INFRA STORIES 4. A new community center in an environmentally sensitive location

Welcome to Infra Stories. Stories about places all across Nordics, where infrastructure projects with significant impact for the local communities have been built. Stories about innovative and sustainable solutions.Today we travel to the Finnish town of Nastola which is trying to build a new community center in an environmentally sensitive location. The construction of a new community centre in Nastola, Southern Finland was proceeding at a rapid pace. Its new tenants were able to move into the building in early autumn 2021. The installation of the plot’s stormwater system was carried out at a rate that surprised everyone involved in the work. In fact, the site’s new Uponor IQ infiltration and retention pipes were in place within a few days.Installing pipe systems is bread and butter for municipal engineers, which naturally makes it even easier to install the IQ pipes. Once the pipe has been installed, it can be covered immediately, ready for the next one.
The benefits of IQ pipes also include their long lifespan, up to 100 years, as well as their ease of serviceability and low maintenance costs. If necessary, the pipes can even be serviced with scrubber machines and vacuum trucks. Designer Simo Suurnäkki from Etteplan Oyj had never previously designed a stormwater solution using IQ pipes. “I contacted Uponor’s experts and got great support and help with the planning” he said. “The job was straightforward and went ahead with ease. One of the main advantages was the clear information on what load the pipes can withstand and how deep they need to be in the ground. Asphalted surfaces are becoming increasingly common, and the capacity of stormwater sewer networks is no longer sufficient. Real estate plots must have solutions that infiltrate and retain stormwater run-offs.”
 Thank you Urbanistas for listening our stories! The Urbanista is a production of Uponor Infra Oy, produced and edited in sunny Helsinki by Mariia Andriushenkova.