View the ACO Building Drainage entry on BPindex Visit the ACO Building Drainage website The Flood and Water Management Act Schedule 3 is expected to be implemented in the next year, which means sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) will become mandatory in England for a significant number of new and retrofit developments. In this article, Neill Robinson-Welsh, Consultant at ACO Building …
Securing Safety: ACO’s Bespoke Escape Hatch is a Runway Success
View the ACO entry on BPindex Visit the ACO website When an outdoor emergency escape hatch needed replacing at Heathrow airport, it was vital the solution could be installed quickly to minimise disruptions to air traffic as much as possible. With no escaping the difficulties inherent to projects carried out at the world’s fourth busiest airport, the contractors reached out …
A Specifiers Guide to Schedule 3 and Blue Green Roofs
View the ACO Building Drainage entry on BPindex Visit the ACO Building Drainage website The Flood and Water Management Act Schedule 3 is expected to be implemented this year, which means sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) will become mandatory in England for a significant number of new and retrofit developments. In this article, Neill Robinson-Welsh, Consultant at ACO Building Drainage discusses …
PAM Building – Ensign Agilium
View the PAM Building entry on BPindex Visit the PAM Building website What does choosing Ensign Agilium mean for your drainage project? Less environmental impact Ensign Agilium® cast iron is made of 99 % recycled material and 100 % recyclable. Product design and manufacturing innovations have reduced CO2e emissions by 20% compared to our Ensign Soil range. Durability Due to …
Custom Fabricating Services – site specific pump station requirements
View the Delta Membranes entry on BPindex Pump Calculators – Delta Membranes Package Pumps and Basement Drainage Systems – Delta Membranes Casestudies – Delta Membranes Pumping Systems fabricated to any size and/or configuration. Delta Pumps and Basement Drainage Distribution Hub is home to Delta’s in-house fabrication team. Our fabrication team not only fabricates the Delta 710, 910 and 800 Series …
Raising The Roof: First Ever Blue Green Roof in Dublin Constructed with ACO’s RoofBloxx System
View the ACO entry on BPindex Visit the ACO website With new planning rules to abide by in Dublin, the developers of a commercial three-story residential apartment building had to demonstrate that its scheme would have a blue green roof to obtain planning permission. ACO worked together with Beton Construction Services to design and specify an innovative blue green system …
Designing climate resilient Blue Roof attenuation systems.
View the ACO entry on BPindex Visit the ACO website Given the unprecedented extremes in climate change that the UK has experienced in the last few years, local and national planning policies have developed to ensure that developers, architects and engineers fully consider the impact that a changing climate will have on the performance of buildings. For example, the recently …
AWMS: Essential non-combustible drainage solutions for high-rise construction
View the Alumasc Water Management Solutions entry on BPindex Visit the Alumasc Water Management Solutions website The introduction of the new Building Safety Act in April 2022 was cited by the government as the biggest transformation in how tall structures are designed, constructed and managed, in almost 40 years. The Act enforces compliance to Building Regulations restricting the use of combustible materials …
ACO’s Streamlined Drainage Specification E-commerce Platform makes product selection easy.
View the ACO Building Drainage entry on BPindex Visit the ACO Building Drainage website ACO Building Drainage’s new e-commerce site is aimed at streamlining the selection and specification process for building drainage installations, while also making it easier for specifiers and contractors to select and buy products. The new platform is unique to ACO Building Drainage for its stainless-steel drainage, …
Skyline Anti-Climb from Alumasc: Security without compromise
View the Alumasc Water Management Solutions entry on BPindex Visit the Alumasc Water Management Solutions website For buildings where increased security measures are a priority, the Skyline Anti-Climb Barrier system from Alumasc Water Management Solutions (AWMS), provides a complete security solution with no compromise on style. Skyline Anti-Climb is an attractive architectural aluminium design solution, for the prevention of unauthorised …