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Increasing SuDS Storage

Recent innovations using flow controls with concrete block permeable paving help meet regulatory requirements for sustainable drainage systems (SuDS). SuDS and techniques such as concrete block permeable paving are essential tools in the fight against flooding and pollution. By its very nature, concrete block permeable paving is uniquely placed to help meet the multifunctional…

Trafalgar Place, London

Shortlisted for the 2016 Stirling Prize, Trafalgar Place near London’s Elephant and Castle provides an exemplar for high density development and the exceptional public realm that helps define the project, featured in an important new case study from the trade body Interpave. The carefully designed external spaces which help define the project are a result…

Winning with Permeable Paving

An exemplary sustainable drainage (SuDS) scheme – designed by SuDS consultants and landscape architects Robert Bray Associates, and featuring innovative applications of concrete block permeable paving – has won the top prize at the 2017 Landscape Institute Awards. Bridget Joyce Square in Australia Road, White City, London, is a SuDS park with community at its…

Trafalgar Place, London

A case study is available. Around 3,500m2 of precast concrete block and flag paving, featuring enhanced surfaces and exposed granite aggregates, defines the urban landscape of this exceptional residential project, shortlisted for the 2016 Stirling Prize. Download Case Study here.

Birley Campus, Manchester

A diversity of enhanced finish precast concrete paving, with a high percentage of recycled and reclaimed material, has been used throughout the new Manchester Metropolitan University campus which prides itself on sustainability.

Fleetwood Crescent, Peterborough

Concrete block permeable paved drives, parking and adopted roads handle roof water as well, with flow control chambers limiting discharge to sewers. View a video dramatically demonstrating the performance of permeable paving >> A new case study is available here.

London Cycle Super Highway, CS2

This latest phase makes extensive use of an innovative, precast concrete kerb segregation system, specially designed and manufactured by an Interpave member for enhanced safety and time-saving installation. A new case study is available here.

St George’s Primary School, Kidderminster

This RIBA Award winning school displays an exemplary approach to sustainable drainage, with a SuDS and landscape scheme integrated into the overall project from the very start. Solving complex issues, the drainage scheme utilises several SuDS techniques – including concrete block permeable paving – within a fully developed management train. An Interpave case study is…

Parkside Civic Centre, Bromsgrove

Concrete block and flag permeable paving define this multifunctional SuDS scheme that celebrates water, with flow control chambers to ensure full infiltration potential. This project is included in Innovations with SuDS Hard Landscape available here.

Bewdley School, Worcestershire

Around this new school, standard precast concrete units form rills handling rainwater from conventional concrete block paving and roofs – some via animated water features. An integral part of the landscape design, some rills are planted and feed rain-gardens and other SuDS features. This project is included in Innovations with SuDS Hard Landscape available here.