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Cork Airport Business Park – Unit 30
Project: Cork Airport Business Park – Unit 30
Architect: Ashlin Coleman Heelan
Main Contractor: Michael McNamara
Syphonic Drainage: Fullflow
Syphonic drainage specialists Fullflow completed the design, manufacture and installation of a syphonic drainage system for Unit 30 at Cork Airport Business Park. The two storey office building required only 12 outlets, 203 metres of HDPE pipework and 2 downpipes to drain rainwater from an approximate roof area of 2550m2. The buildings syphonic drainage system is designed to cope with a rainfall intensity of 75mm per hour.
The Fullflow syphonic system provided many benefits including reduced cost due to a considerable reduction in downpipe quantity when compared to a gravity system alternative for the same building. A Fullflow syphonic downpipe can drain up to eight times the flow of an equivalent single gravity downpipe meaning greater performance and minimal groundwork due to the reduction in underground drainage/inspection points. Another benefit of a Fullflow syphonic system is greater flexibility due to the ability to route pipework horizontally, meaning the design of a building is not compromised by unsightly pipework.
Phase II of Cork Airport Business Park is set on a mature landscape of 9.3 hectares and comprises of ten detached two-storey buildings. Unit 30 is built with a steel frame construction covered by a concrete roof, it features external walls finished with a combination of attractive insulated aluminium and limestone cladding.
In 1998, the initial development of this Business Park took place comprising over 440,000 square metres of office accommodation. Fullflow designed, manufactured and installed a syphonic drainage system to Unit 7 of the phase I development. The first development has been a major success for both the region of Cork and for the airport itself as it has attracted many international companies, which employ around 1,800 people.
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