66 LANDSCAPING & EXTERNAL WORKS
Stunning solar powered Park & Ride goes green
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reen-tech has made a significant contribution to the UK’s first fully solar powered Park & Ride facility
on the outskirts of Leeds in West Yorkshire. Designed by Mott Macdonald in partnership with main contractor BAM Nuttall, the brand new Stourton Park & Ride heralds in a new era of clean, green public transport. The Park & Ride will help towards a net-zero carbon economy for the city by lowering carbon emissions, improving air quality, and reducing congestion. A photovoltaic solar canopy covers a third
of the site, which powers the terminal building, street lighting and vehicle charging points, and feeds excess electricity back into the local grid. The site provides 1,200 parking spaces along with 26 fast electric vehicle charging ports and four rapid chargers. Care was taken to reduce the visual impact
of the site from all directions, and over 11,000 trees have been planted in and around the park & ride site with an impressive
54:1 replacement ratio. The main central area includes raised Corten steel planters, shrubs, hedges, specimen and evergreen trees to provide year-round coverage, creating a soft, open and welcoming environment.
Green-tech involvement: Green-tech has a good working relationship with both Mott MacDonald and BAM Nuttall, and supplied all the stakes and crossbars, canes, tree belting and blocks to support the trees in the central area. All Green-tech square-sawn softwood and machine round stakes are FSC Certified and available from stock. To protect the new perimeter planting
from browsing animals and the elements Green-tech supplied 6,000 recyclable tree and shrub shelters, 450 m2
jute Ecomatt mulch matting, as well as 275,000 litres of ornamental bark for the planters and beds. The Ecomatt allows air and water to pass through the layers while
Rinato ramps up with two new polymer fence board ranges
F.H. Brundle’s successful Rinato polymer fencing range is expanding with the addition of two new acoustic board types. The wrapped range comes in three authentic finishes, golden oak, anthracite and rustic oak, and all feature a decorate wood-effect laminate wrap perfect for situations where fences need to look good.
The new embossed range is more cost-effective, but still provides a realistic heat-embossed woodgrain finish with a choice of four colours – black, grey, brown and green. Both work with the F.H. Brundle’s innovative post and channel system, that allow boards to be fitted to virtually any post, and the polymer to naturally expand. These latest additions strengthen the company’s already popular Rinato decking boards range, which offers a choice of durable, stylish and weatherproof products made of quality recycled polymer. With their authentic wood aesthetics and easy maintenance, Rinato boards are the ideal solution for anyone who wants the look of timber without the hassle.
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www.fhbrundle.co.uk A total outdoor tile solution
The Parkside Outdoor Collection helps designers, specifiers and developers to fully realise the potential of outside space. Whether a natural extension of internal bar and restaurant areas, or a seamless flow from indoor to outdoor living in housing, the Outdoor Collection provides porcelain tiles and supporting ancillaries designed to cope with the rigours of all-round external use. The collection features porcelain tiles that are ideally suited to outdoor use. Not only more durable than their ceramic counterparts, porcelain tiles are also UV and weather resistant. Delivering stability in sub-zero and high temperatures, they are the only tile option for prolonged external use on terraces, balconies and outside living spaces. In stone, wood, concrete, marble, terrazzo and slate effects, Vista can work to transform outside space. Whether a traditional stone effect or the modern look of terrazzo, Vista provides a finish that is hard-wearing frost, mould and stain resistant. Dawson is a modern concrete effect UV-resistant porcelain tile, available in five sizes to suit a range of outdoor floor requirements. In Smoke and Tarmac colour options, Dawson features a minimum 20% recycled content.
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www.parkside.co.uk of 100% recycled
suppressing weed growth and acting as valuable insulation around the root area. To ensure the best chance of successful
establishment, Green-tech supplied 200,000 litres of soil improver to help optimise the structure and fertility of the soil, as well as over 300 sets of irrigation pipes with Aria inlets and Mona reservoir tanks. On the more exposed trees, Green-tech DropMan anchor systems were used, holding the tree stable without the risk of soil contamination from sleepers or kerb stones. Finally, 1,000 m2
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of impermeable 325 was used where there was
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