Fildrain - Highway Edge Drains

Fildrain has a unique drainage core that collects and channels water from the road to a carrier pipe for transportation to a suitable discharge point.
Fildrain - Highway Edge Drains
Fildrain drainage geocomposites are a cost effective alternative to traditional stone drainage for highway edge drains and concrete central reservation drainage. The geocomposite collects and channels liquids and gases to a carrier pipe for transportation to a suitable discharge point along the highway.
Applications
- Edge of carriageway fin drain drainage system to DFT figure F18
- Drainage to concrete channels to DFT HCD figure F21
- French drains
- Combined surface and sub-surface drainage
Benefits
- BBA HAPAS Approved
- High water flows compared to traditional drainage stone
- Space saving, narrow trench requirement
- Re-use of site won excavated material
- Reduction or elimination of drainage stone & haulage requirements
Fildrain fin drains provides a very high flow capacity, many times that of traditional crushed stone (specific data is available). This is due to the unique open structure created by the dimpled construction which allows unhindered water flow.
ABG Fildrain fin drain geocomposites for highway edge and central reservation concrete channel drains channels road surface water to a discharge drainage pipe, providing an ideal alternative for ‘traditional’ stone narrow filter drains and construction, saving time and money on highway and railway construction projects.
The Fildrain Types range is designed in accordance with the Department for Transport Volume 1 - Specification for Highways Works Series 500, and are fin drains as defined in the Manual of Contract Documents for Highway Work (MCHW) Volume 3 Drawing nos. F18 and F21. They also conform to the Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) Specification for Road Works Series 500.
Typical Client Profile:
- Higways Contractors
- Highway Engineers
- Rail Engineers
Fildrain Type 6
ABG Fildrain Type 6 highway edge fin drain provides vertical drainage on both sides whilst acting as a barrier protecting the sub-base from inundation from the road verge. Fildrain Type 6 fin drain system is a double cuspated drainage geocomposite fully wrapped with a filter geotextile with an integral pipe sleave. The Fildrain geocomposite is laid alongside the trench, threaded with perforated pipe, dropped into a narrow trench and backfilled by pushing and compacting the excavated soil back into the trench adjacent to the drain. The surface is then covered with soil or a shallow apron of stone.

Fildrain Type 10
The ABG Fildrain Type 10 fin drain, a BBA certified system, is designed for highway concrete channel drainage. Benefits of Type 10 fin drain include the strong but flexible HDPE cuspated core creating a regulated surface which creates a keying effect to the concrete to aid slip forming. The well bonded geotextile and dimpled surface gives a high friction surface to the underside.
The ABG Fildrain Type 10 is compatible with the ABG Fildrain Type 6 highway edge fin drain on one side of the channel and allows the choice of the two alternative corner details as illustrated in HCD F21, as shown below.

Concrete can be cast into the back of the Fildrain Type 10 Drainage Geocomposite. View an installation video below:
Fildrain Type 7
The ABG Fildrain Type 7 fin drain is a BBA certified highway edge findrain system that incorporates a pipe with a sealed invert that is ideal when large volumes of surface water are to be collected. Fildrain Type 7 fin drain is supplied with de-stressed and slotted 6m twin wall pipe.

Fildrain Type 5
The ABG Fildrain Type 5 is a BBA certified fin drain system, designed for highway edge drains. The Fildrain Type 5 Fin Drain geocomposite strip allows the excavated material to be simply backfilled into the trench and requires no import of clean aggregate. At the end of each run, a Fildrain fitting is used to connect to the outfall pipe. Type 5 highway edge fin drain draiange system is low cost system with low embedded carbon which is suitable for mechanical installation.




Case Studies / Recent Projects:
ABG Fildrain Geocomposite for Findrain highway drainage applications have provided solutions on the following projects:
- A1 Leeming to Barton - Concrete Channel Drainage
- A1 Dishforth to Leeming Improvement Scheme - Edge of Carriageway Drainage
- S5 Wroclaw - Poznan Expressway, Poland - Roadside Drainage
Related Products
The following similar products provide solutions civil engineering, structural, ground and highways drainage:
- Pozidrain Drainage Geocomposite
- Deckdrain Drainage Geocomposite
- Fildrain - Earthworks & Embankments
- Fildrain - Fin Drains
Associated System Products
Within a Fildrain findrain construction, products that may also be considered are:
DfT Edge of Pavement Drains (Fin Drains and Narrow Filter Drains) - Drawing F18 (Highways Construction Manual)

Click for DfT Design Guide for Fin Drains Type 5, Type 6 and Type 7 from SHW Drawing F18
Click for DfT Design Guide for Fin Drain Type 10 SHW Drawing F21
NRA Edge of Pavement Drains (Fin Drains and Narrow Filter Drains) - Drawing RCD/500/40

Click for NRA Design Guide for Fin Drains Type 5, Type 6 and Type 7 from Drawing RCD/500/40
Highway Edge Drainage - Carbon Footprint Saving
The use of ABG's Fildrain Highway Edge Fin Drain Drainage Geocomposites can save up to 74% on the carbon footprint compared with traditional granular soil drainage methods:
Click to read the full carbon footprint assessment
Product Literature
Installation Guidelines
Technical Papers
Standard Soft Platen Flow Capacity Test Technical Paper 2014
Carbon Footprint 2019: Company and Product Assessments
Water Flow within a Drainage Layer
Design Guides
ABG BBA Findrains 5,6,7 to SHW F18 DRAWING
ABG BBA Under channel drainage F21 DRAWING
NRA Fin Drains Type 5,6,7 - Drawing RCD/500/40
Certifications
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
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