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Landscape drainage

Technical drawings

Drawings detailing technical guidance for embellishment design

Table 1: Landscape drainage - Technical drawing index
Embellishment
Description/drawing code
Product details/supplier
Other

Sub-surface drainage

Custom supplier
Must be approved by a suitably qualified engineer

Subsoil drains details, subsoil drains, medians, subsoil drains, access points

  • IPWEA DSD-501 Bioretention xxxxx- 
  • IPWEA RS-142
Institute of Public Works Engineering Australia - Standard Drawing
Must be approved by a suitably qualified engineer

Field inlet types

  • Field inlet (type 1) - connected to soakage pit
  • Field inlet (type 2) - connected to kerb adaptor
  • Field inlet (type 3) - connected to soakage trench
  • LD-02 (set)
Custom supplier
Must be approved by a suitably qualified engineer

Drainage pits field inlet type 1 and 2

  • IPWEA DS-050
Institute of Public Works Engineering Australia - Standard Drawing
Must be approved by a suitably qualified engineer

Trench drain

Custom supplier
  • Must be approved by a suitably qualified engineer
  • Grate load classes from A to E available
  • Grate: recommended to be coated in a heat resistant, pedestrian grade anti-slip coating

Vegetated drainage swale (with sub-surface drainage)

  • Turf drainage swale (type 1)
  • Swale in garden (type 2)
  • LD-04 (set)
Custom supplier
All swale drain designs must be approved by a suitably qualified engineer

Rock drainage swales

  • Rock lined swale (type 1)
  • Rock drainage swale (with sub-surface drainage) (type 2)
  • LD-05
Custom supplier
All swale drain designs must be approved by a suitably qualified engineer

Box culvert - pedestrian overpass

Custom supplier
Must be approved by a suitably qualified engineer and further refined by Council in regard to hydraulic flows, planting, and boulder or rock pitching

Landscape drainage - R C box culvets

  • TMR SD -1174
Transport and Main Roads Standard Drawings
Must be approved by a suitably qualified engineer

Compacted road base water bar (type 1)

Custom supplier
Must be approved by a suitably qualified engineer

Timber water bar (type 2)

Custom supplier
Must be approved by a suitably qualified engineer

Timber water bar with rubber lip (type 3)

Custom supplier
Must be approved by a suitably qualified engineer

Stone water bar (type 4)

Custom supplier
Must be approved by a suitably qualified engineer

Pipe culvert

  • TMR SD -1304
  • TMR SD -1305 (reinforced)
Transport and Main Roads Standard Drawings
Must be approved by a suitably qualified engineer

Table drains (side drains)

Custom supplier
Must be approved by a suitably qualified engineer

Drain with cross over

Custom supplier
Must be approved by a suitably qualified engineer

Rock lined drain using geotextile

Custom supplier
  • Must be approved by a suitably qualified engineer
  • Vegetation required to provide buffer between rocks and operating mowers

French drain

Custom supplier
  • Must be approved by a suitably qualified engineer
  • Option to mulch/plant over drain

Drainage pipes under path

Custom supplier

Must be approved by a suitably qualified engineer



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Information contained in this document may change without notice and you should use the current material available from Council’s website and not rely on material previously printed or stored by you.

All figures and diagrams are intended to be used as an aid to design and include Council’s preferred elements but they are not intended to be prescriptive and may need to be varied as dictated by site specific factors. While Council has exercised reasonable care in preparing this document, it does not warrant or represent that it is accurate or complete. The Council will not accept responsibility for any loss, damage, cost or expense that you may incur as a result of the use of or reliance upon any material contained in this document.

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Where a particular product or supplier is profiled in this document, Council is NOT nominating this product or supplier as the selected choice. Product/supplier information has been provided to allow users to source products which contain the correct elements required for Council embellishments. Each product profiled states ‘or equivalent’ which means that different products may be supplied provided they satisfy the identified performance criteria, recommended standards, equal access guidance and product specifications.

Product design, manufacture and installation requires appropriately qualified people to provide site specific solutions to ensure the embellishment is appropriately adapted to local conditions and data.

This document does not override requirements stipulated in a development approval. Project specific variations may be appropriate as a result of site, environmental or other constraints. Any variations to these standards must be approved in writing by council prior to commencement of variation works. Components of this document may be used within a contract document but users should undertake their own investigations to confirm the information is suitable for this purpose.

Drawings contained in this document are NOT FOR CONSTRUCTION.

Details in this document are deemed to be the minimum standard and the user may wish to apply a higher standard subject to approval by council.

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