View the ACO Building Drainage entry on BPindex Visit the ACO Building Drainage website Stormwater management and flooding pose significant risks in urban settings. Blue roofs have evolved as an innovative technique for storing rainwater, decreasing flood hazards and supporting sustainable development. However, misconceptions about blue roofs can cause design issues. Kevin Bohea, Manging Director of ACO Building Drainage, shares …
High Level Thinking: ACO and Aquality Design Blue Roof Playground at Madani Girls’ School
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 …
ACO and Aquality Create a Blue Roof Like No Other At Queen’s Gate Place Mews
View the ACO entry on BPindex Visit the ACO website ACO Building Drainage combined with Aquality to retrofit a blue roof in central London where it was initially thought not possible. Part of the collection of quaint residential and commercial properties at Queen’s Gate Place Mews is The Lodge. Recently revamped and extended with a new mansard roof to enable …
Using the 5th façade to help mitigate climate change
View the Radmat entry on BPindex Visit the Radmat website A new report from the University of Southampton Energy and Climate Change Division of the School of Engineering, commissioned by the NFRC Charitable Trust, highlights some key steps that specifiers, building owners and home owners can take to use the roof to help mitigate the impacts of climate change. https://www.nfrc.co.uk/docs/default-source/publications/roofing-industry/mrk173-nfrc-future-(p)roof-research.pdf?sfvrsn=79932a49_2&utm_source=PR&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=future_(p)roof …
Forging the way ahead for Blue Roofs
View the Radmat entry on BPindex Visit the Radmat website The management of rainfall within the built environment is an important task for the construction industry, with correct and sympathetic source control and attenuation being key to Sustainable Urban Drainage System (SuDS) design. SuDS demands that water falling across a development site is not simply channelled into storm water drains …