ABG Building Solutions - Blue and Green Roof Systems
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ABG Building Solutions is a UK-based designer, manufacturer and supplier of sustainable rooftop drainage systems for commercial and residential construction projects. ABG manufactures its products at its production facility in Meltham Mills, West Yorkshire and is a trading name of ABG Limited.
== About ABG Building Solutions ==
The company has more than two decades of expertise in designing, manufacturing and supplying sustainable rooftop drainage solutions. The company is widely credited with pioneering the blue roof concept in the UK, with a landmark early project at the University of Huddersfield. Since then, ABG has provided more than one million square metres of blue roof drainage systems to projects across the UK and internationally.
The company produces more than 2.5 million square metres of drainage products per year at its West Yorkshire facility. ABG is accredited to ISO quality management accreditations and holds memberships with a number of professional organisations, including CIRIA, the Green Roof Organisation and BALI.
== Products and Systems ==
ABG offers an extensive range of blue roof and green roof systems, categorised into a number of system types.
=== Blue Roof Drainage Systems ===
Blue roof systems provide attenuate and control the release of stormwater at roof level, helping buildings and developments meet SuDS regulations. Systems are available across multiple build-up depths and finishes, including hard landscape and green finish variants.
=== Green Roof Solutions ===
Green roof systems are available in biodiverse, extensive and intensive types, as well as biosolar systems that combine green roof and solar panel installations. Extensive green roofs are capable of retaining up to 80% of rainfall where it lands, helping achieve SuDS compliance and the creation of sustainable urban environments. Intensive systems accommodate deeper substrates suitable for a wider range of planting and landscaped rooftop spaces.
=== System Components ===
Alongside complete system solutions, ABG manufactures and supplies individual system components, including drainage boards, geotextiles, void formers, growing media, vegetation blankets and inspection and restrictor chambers.
== Technical and Design Services ==
ABG offers professionally indemnified design services for rooftop stormwater drainage systems. ABG's team of designers collaborates with architects, engineers and developers to design and specify the full system build-up above the waterproofing layer to meet surface water reduction targets or discharge consent limits.
== External Links ==
* ABG Building Solutions website: https://abg-buildingsolutions.com/