Our aim is to provide the most comprehensive and up-to-date
information on all aspects of paving for the widest possible
audience. The Interpave section will tell you more about
our work as a trade association, our members and other partner
organisations.
This website is organised to help you find the right type
and level of detail of information for your particular needs.
There is a special Domestic Paving section for homeowners
and contractors, concentrating on drives, patios, paths and
other paving around the home. The Topical Issues section
will be of interest to a particularly wide variety of professional
disciplines and the press, offering guidance in downloadable
brochure form on matters of particular importance today.
Of major interest to all those involved with commercial
projects, Interpave’s Design and Construction Information
Documents - or DACIs - combine to provide the definitive,
authoritative information resource on precast concrete paving.
Block Paving, Permeable Paving and SUDS, Flag Paving and
Kerbs & Channels are dealt with in separate sections
of the website. For each, separate DACIs ranging from initial
design, through construction and handling, to maintenance
- or complete DACIs covering all topics - can be downloaded
easily in PDF format.
All PDF files on this website are available for download free of charge: simply complete the registration form to enable you to download all the information you need. Download documents afresh each time you want to refer to them to ensure you have the latest versions.
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LATEST NEWS
SUDS MANDATORY WITHIN 2 YEARS New legislation just announced will make sustainable drainage systems – such as concrete block permeable paving – mandatory on all new developments and roads within 2 years. Read more >>
IMPORTANT NEW GUIDANCE FOR 2009 Interpave has published four important new guidance documents to help a particularly wide audience including designers and developers, and planning, building control and adoption officers – more details below.
NEW FRONT GARDEN RULES New planning rules now apply to installing new or replacing existing paving in front gardens. Related government guidance refers extensively to Interpave documents. Read more >>
PLANNING WITH PAVING
A new 20-page guidance document which explores current changes in approach to planning, urban design and ‘place shaping’, encouraged by government and other organizations, and fleshed out in adopted guidance such as the Manual for Streets.
UNDERSTANDING PERMEABLE PAVING
This important new 20-page document will help all those involved with the development process - including designers and developers, and planning, building control and adoption officers. It deals with legal as well as practical issues and explains the different systems and techniques available.
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A new case study of the award winning Accordia housing project in Cambridge, focusing on external surfaces. It explores the practical application of
current approaches to master-planning, urban design and ‘place shaping’, discussed in Planning with Paving.
PAVING FOR SUSTAINABILITY
A PDF download of all the Sustainability section pages from this website which aims to show that precast concrete paving and kerb products from Interpave manufacturers meet the widest sustainability requirements to satisfy responsible specifiers.
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