Hanson Formpave flies high with Aquaflow Permeable Paving

publication date: Jun 23, 2008

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author/source: David Harris

Hanson Formpave has recently installed its Aquaflow™ permeable paving at the new Hayfield Business Park based at Robin Hood Airport in Finningley, Doncaster. An area in excess of 2,000 square meters has been installed throughout the site, providing car parking and minor roads to the industrial park.

The Hanson Formpave system allows rain to infiltrate through a permeable concrete block paved surface into a unique stone subbase where it is cleaned, by filtration and microbial action, before being released in a controlled manner into sewers or water courses, or infiltrated directly into the sub-grade.

Aquaflow paving blocks were used in conjunction with the infiltration system at the site that provide drainage through vertical channels and allow water through the surface at a rate of approximately 9000mm per hour (9000 litres per m2 per hour).