Design Guidance

Monarflex Geomembranes can offer various tailored design packages, including design reports, calculations and CAD drawings, relating to project specific designs.

The Problem

  • Increase development of gassing sites
  • Varied interpretation of structural gas protection measures required
  • Poor workmanship

 

The Solution

  • Better understanding of current legislation and guidance
  • Local Authority/NHBC Accepted, BBA certified methods supplied with Certificates of conformity
  • Supervised installation and validation of gas control system

 

Legalisation & Guidance

  • Waste Management Paper 27 - "Landfill Gas" (1991)
  • DETR Partners In Technology - "Passive Venting of Soil Gasses Beneath Buildings" (1997)
  • Wilson & Card - "Reliability and Risk in Gas Protection Design" (1999)
  • BRE 414 - "Protective Measures for Housing in Gas Contaminated Land" (2001)
  • CIRIA C665 - "Assessing Risks Posed By Hazardous Ground Gases to Buildings" (2007)
  • NHBC Report 10627-R01 - "Guidance on Evaluation of Development Proposals on Sites Where Methane and Carbon Dioxide are Present" (2007)
  • BS 8485 - "Code of  Practice for the Characterisation and Remediation from Ground Gas Affected Developments" (2007)