Raising The Roof: First Ever Blue Green Roof in Dublin Constructed with ACO’s RoofBloxx System

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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.

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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 …

ACO’s Streamlined Drainage Specification E-commerce Platform makes product selection easy.

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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, …

High Level Thinking: ACO and Aquality Design Blue Roof Playground at Madani Girls’ School

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View the ACO entry on BPindex Visit the ACO website Set within a purpose-built Grade II listed Victorian building, Madani Girls’ School is based in the borough of Tower Hamlets and the suburbs of inner-city London. With a mission to deliver a high-quality teaching and learning experience for its pupils, the school embarked on a project to extend and add …

New ACO Bespoke Access Covers designed to meet your projects need.

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View the ACO entry on BPindex Visit the ACO website As a planner or architect, you are always looking for reliable partners and answers to your very specific problems. For every challenge there is always a solution.             ACO can provide bespoke Access Covers for your project. These can be sized as you need in …

Preserving your design vision through bespoke manufacturing.

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View the ACO entry on BPindex Visit the ACO website Preserving the original design vision on a construction project is never easy. Most projects hit some level of difficulty in final construction detailing, pricing or programme. Simple building tolerances can sometimes prove problematic with precision engineered products. So at ACO, our Drainage Design Services team believe early consideration of bespoke …

ACO Access – Whatever the application we’ve got it covered

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View the ACO entry on BPindex Visit the ACO website ACO is synonymous around the world for quality, innovation and outstanding design. Our wealth of experience, technical knowledge and manufacturing expertise ensures our range of floor access covers delivers choice, function and style to our customers for a wide range of internal and external building applications. ACO’s floor access cover …

Watch how the ACO Patented Blue Roof design can benefit your next project

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View the ACO entry on BPindex Visit the ACO website The newly patented ACO blue roof attenuation system forms an independent tank that can be constructed on any new or existing flat roof where roof waterproofing has been applied. The system can be installed on a warm, inverted, or uninsulated roof using a single ply, cold or hot melt waterproofing …

For a better outcome at the project’s end, think drainage from the start.

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View the ACO entry on BPindex Visit the ACO website From first drawing to final handover, preserving the design vision is never easy. Somewhere along the line there are bound to be extra costs and compromises. But there’s one critical part of the project that could reduce this, if considered early enough – drainage. Yes, drainage. With building performance under …

ACO MODULAR 125+ STAINLESS STEEL DRAINAGE TO ENABLE EASY SYSTEM DESIGN

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View the ACO entry on BPi View the ACO Modular 125+ Linear Drainage Channel View ACO case studies ACO’s popular Modular 125+ linear channel drainage system is suitable for use in commercial and industrial applications ranging from airports and railway stations to food factories and prestigious buildings such as London City Hall.  Available in Grade 304 or 316 stainless steel, a Modular …