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ROUND TABLE REPORT
Exploring ‘Solutions for Stormwater Management’
Our second industry round table focused on the newly legally mandated requirement for SuDS in residential schemes, and was sponsored by Innovyze, Brett Landscaping, and Polypipe Civils and Green Urbanisation. It saw landscape architects, engineers, builders and suppliers come together to discuss best practice – and bust some myths
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ur second Building Insights LIVE round table event focused on solutions for the soon-to-be-statutory requirement to provide sustainable management of stormwater on all new
residential projects, essentially by making them more permeable. The key goal is to mitigate the effects of development on drainage as we experience more and more extreme weather due to climate change, but also to ensure that the water running off those sites is of better quality. However, a further major benefi t is the potential for greening our future developments using natural features, and thereby creating new standards of amenity for residents. The round table, sponsored by Innovyze, Brett Landscaping and Polypipe Civils and Green Urbanisation, was a unique opportunity for specifi ers to exchange views on how to deliver SuDS (Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems) with key suppliers, in the informal surrounds of the Building Centre in London. It produced a range of constructive pointers, as well as a set of recommendations for the industry (captured at the end of this report). SuDS is the principal, and established method for achieving such schemes, and there are a range of approaches to achieving it. However, time is of the essence, as with Schedule 3 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010 about to fi nally be implemented, design teams are now confronted with a legally binding SuDS requirement in all projects. While they may buy into the concepts and the solutions (whether natural, or engineered, or most likely a combination), the practicalities of doing SuDS on a vast range of often constrained sites are going to be tricky for many. That’s why our event was so timely; as well as bringing together SuDS experts, housebuilders, and product suppliers to exchange ideas and real-life knowledge from practice on the ground, it was also staged just before Schedule 3 was due to be fully implemented,
ROUND TABLE ATTENDEES
• Sue Illman, Illman Young, landscape architects • Chris Carr, Federation of Master Builders • Steve Wilson, Environmental Protection Group • Matt Clutton, Cameron Homes • Martin Shaw, Meadfl eet • Ruth Clarke, Innovyze • Jamie Gledhill, Brett Landscaping • Charlotte Markey, Polypipe Civils and Green Urbanisation
in early 2024. Some of the highlights presented here and on our websites (including a new site collating all of our industry insight:
insights.netmagmedia.co.uk/round-tables) are certain to be useful to specifi ers, as they address practical issues similar to those covered at the round table. From the need to combine SuDS with public space, to how steep is safe when it comes to natural features, there were some key takeaways for designers.
The changes that can be brought about in developments via stormwater management using thoughtful SuDS approaches is an exciting evolution for the look of future schemes. Far from the tarmac dominated past, the practical need to deal with stormwater while also aiding biodiversity goals, will see SuDS schemes producing natural features in the heart of developments which will ultimately provide a level of unprecedented ‘greening.’ While there are major challenges, as explored by our round table, there are also many reasons to be enthusiastic in pursuing these new approaches. We were fortunate to be joined by a great group of people
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