Today’s wide choice of grass paving systems means that Specifiers now have a massive choice of products and specification. As a supplier of grass paving systems for more than forty years, Grass Concrete see the need for a strict fit for purpose policy as the key to achieving sustainability in any construction project.
Take for example a car park in daily use; “will the grass cover and then the structure stand up to that sort of regime” If the application is to slopes, “will it function as an armouring layer and will it offer grip?” These are the sort of challenging questions that that should be asked to ensure a correct specification.
Consider the weight load impact, in most instances ground reinforcement failure often stems from either an inability to accept weight load or an issue of waterlogging causing loss of grass and weakened support.
When considering a design potential planned use is critical to grass paving choice; cast on-site concrete, pre-cast concrete or plastic systems.
For more frequent daily trafficking Grass Concrete recommends a concrete system and offer both Grassblock® pre-cast units or its cast on-site reinforced Grasscrete® system. Grasscrete® will cater for regular loads all the way up to heavy goods vehicles and indeed abnormal loads. With exceptional performance characteristic in both traffic and water flow applications Grasscrete is perhaps the most specified grass paving type in the world and yet it remains surprisingly economical in cost.
Specifiers looking at the sustainability aspects of heavy traffic for grass paving, must consider all aspects concrete over plastic for structural integrity as well as depth and shape of the soil pockets if grass cover is to be sustained.
Grass Concrete have a range of products that help contribute to the SUDS seeking to mitigate the implications of handling surface water run-off and its implications for the local storm water network, as well as introducing the prospect of rain water harvesting for ecological design.
With an established track record of grass paving installations, Grass Concrete are uniquely placed to work closely with engineers and architects alike to recommend appropriate systems.
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