NETLON PROVIDES SUPPORT FOR SOLICITORS

Combining an aesthetically pleasing landscape design with access facilities for heavy maintenance and emergency vehicles is a problem faced at many new developments.

At one, a purpose built office block for Keoghs Solicitors in Bolton, Lancashire, the solution has been provided by a product from the Netlon turf protection portfolio.
 
The landscape plans – drawn up by Landscape Projects, Manchester – incorporated a 3m wide access route around the office block with a sloped access ramp to provide regular access for cherry pickers needed for window cleaning and roof work, as well as providing access for emergency service vehicles should they be required.

Although the area remains untouched for much of the time, it had to be able to withstand the weight of both the cherry pickers and larger emergency vehicles. Netpave 50 was selected as the ideal product to combine the natural turf finish with the strength required over the 720m², all within the project’s budget.
 
“We regularly have heavy cherry pickers on the site for cleaning windows, and for access to the roof,” said Mark Shuttleworth, Keoghs Facilities Coordinator. “Compared to the damage I would expect to see without reinforcement in the turf, the area is certainly holding up well. We’ve had no problems with it.”
 
Netlon’s Netpave 50 consists of half metre square paver units connected by lugs and slots. These unique flexible elements simply clip together to provide protection against traffic up to and including heavy goods vehicles, and can be laid on undulating surfaces and gradients as well as on flat ground.

Once laid, the pavers can be filled either with soil/grass, or with gravel. If soil/grass is used, the cellular structure and open base of the pavers enables unrestricted root growth. Where pavers are filled with gravel, the cellular structure will retain the stone and prevent loss or displacement. At Keoghs the cellular structure was filled with soil, and grass laid over the top.

Netlon offers the UK’s most comprehensive range of turf protection solutions. The company has developed a range of technologies and products to improve the capabilities of grassed areas to withstand heavy and intensive wear. In addition to Netpave 50 the range includes products designed to cater for a wide variety of turf protection situations, from a lightweight protective mesh capable of coping with light traffic to an engineered turf and rootzone system capable of handling all kinds of traffic up to and including heavy goods vehicles.

For literature about Netlon’s turf protection solutions contact Janet Gudgeon on 01254 266833 or email turf.systems@conwedplastics.com.

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