Sports Drainage

Drainage and stadia solutions for sporting facilities, stadia and arenas

ACO Sport is a division of the ACO Group, which has been providing top-class drainage and stadia solutions for sporting facilities, stadia and arenas for many years. Since 1972, ACO Sport systems have been installed in Olympic stadia all over the world and are designed to maximise athletic sporting performance.

ACO Sport drainage solutions can be found in venues of all sizes, from football stadia, sports and golf clubs to school playing fields. They are equipped with a full range of drainage systems to support the areas of track and field, sports pitches and buildings and access points.

Track and field

Slot Channels are a discrete flush-installed drainage solution that ring around running tracks with radius and straight components. The freezing of standing water on the synthetic surface, as well as sediments, debris and pollutants, can all increase the rate of surface deterioration. ACO Slot Channels help prolong the life of running tracks as well as improve the conditions for athletes.

Additionally, Sport Slot Channels can be fitted with ACO Curbing, covers that can be easily installed and removed depending on the event, and that can act as a marker to map the inside edges of running tracks.

In the field area, ACO has a range of rubber-capped Sport Kerbstones, designed to protect against injury and to provide a boundary system. They can also be used as a safe solution in children’s play areas and school playing fields.

Sport Sand Capture is a specialist long jump and triple jump solution. Made from polymer concrete with a perforated rubber mat, the tray surrounds the sand jump area and keeps the sand off adjacent track surfaces.

Track + field

Track & Field

Drainage systems

Sport Curbing

Load Class N/A

Sport HC Slot Channel

Load Class N/A

Sport Kerbstones

Load Class N/A

Sport Sand Capture

Load Class N/A

Sport Slot Channel

Load Class N/A

Sport Trough

Load Class N/A

Ground reinforcement

GroundGuard

Load Class N/A

Sports pitches

ACO has a range of solutions for sports pitches and the surrounding areas as well as products to support sub-pitch drainage systems. Stadium MK, home of the MK Dons Football Club, has 450 metres of ACO MultiDrain M100D, fitted with a HeelGuard composite grating, which drains water from the hard-standing areas of the pitch perimeter.

Sub-pitch drainage systems can be fed into ACO StormBrixx, a flexible geocellular stormwater management system that can be stacked in various size combinations dependent on site requirements. ACO Q-Brake Vortex Flow Control can be combined with ACO StormBrixx and ACO Swale Inlets to further control the flow rate into the water course.

Grassed playing surfaces are often subjected to extreme wear, and at Faversham Golf Club, ACO GroundGuard has been used to repair key areas of the surface. The modular grid system promotes natural grass growth, stabilises the soil condition and improves surface water drainage.

Sports pitches

Sports Pitches

Water Storage

StormBrixx Range

Load Class N/A

Flow Controls

Q-Brake Vortex

Load Class N/A

Q-Plate Orifice Plates

Load Class N/A

Buildings and access

ACO has a wide range of drainage solutions for sports building and access areas leading up to sports facilities. The ACO Building Drainage division used its stainless steel expertise at the London 2012 Aquatics Centre to laser cut around 600m of drainage channels and heel-safe gratings for its changing rooms.

TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, a football club in Germany’s top division, the Bundesliga, has addressed the aesthetic with stainless steel grated MultiDrain MD in its entrances and approaches, demonstrating that first impressions matter.

Access areas with pedestrians and traffic demands are met with the Monoblock PD, with a D 400 load-class strength and non-grated monocast design.  Another alternative is the discrete Brickslot grating available on MultiDrain MD and Multiline Sealin, which offers a more aesthetic solution to areas around sporting facilities.

Buildings + access

Buildings & Access

Channel drainage

Freestyle

Load Class D 400

MultiDrain Brickslot

Load Class A 15

MultiDrain MD

Load Class D 400

MultiDrain PPD

Load Class D 400

Multiline Sealin

Load Class D 400

Stainless steel channel systems

ACO AS101 DPC Channel

Load Class A-C

ACO AS1010 Brickslot Drainage Channel

Load Class A–B

ACO AS1050 Discrete Channel

Load Class A–B

ACO AS201 Mechanical Clamp

Load Class A-C

ACO AS301 Box Channel

Load Class A-C

ACO AS401 Fire Lift Channel

Load Class A 15

ACO AS501 Easy-Clean

Load Class A-C

ACO AS601 Slot Channel

Load Class A-C

ACO AS701 Upstand

Load Class A-C

ACO AS801 Micro Channel

Load Class A–B

ACO AS901 Hi Load

Load Class A–D

ACO Deckline 125

Load Class A-C

ACO FreeDeck

Load Class A 15

ACO Modular 125+ Linear Channel

Load Class A-C

ACO Radius Drainage Channel

Load Class A–B

Stainless steel gully systems

ACO Stainless Steel Floor Gullies

Load Class A-C

ACO Total Flow Gullies

Load Class A–B

Pipe

ACO Pipe

Load Class N/A

Access Covers

ACO Bespoke Access Covers

Load Class AA-D

UniFace Recessed Covers

Load Class AA-D

UniTop Solid Covers

Load Class AA-B