-weather failure pathways before individual products are selected.
Open pathway Technical authorityUnderstand configuration-specific wind, impact, shelter and approval evidence.
Open pathwayProject-specific performance
Opening size, positive and negative design pressures, impact requirements, tracks or frames, anchors and structural substrate all affect final performance. Numerical wind, impact and certification information is matched to the applicable tested or engineered configuration for the project.
Testing, standards & specificationSpecifier evidence checklist
Use this checklist to turn an early product choice into a project-ready brief. Only exact registered evidence should be relied on for specification, tender or order.
Confirm: Intended users / buyers: commercial-development. Confirm the actual application, operating intensity and project outcome.
Boundary: A product-category match is not a final suitability confirmation.
Confirm: Review high-wind · cyclone-hurricane plus wind, rain, heat, UV, salt, drainage and other destination conditions that apply.
Boundary: Environmental performance claims must match the exact selected system and current evidence.
Confirm: Confirm configuration: project-reviewed, together with dimensions, quantities, interfaces and required options.
Boundary: Do not infer available sizes, spans, loads or options from representative imagery.
Confirm: Review fabric against finish, corrosion, cleaning, maintenance and replacement requirements.
Boundary: Material suitability can change with exposure, assemblies and maintenance conditions.
Confirm: Request current configuration-specific technical information before specification, tender or order.
Boundary: CAD, shop drawings, structural calculations, certificates and testing are included only where they exist for the exact system and are expressly identified.
Confirm: No controlled drawing record is currently centralised for this pathway. Request the exact drawing, fixing detail, shop-drawing scope or submittal information required for the project.
Boundary: A brochure, website diagram or representative image is not a fabrication, installation or engineering drawing.
Confirm: This product has an explicit Apollo market-priority record. Confirm destination-specific standards, climate, freight, documentation and local compliance separately.
Boundary: Market priority is not evidence of code compliance, certification, structural suitability or installation approval in that destination.
Confirm: State the exact product pathway, configuration, dimensions, material / finish, required evidence, supplied scope, exclusions, delivery point and local responsibilities in the project schedule.
Boundary: Do not turn representative website wording, unverified supplier claims or another configuration's test data into a project compliance clause.
Confirm: Confirm destination, receiving point, unloading, local contractor, foundations / supports, services, installation responsibility and target programme.
Boundary: Freight, local works, engineering, commissioning and installation scope must be confirmed in the written quotation.
Apollo is supply-only unless the written project scope states otherwise. Local engineering, statutory approvals, site works and installation remain project-specific.
Complete-building severe-weather protection covering roll-down, accordion, Bahama and Colonial shutters, impact windows and doors, garage and commercial opening protection, hurricane fabric and storm-louvre pathways. Exact opening dimensions, design pressures, impact requirements, substrate, fixings and destination requirements are confirmed for the selected system and project.
Commercial Development · Residential · Resorts · Developers
Project Reviewed
Fabric
High Wind · Cyclone Hurricane · Cyclone · Hurricane
New Zealand · Australia · Africa · USA · Pacific Islands
Demountable Aluminium Flood Barriers · Modular Plastic Flood Barriers · Water-Absorbing Flood Bags
This snapshot summarises the current Apollo product record. Final configuration, interfaces, engineering, certification and destination requirements are confirmed against the project.
Project planning
Apollo's catalogue owner, project-brief pathway and core product record are complete enough to progress into project review and manual quotation. This is not a statement of engineering approval or destination compliance.
Apollo has an explicit regional priority map for this product. Regional mapping supports discovery and project review; it is not blanket compliance certification.
Configuration, technical evidence, interfaces, exposure or destination requirements need product-specific review before the final supply package is confirmed.
Final engineering, testing, approvals and destination requirements are confirmed for the actual project where applicable.
Connected project pathway
Explore the current Hurricane & Cyclone Complete-Building Protection range, project pathways and product information.
Open pathway Planning guideHurricane & Cyclone Complete-Building Protection Planning GuidePlan the project around application, site conditions, interfaces, evidence and local responsibilities before the final configuration is frozen.
Open pathway Project filesProject Upload ToolSend plans, dimensions, photographs and project information for review.
Open pathway TechnicalTechnical & Specifier CentreUse current product information, technical documentation and professional project resources.
Open pathway Project briefHurricane & Cyclone Complete-Building Protection Project BriefSend the project scope, destination, dimensions, quantities and supporting information for manual review.
Open pathwayReview this system against the actual island, coastal exposure, wind or cyclone criteria, freight route and local project responsibilities before the final configuration is selected.
No current public document is registered against this exact page yet. Tell Apollo what the project needs and the team can review the current product/configuration-specific information available.
Relevant project sectors
Relevant to resorts project pathways in the live catalogue.
Open sector pathway Transport, Transit & CivicTransit, civic, station, mobility and public infrastructure supply.Relevant to public project pathways in the live catalogue.
Open sector pathwayPart of a Project Package
APOLLO CITATION AUTHORITY · TECHNICAL REFERENCE
Severe-weather performance must be supported by the exact product, opening size, fixings, substrate, test/certification scope and destination design criteria. Apollo does not use generic 'hurricane-rated' language without matching evidence.
REFERENCE SOURCES
No unrelated external standard is added merely to increase citation count. Apollo uses the current controlled product evidence for this owner and keeps exact project documents authoritative for the supplied configuration.
AUTHORITY MESH
Apollo NZ Global. Storm, Hurricane & Cyclone Protection Systems Technical Reference. Edition 2026.3. Reviewed 4 October 2026. https://apollonzglobal.com/hurricane-cyclone-protectionApollo NZ Global · International project supply
Send the project location, drawings or photos, known wind/code requirements, flood or storm-surge information and any shelter or critical-equipment requirements.
Supply-only project model. Final structural design, shelter design, fixings, installation, local approvals and code compliance remain project-specific unless expressly included in the quoted supply scope.