Outdoor Engineering
Charcon Natural Granite Paving, Kerns and Specials at Didsbury Fountain, Oldbury
With 40% of the development designed as green space, our Infilta block paving provided a permeable surface to the hard landscaped areas, allowing water filtration through voids between the paving blocks to mitigate flood risk and recycle rainwater harvest across the site.
ECO-CREDENTIALS
Charcon Infilta Block Paving in Grey with Andover Washed in Anthracite Charcoal, Barking Riverside
Sustainable living is at the heart of the Barking Riverside project. While our surface water solutions have helped to tackle the necessary drainage requirements, our natural stone replica paving, StoneMaster, provides a wonderful landscape setting with up to 50% non-primary materials within its mix.
It may be that some of the pathways require an occasional car, HGV or mechanical sweeper to overrun. Again, a hard landscaping specialist can advise on the ideal paving materials that hold visual appeal for those on foot, yet have strength and sufficiently smooth jointing to withstand the occasional heavy vehicle.
SAFETY FIRST
Seek expert advice on any areas that may need additional safety measures to help mitigate potential hazards in and around the development. This could include anti-skid kerbs, tactile units for visually impaired pedestrians, or even cycleways to separate cyclists from traffic, and indeed, those on foot.
Equally, deterrent paving can be used to define ‘no go’ zones, preventing vehicle access to open public spaces, discouraging pedestrians from disturbing wildlife areas, or signalling the boundaries of a utility compound. Speed humps and other traffic calming components can also be specified to help create a safe space for the residents.
DRAINAGE SOLUTIONS
With any scale of development, you will need to plan to mitigate any flood risk and permeable paving can be used across all pedestrian areas, driveways and access roads to effectively assist the plot’s drainage requirements.
Barking Riverside Limited, a joint venture between Bellway Homes plc and the Homes and Communities Agency, had to consider sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) when they embarked on their 185 hectare Barking Riverside development in London.
The vision was to provide a model for sustainable living in the 21st century. Building on the former Barking Power Station site, the project required land remediation, site clearance and changes to land levels to plan for flood risk.
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Andover Textured in Silver Fleck and Midnight Grey with Ecopave Textured in Grey Fleck and Andover Washed in Anthracite Charcoal Banding, Birley Fields Campus, Manchester
Eco-living is becoming more and more important - not only to homeowners, but to local councils and planning authorities as well. People are looking for natural stone to be ethically sourced, and for reconstituted stone to be manufactured responsibly. The Charcon portfolio offers a wealth of eco-solutions, such as the hardwearing Ecopave Ground paving which is manufactured here in the UK from up to 87% recycled/reclaimed materials, or Natural Granite which is quarried in China, abiding by strict ethical trading and social responsibility standards.
Visit
aggregate.com to see the full Charcon range of hard landscaping products or seek further technical advice and support. For information on patios and driveways, visit the domestic hard landscaping arm of Aggregate Industries,
bradstone.com
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