For almost 90 years, Alumasc has been promoting the efficient use, retention, recycling and disposal of water. Under the Alumasc Water Management Solutions (AWMS) banner, customers benefit from a complete package of rainwater and drainage products that control the flow of rainwater throughout the entire building envelope; all supported by their unrivalled technical teams.

These well-respected solutions are delivered via established brands Alumasc Rainwater; Harmer Building Drainage; Wade Building Drainage and Gatic Civil Drainage & Access Covers. Together with the Skyline Architectural Aluminium range, they form the foundation of AWMS and present an unrivalled range of products and expertise.

The AWMS project portfolio spans the globe, including hundreds of high-profile schemes throughout the UK: Canary Wharf, St Pancras Station, The Royal Albert Hall and Alder Hey Children’s Hospital are just a few which have benefitted from AWMS installations, and Gatic can be found in many major ports and airports around the world.

Alumasc Rainwater

Alumasc Rainwater is the UK's market leader of aluminium, cast iron and steel gutters and downpipes. A complete range, including integrated Skyline fascia/soffits is available to suit both contemporary and traditional architecture. Their unique range of profiles, BBA-approved powder coated finishes and made-to-order options, are designed and manufactured to the highest standard for strength, long life and durability.

Aluminium Rainwater Systems are BBA accredited and suitable for traditional and modern buildings. The range includes cast, pressed and extruded systems with a variety of gutter and downpipe profiles.

The Apex Heritage Cast Iron range is popular for many listed/heritage and period properties in the UK. It combines traditional manufacture with modern quality control is available factory primed or pre-painted.

Infinity Steel is long lasting, eco-friendly, immensely strong and easy to install; popular for a clean, contemporary look. It is a cost-effective alternative to plastic guttering, without the risk of shrinking, leaking or colour fading.

Harmer Building Drainage

Harmer Building Drainage manages water inside and outside the building.

Harmer Roof Outlets offer an extensive choice of high-performance aluminium and cast iron rainwater outlets and steel channels, suitable for all regular flat roofing applications with continuous membranes. They are ideal for connection to continuous waterproofing systems using single ply membranes, mastic asphalt, high performance built-up felt and liquid applied systems.

Harmer SML is a complete above- and below-ground soil and waste system at the leading edge of cast iron technology. It covers installation from pipework connection to stack to underground sewer connection, and is also suited to rainwater installations in conjunction with Harmer Roof Outlets.

Harmer Floor Drains, Shower Drains and Channel products offer the most comprehensive choice in the UK market; featuring cast iron, stainless steel, aluminium and ABS high-performance drainage solutions, all manufactured in accordance with the most recent guidelines on hygiene requirements.

Wade Building Drainage

Wade presents a range of gullies, gratings and channels for use in multiple floor finishes.

Floor Gullies and Gully Gratings are available for applications such as plant rooms, swimming pool overflows, and high specification applications like food preparation areas, showers and where high corrosion resistance is a requirement.

The Linear Drainage range offers Stainless Steel Channels to suit applications in large areas of vinyl, screed or resin flooring, and block paving; or unfinished floors in factories, plant rooms and service areas. Channels are BS EN 1433 compliant with load class A15, B125, C250 and D400 depending on the channel type.

For roofing applications, Wade Roof Outlets can be used on all types of roof construction, roof decks and waterproofing membrane. In addition, their WRAS approved Non-Freeze Water Points provide an external water source, for plant watering, area cleaning and vehicle wash down, etc.

Gatic Civil Drainage

Established in 1928, Gatic’s highly specified civil drainage range is used across many prestigious projects in the construction, transport and utility markets. Gatic systems are used to capture, control and return run-off safely into the natural water cycle.

Slotdrain surface water drainage offers numerous profiles designed for use across areas of constant or heavy traffic, such as supermarket car parks, distribution areas, stadia, airports and ports. There are also solutions to provide a neat, unobtrusive aesthetic appearance along external paved, public and pedestrian areas. In addition, Gatic has recently launched a new patented design, Slotdrain-e, which reduces materials and labour hours on site, resulting in an average cost saving of 25% per installation.

Kerbdrain is a heavy-duty combined kerb and drainage system (CKD) that provides an efficient and safe method of drainage on potentially any surface or structure with a kerb edge. It is commonly used in retail parks, drive-throughs, distribution yards, along highways and motorways, and within residential housing developments. The lightweight single units negate the need for costly handling equipment, present exceptionally quick installation times and reduce the risk of personal injury. They are made from up to 70% recycled materials, with every 500mm long unit using 199 plastic bottles, caps & closures.

AWMS: Concept to Completion

The AWMS ‘Concept to Completion’ process is underpinned by a solid company infrastructure which offers the following:

• three UK manufacturing plants
• national brand-specific sales team and regional support network
• in-house technical team
• design team to fulfil bespoke design requirements
• rainwater and drainage calculations and on-site surveys
• take off and estimations
• in-house, BBA approved powder coating facilities
• unrivalled dedicated UK technical and after-sales support

Alumasc Water Management Solutions is part of the Alumasc Group.

For more information, please call AWMS on 01536 383810, email info@alumascwms.co.uk or visit the website.