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As a leading manufacturer of drainage solutions and utility enclosures, we are experts in our field.

You can lean on our extensive expert knowledge – from design inception through to installation and handover.

Our aim is to make your daily work easier with our specific, sound advice and to help you to select the right product for the application to ensure the long-term quality of our products for your projects. We believe in project collaboration and have established our fully qualified technical team and purpose designed technologies to offer you individual support during planning, implementation installation and beyond.

askACO is a corporate initiative designed around advice and industry education. Services are offered free of charge and obligation and are design to compliment (not substitute) professional engineering advice.

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Capturing stormwater runoff (external drainage)

Trench hydraulics

askACO to propose the correct size drain for your next project

ACO can provide accurate channel recommendations with its proprietary software. ‘Hydro’ is a purpose written, hydraulic design program modelled on differential calculus for non-uniform flow in open channels. The program was further refined with empirical data, following a series of experiments modelling lateral intake into trenches.

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Grate hydraulics

askACO to propose the correct inlet size grate for your next project

ACO can provide accurate grate recommendations with its proprietary software. The hydraulic intake capacities of ACO’s grates have been independently measured by experimentation at the UNSW under varying flow rates and catchment approach slopes.

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Run layout design

askACO to propose the correct run layout, product parts and pieces for your next project

To make specification, ordering and site work easy, ACO can tailor a layout using CAD and other bespoke programs to illustrate (in plan and elevation) required positions and layouts of trench runs. A bill of materials is also produced.

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Custom drainage

askACO to provide a customised drain for your project

When standard grates are not appropriate, a number of features can be customised to ensure the unit meets required performance criteria, site or customer requirements.

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Storing/infiltrating stormwater runoff (external drainage)

Above ground storage

askACO to restrict flow by undersizing drain

ACO provides ponding analysis for situations when temporary ponding can be tolerated. It allows a more economical, yet still efficient system that will perform under most weather conditions.

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Below ground storage

askACO to propose a trafficable stormwater tank

ACO can design a geocellular stormwater tank to facilitate stormwater retention, detention or infiltration based on the hydraulic, structural and maintenance requirements of the project.

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Use our DIY software - Structural calculator, click here *
* For Australian designers, at top left of screen - select Metric & CIRIA

Capturing wastewater runoff (internal drainage)