Four important aspects had to be considered for Skypark’s car park drainage system: sustainability, high hydraulic capacity, security and durability.
Devon County Council is committed to managing the environmental impacts of its operations and reducing its carbon footprint. Therefore, they wanted to abide by their values and required an environmentally friendly drainage system.
The asphalt parking areas at Skypark Business Centre cover a vast surface area. To safely drain two large parking areas, 326 metres of RECYFIX MONOTEC drainage channels were installed.
This monolithic system has an extremely high hydraulic capacity of 7,717 litres in total (23.6 litres / metre).
This one-metre long channel consists of a slim body and grating in our FIBRETEC design. It is securely welded together to form a monolithic system. RECYFIX MONOTEC is particularly secure against vandalism and prevents personal injury due to the heelsafe grating. Especially within the retail and commercial sector, heelsafe gratings are an essential asset.
In highly trafficked areas, the drainage systems must be strong and stable to work effectively over a long period of time. In addition, it must also be resistant to frost as well as thawing and road salt.
A radial drainage channel was specified to capture any surface water runoff from the high point of the car park. As the RECYFIX MONOTEC unit is simple to cut, it was easy to offset the channels to create a curve. Therefore, the drainage channel was able to follow the line of the paving.
“The tongue and groove features on the channels provided easy assembly of the moulded components and facilitated the alignment of the channel run. Therefore, this reduced installation time for the groundwork contractor”.
In addition to a quick and easy installation, which complies with ‘one-man lift’ legislation, the RECYFIX MONOTEC drainage system also has the following advantages:
Enormous hydraulic performance: RECYFIX MONOTEC range of channels have an immense capacity. They can be used for large retention despite their slim design
Eco-friendly: recycled composite body is manufactured from 100% recycled material
Security: vandal-proof
Unbreakable: elastic and particularly resistant material (PP) withstands daily traffic loads and temperature differences
High resistance: resistant to frost, de-icing salt, UV radiation, chemicals and is corrosion-free
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