Urban surface design

Urban surface design

Designing surface water runoff in urban environments

Buildings

Buildings are typically the most distinct component of urban design, as they shape and form space by creating defined lines.  ACO drainage solutions are specifically designed to work as part of the building envelope or within and around the specific confines of the premises’ curtilage to manage rainwater. The discrete threshold solutions include DoorWay Drain and StepDrain, both of which are frequently used for level access requirements.  A range of channel solutions also facilitates a wide variety of surface design options, whilst simultaneously ensuring water intake and loading requirements are properly satisfied.

Buildings

Building Facades

Channel Drainage

ACO Freestyle
ACO Freestyle

Load Class D 400

ACO MultiDrain® Brickslot
ACO MultiDrain® Brickslot

Load Class D 400

ACO MultiDrain® MD
ACO MultiDrain® MD

Load Class D 400

ACO MultiDrain® PPD
ACO MultiDrain® PPD

Load Class D 400

ACO Qmax®
ACO Qmax®

Load Class F 900

ACO AS301 Box Channel
ACO AS301 Box Channel

Load Class A-C

ACO AS501 Easy-Clean
ACO AS501 Easy-Clean

Load Class A-C

ACO AS601 Slot Channel
ACO AS601 Slot Channel

Load Class A-C

ACO AS701 Upstand
ACO AS701 Upstand

Load Class A-C

ACO AS901 Hi Load
ACO AS901 Hi Load

Load Class A–D

ACO Deckline 125
ACO Deckline 125

Load Class A-C

ACO FreeDeck
ACO FreeDeck

Load Class A 15

ACO FreeDeck Pro
ACO FreeDeck Pro

Load Class A 15

ACO VinylSecure
ACO VinylSecure

Load Class B 125

How we can assist you

Our Design Team

Collaboration is very much a part of ACO’s way of working. For over 50 years we have been offering creative design solutions to all sectors of government, public and private enterprise and have a track record for development and regeneration informed by community aspirations and environmental context. Our in house design team and our external design engineers have excellent technical understanding of interconnected systems that can help you create sustainable drainage solutions in all categories of the urban environment.

Tools to support you

We also offer software for design surface to assist you in making your own calculations, as well as design visualisers to assist in helping assess impact of various grating/inlet details. BIM product files along with a variety of other support documents are all available for download here.

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