Geocellular storage

Stormcell® is a low-cost underground stormwater storage system that can be used under trafficked areas for the alleviation of flooding in existing urban areas, as well as for new developments. Stormcell® is a high-void plastic matrix made up of vertically aligned polypropylene tubes. A patented pipework system prevents the entry of silts and grits...

GEOlight® geocellular storage from SDS was selected by the design team at AECOM for water attenuation at the 2017 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion. Sited on clay soil...

AquaCell Eco is a modular lightweight stormwater attenuation unit manufactured from specially reformulated, recycled material. It is specifically designed for use in shallow, non-trafficked areas such as domestic gardens and similar landscaped sites. BBA approved...

Stormbloc® LT, part of the Stormbloc® Optimum range, is a lighter, cost-effective stormwater storage and infiltration system for landscaped or low-traffic areas. Access for inspection and maintenance can be included where required using Stormbloc® Inspect chambers and Stormbloc® SX blocks. Lightweight materials, combined with robust design, make...

The Stormbloc® Optimum range is a below-ground stormwater storage or infiltration system that includes a choice of four robust geocellular storage blocks which range in strength from Stormbloc® LT, for use under green and landscaped areas with light traffic, up to Stormbloc® HX, a very high strength block which can withstand frequent loadings of...

SDS Weholite wastewater storage tanks, manholes and conveyance piping have been installed at RAF Lossiemouth, to prepare and future-proof the base for the introduction of Boeing P-8A Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft. Located in Moray, north-east Scotland, this is one of two RAF Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) stations, whose aircraft and crews are on...

Rigofill stormwater storage systems are geocellular strctures used to store stormwater that is unable to soak into the ground naturally. The water can then be allowed to infiltrate, under controlled conditions, or can be retained for subsequent use. The systems consist of polypropylene blocks with a high void ratio (>96%) which can be stacked on...

Stormbloc® MX is a medium-strength option suitable for car parks, bus lanes, pedestrian zones with delivery traffic, access roads to residential complexes and clinics. The Stormbloc® Optimum range is a below-ground stormwater storage or infiltration system that includes a choice of four robust geocellular storage blocks which range in strength...

Stormbloc® SX is a high-strength option ideal for installation beneath heavily loaded and high-traffic areas, up to 4 m in depth. Suitable for heavily loaded and high-traffic areas such as residential and service roads and access roads in industrial are commercial car parks (cars and lorries), lorry loading bays, warehouse yards. Access for...

Stormbloc® HX is a very strong block which can be installed up to 6 m in depth. Ideal for very heavily loaded areas such as residential and service roads, and access roads in industrial and commercial car parks (cars and lorries), lorry loading bays, warehouse yards. The Stormbloc® Optimum range is a below-ground stormwater storage or infiltration...

GEOlight® stormwater management units are suitable for use in sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) for stormwater attenuation or soakaway infiltration. The units are PVC modular honeycomb structures with high capacity, high compressive strength and low resistance to water flow. GEOlight® soakaways gradually release stored water into the drainage...

SDS supplied GEOlight® attenuation tanks for this mixed-use development site on the Hertfordshire / Essex border. The project represents the single largest surface water storage facility yet installed in the UK, with the tanks having a capacity to store up to 8000m3 - or 8 million litres - of water...

Tasked with building a self-storage depot in a busy central London location, Harmonix Construction faced the perennial urban design challenge – space. In order to deliver suitable water attenuation within the compact layout of the site, it turned to ACO Water Management for a solution. Providing 12,961m2 of storage space and 619 m2 of offices...

A £4.28m award-winning flood defence project, led by Southwark Council, has been created to provide much-needed protection for two sensitive and historic parks. Herne Hill and Dulwich are prone to flooding as a result of being in a low-lying catchment of the culverted Effra River. A key element of the flood defences was underground geocellular block storage from Hydro International...

The plant will generate circa 27.8MW of green electricity, sufficient to supply up to 50,000 homes, thereby reducing the region’s carbon footprint and reliance on imported fossil fuels. Any energy not used by the Park’s resident businesses and activities is sent to the electricity grid to power homes across the region. SDS was tasked to ensure the...

ACO StormBrixx is a unique and patented plastic geocellular stormwater management system for attenuation and soakaway (infiltration) usage. Its versatile design allows the system to be used in configurations and applications across all construction environments as a standalone solution, or as part of an integrated SuDS scheme...

Working with Veolia Water, SDS implemented, over an extended period of several years, a series of surface water drainage systems, largely comprising of GEOlight® attenuation tanks and soakaways, for the MoD's Salisbury Plain encampment, which provides housing and facilities for approximately 4300 personnel ...

SDS was required to deliver a sustainable drainage system that ensures the 27-acre Wren’s Nest site at the Edlogan Wharf development, within the Afon Lwyd valley, remains flood risk free. This would also create new habitats for nature conservation, whilst still retaining the six existing streams and canal which traverse the site...

The original Westgate Centre was built between 1970 and 1972 by Taylor Woodrow; the redeveloped Centre opened in Autumn 2017 and represents the largest single development in Oxford’s history. It has 100 shops spread over three storeys, which include a flagship 142,000 ft2 John Lewis store, 25 restaurants and cafes, a five-screen cinema and 61...

Spanning approximately 20 hectares, The Quarry site in Erith was originally mined for gravel and loam, subsequently used as a landfill site for bricks, masonry and other inert building materials and finally lay neglected to become overgrown with brambles and invasive Japanese knotweed. The site is designated a Grade One Site of Borough Importance...

The Edinburgh Airport Stands Development project will create 13 new aircraft stands as well as a new taxiway and an equipment area. SDS GEOlight® stormwater storage tanks were installed to ensure the new aircraft stands are free of any flood risk, and to effect the fast and efficient removal of surface water from the site, and its safe dispersal to natural water receptors...

Newlands residential development at Berewood is the largest of its type in the UK. SDS worked with consulting engineers Mayer Brown to establish the key design criteria for the site’s sustainable drainage systems. Surface water run-off is cleaned through ditches and swales before entering SDS's purpose-built attenuation tanks. Water is treated to a high quality before discharge into a...

In 2014 London Luton Airport Operations Ltd commissioned Veolia to develop a surface water management strategy which included the airport's extension plans. SDS GEOlight® attenuation tanks and Aqua-Swirl™ hydrodynamic vortex separators were used to treat and store water runoff from an extended car park. The system provided essential water quality control, flood mitigation and ease of installation...

SDS provided a sustainable drainage solution for a new train servicing facility near Bristol to protect the local watercourses and surrounding land from the risk of flooding and contamination. The GEOlight® SuDS installation comprises a network of attenuation tanks with capacity of approximately 7000m3, along with associated piping and flow control devices...