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Acheson & Glover provide a unique bespoke design service utilising EPG Clear who are market leaders in SUDS design with a particular expertise in the creation of innovative permeable pavement solutions in accordance with best practise guidance.

Source Control

Our Approach to Sustainable Drainage

Acheson & Glover are fully committed to source control which is internationally accepted as the preferred option in any sustainable urban drainage scheme forming a fundamental part of the treatement train approach to ensure that both run-off quantity and quality are addressed.

Infiltration should be the primary method used wherever possible, however if this is not achievable or appropriate then partial infiltration or attenation solutions can be developed utilising the Acheson & Glover range of Sustainable Paving Systems.

The key performance criteria for all SUDS techniques including sustainable paving are:

treatment train approach diagram

An independant report recently published by Interpave confirms that permeable pavements can offer significant cost savings over traditional pavement and drainage design from both initial construction and whole life (over 40 years) costs.