Urban surface design
Designing surface water runoff in urban environments
Shopping precincts
Precincts have many design requirements in common with other urban areas. They also, however, have their own specific challenges. Designed to cater for the different preferences of shoppers for both environment and linkage between shopping areas, they will frequently include both enclosed areas and spaces open to the elements. Parking, pick-up and loading areas are also key parts of the precinct design that require careful detailed design.
As with all other areas of urban design, the management of surface water in precincts is critical to ensuring the safe movement of people, the protection of assets and the incorporation of comfort and amenity.
ACO’s range of drainage products includes a wide variety of channel solutions for the conveyance of water in pedestrian and trafficked areas. This includes ACO StormBrixx for attenuation, ACO Q-Ceptor for hydrocarbon treatment, together with an extensive range of gullies and access covers.
Shopping precincts
Walkways
Channel Drainage
Load Class D 400
Load Class D 400
Load Class D 400
Load Class D 400
Load Class D 400
Load Class D 400
Thresholds
Threshold Drainage
Load Class A 15
Loading Areas
Channel Drainage
Parking
Channel Drainage
Load Class D 400
Load Class D 400
Load Class D 400
Load Class D 400
Load Class D 400
Load Class D 400
Load Class F 900
Combined Kerb Drains
Load Class D 400
Load Class E 600
Water Treatment
Water Storage
Load Class N/A
Flow Controls
Load Class N/A
Load Class N/A
Gullies
Load Class F 900
Access Roads
Channel Drainage
Combined Kerb Drains
Load Class D 400
Water Treatment
Flow Controls
Load Class N/A
Load Class N/A
Our Design Team
Collaboration is very much a part of ACO’s way of working. For over 50 years we have been offering creative design solutions to all sectors of government, public and private enterprise and have a track record for development and regeneration informed by community aspirations and environmental context. Our in house design team and our external design engineers have excellent technical understanding of interconnected systems that can help you create sustainable drainage solutions in all categories of the urban environment.
Tools to support you
We also offer software for design surface to assist you in making your own calculations, as well as design visualisers to assist in helping assess impact of various grating/inlet details. BIM product files along with a variety of other support documents are all available for download here.
Access covers
Find out more hereCASE STUDIES
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ACO MonoDrain drives high quality drainage solution for regeneration project
ACO MultiDrain & bespoke drainage at Kings Cross, provide surface water management across large public spaces
Westfield shopping centre uses bespoke surface drainage system to meet build specification for this project.
