Salford
In order to provide ‘a sporting opportunity for all’, the car
park and roof drainage system at the new Salford Sports Village had
to be able to withstand the full force of the British weather. In
keeping with Salford City Council’s sustainable development policy,
a Charcon Sustainable Drainage System was chosen to meet the
project criteria.
Site:
Salford Sports Village
Client:
Urban Vision (Salford City Council / Capita Symonds / Morrisons
partnership)
Design:
Salford City Council Highways Design Section
Products used:
Project objectives
- Design a sustainable drainage solution
- Accommodate flood defences being built locally
- Deal with storm run off from a ‘once in a hundred year’
rainfall event
- Deal with sandy and clay soils and relatively high ground water
levels
Charcon solutions
- Permavoid cellular interlocking box structure used as basis for
scheme
- Permavoid configuration produced high surface area to volume
ratio and good infiltration drainage
- Use of geotextile fleece protects against ingress of silts
- 150 mm thickness ideally suited to car park drainage
systems
- Permavoid units weigh less than 3kg, so the 4257 units required
were easily handled on site
- Minimum excavation work required
- Petrol interception/oil separation solved by Charcon
Permachannel
“One of the considerations during the design was the
incorporation and use of a sustainable drainage system within the
car park area. As this was something that the engineering design
section had not undertaken before, Charcon were contacted with a
view to assisting with the specification of materials and designing
a sustainable drainage system.”
Mark Boardman, Project Engineer, Urban Vision