The architect for this project had limited space to accommodate a number of different stormwater management objectives. The ecoAID system provided design flexibility, along with a cost effective solution. EcoAID is made ‘just down the road’ from Chadstone, so any criteria for low carbon miles and local sourcing of materials were easily met.

The excavation was lined to just above half the storage height with a flexible engineered liner, protected from damage by Australian-made Bidim geotextiles. This facilitates the retention of 60,000 litres of stormwater for re-use around the campus. An overflow at the half storage height level ensures the controlled draw down of the storage to provide attenuation of site flows for the next storm event.

The construction process was very rapid with the system install completed in approximately 3 working days.