Improving Drainage at a New York Distribution Facility
Price Chopper Supermarkets specifies ACO HighwayDrain
Price
Chopper Supermarkets, a medium-size chain of stores located throughout New York,
Pennsylvania, and the New England states, recently needed to improve the surface
drainage in the truck bay areas at its major distribution facility in Rotterdam,
New York, located 10 miles from Albany. The existing area drains were not
capturing the rainwater, and ponding was occurring in certain
locations.
The retrofit drain installation was planned in order to ensure that water
buildup would be effectively captured and removed away from the facility, and
that the final drain system would be durable and long lasting under the
continual daily heavy traffic of tractor trailers crossing the drain
channels.
After studying various options, the ACO HighwayDrain trench drain system
was chosen for the initial first phase 2,000 feet of line
drainage.
ACO HighwayDrain addresses the demands of Price Chopper’s heavy-duty
traffic while effectively managing the drainage solution. Drain channels are
cast in 4-foot-long sections with an 8-inch internal width, with the body and
grate formed as a single piece with no removable parts. Channels are shipped to
the jobsite, where they connect easily together via interconnecting end details
to form the necessary run lengths in a trench drain configuration. A high-volume
flume outlet connects to catch basins, offering up to 2,867-gallon-per-minute
capacity.
ACO manufactures HighwayDrain from polymer concrete, a durable material
that offers excellent corrosion resistance to hydrocarbons and other common
automotive and road deicing fluids. Polymer concrete is made with polyester
resins reinforced with mineral aggregates and fillers to provide up to four
times the compressive strength of cement concrete. The HighwayDrain system can
withstand the frequent braking and turning of heavy-duty traffic and is
independently load tested to DIN 19850 Class E, up to 135,000 pounds, to
accommodate the massive weights carried by tractor trailers and other heavy
vehicles at the Price Chopper distribution center.
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The entire drain retrofit installation was quickly accomplished by
sawcutting out a section of the pavement, then suspending the HighwayDrain
system within the excavated trench and completing the concrete surround
pour.
November 11, 2008
Improving Drainage at a New York Distribution Facility
Price Chopper Supermarkets specifies ACO HighwayDrain
Price
Chopper Supermarkets, a medium-size chain of stores located throughout New York,
Pennsylvania, and the New England states, recently needed to improve the surface
drainage in the truck bay areas at its major distribution facility in Rotterdam,
New York, located 10 miles from Albany. The existing area drains were not
capturing the rainwater, and ponding was occurring in certain
locations.
The retrofit drain installation was planned in order to ensure that water
buildup would be effectively captured and removed away from the facility, and
that the final drain system would be durable and long lasting under the
continual daily heavy traffic of tractor trailers crossing the drain
channels.
After studying various options, the ACO HighwayDrain trench drain system
was chosen for the initial first phase 2,000 feet of line
drainage.
ACO HighwayDrain addresses the demands of Price Chopper’s heavy-duty
traffic while effectively managing the drainage solution. Drain channels are
cast in 4-foot-long sections with an 8-inch internal width, with the body and
grate formed as a single piece with no removable parts. Channels are shipped to
the jobsite, where they connect easily together via interconnecting end details
to form the necessary run lengths in a trench drain configuration. A high-volume
flume outlet connects to catch basins, offering up to 2,867-gallon-per-minute
capacity.
ACO manufactures HighwayDrain from polymer concrete, a durable material
that offers excellent corrosion resistance to hydrocarbons and other common
automotive and road deicing fluids. Polymer concrete is made with polyester
resins reinforced with mineral aggregates and fillers to provide up to four
times the compressive strength of cement concrete. The HighwayDrain system can
withstand the frequent braking and turning of heavy-duty traffic and is
independently load tested to DIN 19850 Class E, up to 135,000 pounds, to
accommodate the massive weights carried by tractor trailers and other heavy
vehicles at the Price Chopper distribution center.
The entire drain retrofit installation was quickly accomplished by
sawcutting out a section of the pavement, then suspending the HighwayDrain
system within the excavated trench and completing the concrete surround
pour.