ChannelGrid Installation

8" ChannelGrid over DuPont Geotextile fabric filled with #57 stone

Job and Photos by Life Time Pavers

Paving the Anchorage Trail with Cell-Tek Load Support Grid.

A recent article in Hardscape Magazine (Nov/Dec 2010 issue) explained how Cell-Tek's LSG 200 load support grid was the perfect solution for paving the Anchorage Trail.

"Ingenious Engineering to a Paver Trail in a Flood Plain" by Tom Hatlen

In the article,  Terry Chapman explains how and why he chose Cell-Tek products to support the paver trail with very little excavation and without reshaping the surrounding terrain in any way. Terry learned of Cell-Tek's LSG Series Load Support Grid and had explored its various uses since seeing it at Hardscape North America.

"I talked to the Cell-Tek guys in Nashville about what it could do and my jaw just dropped."

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Beach Access - City of Miami

The City of Miami needed to find an eco-friendly way for fire trucks and other heavy emergency vehicles to drive on Miami Beach without their tires becoming stuck in the sand.

Bernie's Rock and Garden of Miami, FL provided the solution by installing a non-woven geotextile fabric, Cell-Tek's 4" cell depth Load Support Grid, filling the cells with existing beach sand, rebar J shaped hooks every 3 feet, and a layer of 2" sand overfilling the cells as a wearing layer.

BUILDING GREEN: WATER CONSERVATION

By Stephanie Norton (via caddetails.com)

“Active” systems for harvesting rainwater use pipes, tanks and pumps for collecting, filtering, storing and recycling water that would otherwise be sent to municipal sewer or storm water systems. These are differentiated from passive harvesting systems which detain rainwater in vegetated swales, rain gardens, green roofs or permeable pavements so that it can infiltrate naturally back into the soil.

Go Here for FULL STORY: http://www.caddetails.com/2004/main.asp?article=august2010.htm

Greening Your Neighborhood from the Ground Up

(NAPSI) - When you get down to it, the way your place is paved can have a greater effect than many realize on how well the environment fares.
Here's Why:
The right road, street and parking lot paving can lower stormwater runoff and so reduce pollution. Many people are asking the people in charge of paving to consider using permeable interlocking concrete pavement (PICP) on upcoming projects.
They look like popular concrete paving stones but are set in with small spaces between them. The space is filled with small stones to allow runoff to filter down and into the soil. They come in a variety of styles and colors to suit most places and purposes.

Written by NAPSI via Imperial Valley News.
Go Here for full story: http://www.imperialvalleynews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7238&Itemid=23

Milwaukee Public Library installs green roof

 - By Don Behm of the Journal Sentinel

The roof of Milwaukee's Central Library sprang to life, and went to work, in Friday's steady rain.
Thousands of sedum, a ground-covering plant, and clumps of chive and ornamental grasses - all perennials - were planted Friday in a six-inch layer of small gravel and soil spread across 30,000 square feet - nearly seven-tenths of an acre - to create a green roof atop the historic building, said Taj Schoening, business operations manager for the Milwaukee Public Library.
Its job is to mimic nature. The living roof will collect and store thousands of gallons of rainwater during a downpour, rather than allowing the clean water to drain immediately to a street sewer, Schoening said.
Each gallon of fresh water kept out of the pipes decreases the risk of sewer overflows, according to Kevin Shafer, executive director of the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District.













GO HERE FOR FULL ARTICLE: http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/93174094.html

Filtering stormwater, the way it’s done now

Maple Ridge News - Filtering stormwater, the way it’s done now By Phil Melnychuk

Drop by drop, the effect cars, roads and roofs have on Maple Ridge streams is declining.

Thanks to the 2006 Watercourse Protection Bylaw, the amount of storm water that used to rush into creeks and streams, scouring out fish habitat and dumping pollutants, is dropping as builders get used to the new rules that control rainwater.
Two recent townhouse developments about to get final approval, one on 237th Street, the other on 240th Street, both use natural biofiltration techniques to capture the runoff, cleanse it of most contaminants, then slowly release it back into nature’s system.
Such measures are part of all new developments, said Chuck Goddard, the district’s manager of development and environmental services.















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