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Porous playground surfacing for SEN school
NatraTex surfacing provided a cost-effective solution for a new £30m school for children with special educational needs in Feltham. The external hard landscaped areas required a porous surface due to limited falls on the substrate, yet also needed to be colourful and durable. A blue surface was created for the playground and MUGA, a green surround to the MUGA, and a Cotswold buff surface
The new £30m Marjory Kinnon School was constructed in Feltham for children with special educational needs.
The external hard landscaped areas required a porous surface due to limited falls on the substrate, yet also needed to be colourful and durable.
Products supplied
NatraTex was able to provide a cost-effective solution.
A blue surface was created for the playground and MUGA; a green surround to the MUGA; and a Cotswold buff surface to the footpaths. All NatraTex products were tailored to be porous.
Outcome
Significant savings were made by using NatraTex. The area is free-draining and the students and staff will have a durable and colourful hard landscaped area for years to come.
NatraTex is manufactured, supplied and laid hot in exactly the same way as a conventional macadam. But, rather than using bitumen and a grey aggregate, NatraTex uses an innovative clear binder and a coloured stone instead.
