Trumpington Park & Ride - Cambridge, UK
GRAF Group Reference: nearly 29,000 EcoBloc Maxx modules forming a 6,500 m³ attenuation tank under an enlarged park and ride carpark for Cambridge County Council.
Cambridge County Council / Skanska · Trumpington, Cambridge, United Kingdom
GRAF Group Reference. International project adapted from GRAF Group published materials. Not an Australian install. Confirm republication rights before heavy promotion. View original source.
Project photos available from GRAF Group; local image rights not confirmed for this draft.
6,500 m³
Attenuation volume
~29,000
EcoBloc Maxx modules
+200
Parking spaces
Project data
- Location
- Trumpington, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Region
- Europe
- Sector
- Transport
- Solution
- Stormwater detention/retention
- Product
- EcoBloc Maxx
- Source
- GRAF Group Reference
- Purpose
- Attenuation under carpark
- Volume
- 6,500 m³
- Modules
- Nearly 29,000 EcoBloc Maxx
- Excavation
- 100 m × 72 m, up to 4 m deep
- Discharge
- 15 L/s to River Cam via flow control
- Design
- 100-year storm event
- Install
- Six weeks (two weeks ahead of schedule)
- Notes
- Adapted from GRAF Group published materials. Confirm republication rights before heavy promotion.
Challenge
Cambridge County Council needed more park and ride capacity. At Trumpington, Skanska had to replace an attenuation pond with a tank strong enough to support a carpark above it while draining the whole housing-surrounded site.
Solution
GRAF UK installed nearly 29,000 EcoBloc Maxx modules in a geomembrane-wrapped 6,500 m³ tank within a 100 m by 72 m excavation up to 4 m deep prepared by Skanska. The structure was backfilled and finished as carpark pavement, releasing excess water at 15 L/s to the River Cam. About 200 extra parking spaces and a roughly 10% site enlargement are reported.
Outcomes
- 6,500 m³ attenuation under trafficable carpark
- Nearly 29,000 EcoBloc Maxx modules; install finished two weeks early
- Controlled 15 L/s discharge designed for a 100-year storm
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Trumpington Park & Ride - Cambridge, UK