Hauraton’s RECYFIX HICAP provides reliable surface drainage for 10 years

It is 10 years since the introduction into the United Kingdom of Hauraton’s RECYFIX HICAP High Capacity slot drainage system.

The system was first installed in 2006 at Doncaster’s Lakeside Community Sports Complex car park. Officially opened on the 17 December 2006, the Complex was imaginatively planned and built to the highest architectural standards, the development integrating sport and community facilities in a spectacular parkland setting.

Over the years well over 100,000 RECYFIX® HICAP® one metre channel units have been installed in numerous UK projects including supermarket car parks, access areas and major sports venues, distribution depots, airports, public and commercial precincts, industrial, military and container port installations.

The RECYFIX® HICAP® system was the result of an extensive research and development programme run by the Hauraton design engineers during 2005/6. The design work resulted in an innovative surface water drainage system that had a unique ductile iron top tested up to Class F900 loading capability. Using ductile iron prevented distortion of the slots during installation. This feature was not available on other high capacity slot drain systems in the UK at the time.

Coupled with the range of sizes available and the light weight of units, the system provided many benefits to the specifier, contractor and client alike.

RECYFIX® HICAP® was developed to facilitate rainwater run-off from large hard landscaped, tarmac and concrete surfaces. The tough injection moulded channels, originally made from a recycled Polyethylene-Polypropylene composite (PE-PP), but now made from recycled Polypropylene (PP).The company offer six HICAP® sizes with volumes ranging from 18.4 to 415.0 litres per metre. The different sizes are designed to easily link up with each other in a step-fall design, so as the volume of water increases downstream the chance of overflow is virtually eliminated.

Based on a supplied soil and strata analysis, Hauraton offers a free hydraulic calculation and component specification service specifically for the RECYFIX® HICAP® system.