Legoland

Summary

• LEGOLAND, Windsor, Berkshire.
• Family theme park forming part of Merlin Entertainments Group
• Installation of 7,000 square metres of GeoGrid™  to provide a suburban drainage system for the hotel car park

Problem

Legoland Berkshire were expanding the existing theme park to incorporate a new 180 bedroom waterside hotel complex. As part of the construction programme, a sustainable, robust and eco friendly ground reinforcement system was required to provide car parking facilities opposite the hotel. The product needed to be sufficientlyrobust and price competitive to perform as well as alternative legacy solutions for example tarmac and concrete. Additionally the solution needed to be capable of supporting light vehicles such as cars as well as heavier tour buses and sufficiently durable to avoid causing damage to the ground.

Solution

After extensive research GeoGrid™ was selected due to its superior performance and competitive pricing. Installation of the 7,000 square metres of GeoGrid™ was uncomplicated and the grids were easily shaped to fit around lamp posts and tree beds. Once installed it was filled with gravel to provide a stable car park base and d-marks were used to indicate the individual parking bays. The hotel was preparing the surrounding area for suburban drainage system (SUDs) and effective rainwater runoff, and GeoGrid’s ™ cellular open design was the perfect solution for dispersing the water.

The decision to use GeoGrid™ reflected not only the products commercial benefits but its unique product features;

• Unique patented cellular design allowing the industry’s highest weight/point load rating of 30 tonnes
• Unique connecting system allowing maximum expansion and contraction in very high temperatures
• Supplied in pre connected square metre sections to facilitate easy and fast installation
• Designed and manufactured in the UK
• Manufactured from 100% recycled and recyclable high density polyethylene providing strength and environmental benefits
• Chemically inert preventing pollution to underlying soil
• Unaffected by acids, alkalis, oil and petrol
• Industry’s optimum unit weight to strength ratio

Verdict

GeoGrid™ was installed and successfully provided a suitable car parking base which was sustainable, robust, eco friendly and cost competitive.

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