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October 2013
A User Friendly Stormwater Management Solution

Planners in Denmark recently worked with the municipality of Roskilde, Denmark to construct Rabalder Parken, an outdoor skateboard park that doubles as a drainage and stormwater storage system; it combines a modern problem, managing stormwater, with a modern obsession, skate parks.  Roskilde is among the municipalities in Denmark where storm sewer overflow is a problem during increasingly frequent high intensity, short duration storms.  This multi-use system assures that a stand-alone drainage structure won't take up public space for something that happens only a few times a year but will instead provide a recreational oasis for local residents.

 

The $4.7 million dollar project constructed on approximately 10 acres of recreational space addresses the community's need for both a drainage conveyance/storage system and an attractive gathering space.  The price tag may sound high, but it is more cost effective than constructing each facility on its own.

  

This facility features 24,700 SF of concrete bowls, ramps, railings and other features found in a top notch skate park.  As a parent of an avid skateboarder, I know it is his dream to take a day to ride in all of the local concrete ditches (and probably draw the attention of the local sheriff's department in the process).  The slopes, curves and ledges created by concrete ditches make these drainage features an attractive potential playground for skaters.  Municipalities, however, frown on skateboarders and other athletes on wheels enjoying themselves in local drainage ways.

 

The plans for the facility were originally meant only to address increasingly frequent rainstorms and flash floods leaving local basements and roadways underwater.   The original plan called for a traditional straight concrete channel.  Roskilde officials were then approached by an architect who had designed numerous skateboarding parks with the idea of combining the proposed drainage system with a skate park.  What a great idea: Create a facility designed to be used for both stormwater management and this type of recreation.

 

The final design includes winding asphalt and concrete channels to carry rainwater to three basins.  Rainwater drains down a 30 foot wide by 1440 foot long open channel to the first basin which is constructed as a permanent small lake.  When the first basin reaches capacity, runoff drains into the second and third basins, constructed as concrete skating bowls that will fill only during large rainfall events.  The third basin is designed to handle a 10- year storm event (a rainfall event with a 1 in 10 chance of occurring in any given year).

Stormwater that accumulates in the basins is pumped through a system of pipes to the Roskilde Fjord.  This assures the basins will be emptied within a couple of days.  The system has a total stormwater storage capacity of 18.63 acre-feet or 811,613 cubic feet (enough to fill nearly 10 Olympic-sized swimming pools).  The park also includes other features meant for users not on wheels such as hammocks, barbecue pits, fitness equipment, jogging paths, and trampolines.

 

Since its opening in August 2012, the park has become a popular meeting place.  This project demonstrates how water resources projects and other facets of infrastructure can be designed to engage the public, not just serve solely utilitarian concerns.

 

Information From:  "Civil Engineering", ASCE, September 2013, www.trendhunter.com, www.buildinggreen.com 

  


Can you ... NAME THAT SITE? 

Be the first reader to call or e-mail us with the correct location of this site and you can win a lunch with your choice of Doug, Reg, Mark or Kristin to pick up the tab. 

 

 

  HINTS:

 

1.  Construction is about to begin for a new access drive for northbound traffic along Carlisle Street.   

2.  The project site is located in the Borough of Hanover. 

3.  HLS performed the necessary surveying and engineering design to prepare the Highway Occupancy Plans to obtain the access permit from PennDot.

 

Please contact Hanover Land Service if additional hints are needed.  

 

E-mail your guess to office@hanoverlandservices.com or call Gail at our Hanover office 717-637-5674.     

 

The correct location of this month's site will be revealed in our next newsletter!

       

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Please email the following HLS personnel with your questions or comments:

 

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Hanover Rotary Club
"YARD SALE"

THIS SATURDAY

September 28, 2013

 

Chili's Restaurant Parking Lot  

Hanover, PA      8 am - Noon

 

Proceeds from the yard sale to benefit the Hanover Rotary Club Scholarship Fund.  Scholarships are for seniors from Delone Catholic, Hanover, Spring Grove and Southwest High Schools who are continuing their education.


NEW  DGS Project

HLS To Provide Services for MD DGS Crownsville Cemetery Project

 

Hanover Land Services, Inc. was recently selected as part of the WBCM team to provide for Expansion of Burial Capacities, Phase III, at the Crownsville Veterans Cemetery.   

 

HLS will provide topographic and boundary survey services for this Maryland Department of General Services project.   

 

HLS is a certified WBE/DBE in Maryland and Pennsylvania.


LOTS FOR SALE

Put $15,000+ In Your Pocket!

 

Beautiful well situated building lots for sale in northern Carroll County, MD.  Desirable rolling terrain.  Lots range in size from nearly 2 to over 8 acres.  Septic permit secured under old state regulations saving $15,000+ in construction/operation costs over the next 10 years.CC LotsOwner financing possible.  Owner is open to creative options for financing lot purchases.  Significant discount offered to buyer purchasing 5 lots as a block.  Winters Mill School District, Carroll County.   

Plans available upon request. 

 

Contact:  dbarmoy@hanoverlandservices.com 

 Ph.  443.340.7830


Name that site in the last newsletter was...
Last months "Name that Site" was a small residential subdivision located along Oakwood Drive in West Manheim Township  just south of Hanover, PA. 

Hanover Land Services, Inc. performed engineering and surveying for the creation of new residential lots.  Burkentine and Sons Builders, Inc. of Hanover is constructing the new homes.  
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