Urban Surface Design

Designing surface water runoff in urban environments

Streets

Urban streets are used for a wide variety of activities, walking, cycling, driving, trading, meeting and socialising and it is therefore no surprise that streets comprise more than 80% of public space in cities.

Commercial streets, residential streets, shopping boulevards or main transit corridors all need to be sensitive to the multifaceted role streets play.

Good surface water management represents both risk and opportunity, but in all cases, there is a requirement for specific products and design solutions. ACO’s extensive range of KerbDrain caters for specific needs from aesthetics to application, and is frequently incorporated in areas such as bus set-down areas, cycleways and traffic calming “pinchpoints”, as well as the more conventional traffic lanes.

The shift away from moving as much water as possible as quickly as possible from the surface has led to a variety of new opportunities to improve urban ecology, microclimates, air quality and amenity.  ACO GroundGuard is used as a permeable pavement to assist infiltration and reduce both thermal mass and stormwater runoff volume. ACO channel systems are used to convey water to suitable areas of infiltration, storage or amenity while ACO StormBrixx is used to enhance storage and infiltration capacity. 

Streets

Pedestrian Street

Channel Drainage

Freestyle

Load Class D 400

MonoDrain

Load Class D 400

MultiDrain MD

Load Class D 400

MultiDrain PPD

Load Class D 400

Threshold Drainage

DoorWay Drain

Load Class A 15

Trafficked Streets

Channel Drainage

MultiDrain MD

Load Class D 400

RoadDrain

Load Class F 900

Combined Kerb Drains

KerbDrain D

Load Class D 400

KerbDrain E/E+

Load Class E 600

Water Treatment

Q-Ceptor

Load Class N/A

QuadraCeptor

Load Class N/A

V-Septor

Load Class N/A

Water Storage

StormBrixx Range

Load Class N/A

Flow Controls

Q-Brake Vortex

Load Class N/A

Q-Plate Orifice Plates

Load Class N/A