Context

Addagrip approved contractor Soft Surfaces Ltd, was invited back to Liverpool Football Club's Anfield ground in July 2017 to carry out an installation of BBA approved resin bound surfacing for the Club’s flagship retail store.

The store offers fans exclusive product ranges, a specially-designed first-floor cafe and an increased number of payment stations to ease checkout congestion on match days.

As part of the landscaped pedestrian area at the front of the new store, a robust, low maintenance, porous paving was required. Just under 4000m2 of Addagrip’s resin bound porous surfacing were selected in a range of colours to complement the design and to match the Terrabound resin bound surfacing previously installed at Liverpool FC’s Main Stand in 2016.

Products used

Working with main contractor Hawkspear Contracts Ltd, the Soft Surfaces team installed Addagrip’s BBA approved Terrabound resin bound porous paving in blends of 6mm Rhine Gold and 6mm Tuscan Pebble, contrasted with BBA approved Addaset resin bound surfacing in a 6mm Lucerne Silver.

There were also a number of new trees in the scheme which required 244m2 of silver tree pits using Addastone TP in a Silver Grey Granite 6-10mm aggregate. The tree pit surfacing was installed at a depth of 75mm due to the expected levels of foot traffic and the tree collars backfilled with loosed aggregate to accommodate growth.

Outcome

The installation was completed in time for the official opening of the retail store on 14th August 2017 and the team’s first home game of the 2017/2018 season.