Polypipe Chosen to Supply Road Drainage System for $10 Million Information and Communication Technology Park in Ghana

“We chose Polypipe’s Ridgidrain twinwall system because it provided the perfect solution for surface water catchment and road drainage offering an easy and cost effective jointing on site. Importantly, all products were supplied on time and in full, enabling the project to be completed to a high international standard, without delay “, commented Kwaku Boateng, Business Development Manager of Berock Ventures Ltd.

A twinwall road drainage system – Ridgidrain  supplied by Polypipe has been installed at the first phase of the $10 million Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Park in the Free Zone Enclave in Tema, Ghana.

The 50 acre ICT Park is expected to stimulate technology growth and knowledge-based businesses locally. The first phase of the project comprising of 22 acres of a well laid out technology infrastructure started in 2012 and, when completed, will provide business support services for export-oriented small and medium ICT businesses to optimise their potential.

To help manage surface water catchment and road drainage in the ICT Park, constructors of the project, Ghana-based Berock Ventures Ltd, selected the UK’s leading manufacturer and major international supplier of plastic piping systems, Polypipe, who supplied a well proven Ridgidrain twinwall drainage system.

“We chose Polypipe’s Ridgidrain twinwall system because it provided the perfect solution for surface water catchment and road drainage offering an easy and cost effective jointing on site. Importantly, all products were supplied on time and in full, enabling the project to be completed to a high international standard, without delay “, commented Kwaku Boateng, Business Development Manager of Berock Ventures Ltd.

The Polypipe twinwall pipe system, Ridgidrain, is a light weight system which offers an exceptional compression strength and easy push-fit installation, delivering time and cost savings over traditional systems and affording a long-term and cost effective solution to water management.

Ridgidrain is the very first drainage system in the UK with Highways Authority Product Approval Scheme status and is the complete solution for non-pressurised surface and subsurface drainage applications.

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