Working closely with the main contractor, Ringway, Polypipe provided a holistic solution utilising its popular Polystorm modular cell system, Ridgidrain surface water drainage pipes and Ridgiduct cable protection products.
Polypipe supplied its Polystorm modular cells for four separate attenuation and soakaway structures to be utilised under the station car-park and non-trafficked landscaped areas.聽 The structures were installed utilising Polystorm-R, Polystorm-Xtra and Polystorm Lite modular cells according to their loading requirements.
鈥淥ur modular cell system was ideal for this project,鈥� comments Emma Thompson, Marketing Communication Manager at Polypipe. 鈥淎s the project got underway it became apparent that an existing cable could not be moved, and as such we redesigned one of the tanks to fit around the cabled area.聽 Because our cells can fit together to make tanks of any size or shape, we were quickly able to overcome this problem without any delay in installation time.鈥�
The project, which forms part of a multi-million pound investment by Charnwood Borough Council to re-develop the area, also called for a bespoke distribution inlet for one of the Polystorm structures. A 600mm diameter pipe could not connect directly into one of the Polystorm structures, as this would affect the hydraulics, therefore Polypipe designed and fabricated a bespoke one piece pipe fitting from a four metre length of 600mm pipe with 6 x 300mm and 1 x 225mm outlets.聽
Polypipe鈥檚 Ridgiduct cable protection was used to provide robust protection for the site鈥檚 street lighting cables, plus the CCTV, ticket machines and power cables.
Emma added: 鈥淥ur Ridgiduct twin wall systems have been manufactured to provide a lightweight, flexible and high strength alternative to conventional cable protection. For this project we supplied Ridgiduct Power, Ridgiduct Lighting and Ridgiduct Comms products to ensure the cables were adequately protected.
鈥淭his project posed some interesting challenges for us. However, the flexibility and adaptability of our full range of products enables us to create bespoke applications to accommodate the site specific requirements of any project.鈥�
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