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Mark Flavell, the industry leading expert in concrete drainage products gives an outline of staying compliant when specifying and using adjusting units in manholes. As many different products come on to the market, concrete will always remain the best default but, using the correct product and knowing the standards to comply to has never been more important.
Imminent requirements for mandatory sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) on developments herald a much wider application of concrete block permeable paving. But this approach is also needed to renewal of existing impermeable paving, in order to reverse the sealing-up and flooding of our towns and cities.
Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) are set to become mandatory on developments in England next year, heralding the wider use of permeable surfaces throughout our towns and cities.
Reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) planks derive their structural strength from metal reinforcing bars and this reinforcement needs to be protected from water ingress. Where RAAC planks have been exposed to water over a prolonged period of time corrosion weakens the bars and hence the planks. Concrete and aircrete products are not susceptible to the failures being seen in RAAC products manufactured from the 1950s to the 1980s.
A new edition of the Code of Practice for Safe Stressing of Prestressed Concrete Products has been developed by MPA Precast to communicate good practice in the management of health and safety when manufacturing prestressed concrete products.
A recently published MPA Precast report shines a light on the embodied carbon benefits of concrete pipeline longevity
The latest Edition 7 of Understanding Permeable Paving has now been published by MPA Precast.
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