Exteriors


High capacity surface water drainage for Primark Distribution Centre, Kettering


T


he Primark Distribution Centre, near Kettering was developed by London Metric Property Plc. Known


as Thunderbird 2 the £77 million facility comprises a 93,000m² warehouse, some 5,000m² of office space and 50,000m² of hard standing with parking for 175 HGVs and 530 cars. A major earthworks operation was necessary to level the ground and create the vast plateau on which the building and hard standings were constructed. With such a large hard standing area an effective surface water drainage system was essential. Having supplied high capacity surface


water drainage channels for hard-standing areas at numerous distribution centres thorough out the UK, Hauraton were confident their RECYFIX®


HICAP® high


capacity channels would comply with the stringent specification asked for by the contractors. It was decided to drain the hard standing area using four sizes of RECYFIX®


HICAP®


– 100, 200, 300 and 680 because of their overall volume capacities. As well as straight runs of 100 and 200 channels, the 200, 300 and 680 sizes were installed in a step fall arrangement providing an enhanced water volume for these runs of 366,324 litres per metre (l/m). All the sizes supplied had fixed ductile iron, 14mm open slot inlets finished with KTL, a rust resistant coating. All 1229 metres of RECYFIX®


HICAP® channel installed complied with loading category


Class F900 (900kN). In addition some 200m of Hauraton KS 100 channel with HEEL-


FASERFIX®


SAFE ductile iron gratings were also installed in the site car parks requiring a loading category of Class C250 (250kN). The gratings were also specified with a KTL coating.


01582 501380 www.drainage-projects.co.uk


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