46 groundworks & sewage treatment; heating & renewable energy Bituchem brightens new residential site
Innovations with SuDS & hard landscape
Precast concrete paving is at the heart of three innovative sustainable drainage (SuDS) schemes designed by Robert Bray Associates, featured in an important new case study from the trade body Interpave. The re-developed Civic Centre and Library in Bromsgrove includes a landscape project for courtyards, access, parking and other areas around the building complex. Here, a fully infiltrating SuDS scheme uses concrete block and flag permeable paving alongside grass and planted areas, optimised by orifice flow controls, to manage rainfall on the site. All rainwater storage is at the surface within landscape features or underground within a voided stone sub-base below the paving. The Australia Road urban renewal project in White City, London introduces the innovative concept of concrete block permeable paving as a thin overlay to existing streets. The permeable paving overlay simply replaces a tarmac road surface, over the original road base. The same concrete blocks, with a 2-6mm grit bedding layer and jointing material, as used in permeable pavements generally are here installed over a geo-composite conveyance sheet.
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Natratex, Bituchem’s leading material, has been used to create footpaths, roads and driveways in residential areas, including a recent development in Quedgeley, Gloucestershire. Approximately 2000m² of Bituchem’s Natratex Cotswold was applied around the new site, giving attractive and hard-wearing roads and pathways to residents. The material
contrasts with the traditional black asphalt that surrounds the site, whilst complementing the colours of the newly built houses. Once applied, Natratex is virtually maintenance-free and maintains its colour for a long-lasting finish.
4iE now works with your central heating
Warmup has launched the new +Kit that makes the 4iE Smart WiFi Thermostat compatible with both underfloor and almost all types of central heating. The 4iE is smarter than other thermostats, using SmartGeo™ to control your heating automatically and reduce heating usage by up to £170 for a typical UK home. EasySwitch™ technology works in the
background to find better energy deals and switch you automatically, saving a combined £378 in total. For more information visit the company website, or contact the company directly.
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