BRETT LANDSCAPING
SILEBY ROAD
BARROW UPON SOAR
LEICESTERSHIRE LE12 8LX
Tel: 0345 60 80 577
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Suppliers of: Block Paving, Flag Paving, Porcelain Tiles, Paving Pedestals, Concrete Paving Slabs, Kerbs, Landscaping Products, Patio Paving, Driveway Block Paving, Cobbles, Setts, Flagstones, Permeable Paving
Brett Landscaping - At Brett, we are modern in our thinking. We’re a trusted and established independent business, anticipating your project requirements, being proactive and have integrity in everything we do. We don’t just manufacture products, we help create outside experiences. And our priority is to do it responsibly, sourcing materials from sustainable resources, whilst also being compliant with the most current legislation on sustainability and the impact on the environment. It’s a time of great change; our built environments, including suburban developments, need clever thinking to enable planning authorisation, which can affect designs and aspirations, such as important consideration towards surface water run-off and consequential flooding challenges.
Block Paving: Click here to view our range
Our block paving products are designed to stand the test of time, able to withstand wear and tear and the changing seasons. Whether it’s the pressure of vehicles passing over it time and time again, or the harsh elements of rain, snow and heat, block paving can offer durability where it’s needed most. Our block paving is British standard complaint, manufactured to high standards and is easy to specify. Sustainable block paving is scalable to suit any commercial project, suiting any size or shape of the area you intend to be paved.
Brett Landscaping aims to provide practical and durable products for use in all types of landscaping projects, from residential and domestic developments to large-scale commercial usage. Our product range features a variety of materials including porcelain, natural stone, and concrete, giving you the ability to choose between a selection of flexible and versatile materials whilst working. This allows you to provide your projects with the highest quality paving and landscaping, with the ability to tailor products for the best results each and every time. With Brett Landscaping’s product range, you’re sure to be able to create exceptional projects that your customers will adore.
Flag Paving: Click here to view our range
Flag paving is one of the most versatile styles for urban and commercial hardscaped areas both big and small, thanks to its ease of specification. With a recognisable and attractive appearance due to its textured ground finish, flag paving offers versatility and durability with a great choice of sizes, styles and colours to achieve a professional look for your commercial project. Our flag paving products are British standard compliant.
Our product range features a variety of materials including porcelain, natural stone, and concrete, giving you the ability to choose between a selection of flexible and versatile materials whilst working. This allows you to provide your projects with the highest quality paving and landscaping, with the ability to tailor products for the best results each and every time.
Kerbs and Channels: Click here to view our range
Our collection of durable kerbs and channels are an ideal solution for completing your commercial paving project. Adding the finishing touch with a quality, professional appearance, our kerb products can complement our range of paving products. What’s more, our kerb products are British standard compliant.
Brett Landscaping aims to provide practical and durable products for use in all types of landscaping projects, from residential and domestic developments to large-scale commercial usage. Our product range features a variety of materials including porcelain, natural stone, and concrete, giving you the ability to choose between a selection of flexible and versatile materials whilst working. This allows you to provide your projects with the highest quality paving and landscaping, with the ability to tailor products for the best results each and every time.
Permeable Paving: Click here to view our range
Permeable paving is an eco-friendly, sustainable and durable solution for protecting your commercial area from flooding or pooling water, by providing a sustainable water drainage system. Our permeable paving allows water to soak through the surface, releasing it into the ground. In recent years, poor water management has led to flooding of businesses, which can now be avoided.
Our Brett concrete permeable paving has been designed to achieve a high permeability, while enhancing the structural integrity of the surface. With modular paving blocks and an interlocking spacer nib, there is the correct joint spacing for efficient water flow. This works for projects big or small. Our three sustainable permeable paving collections have a range of integrated accessories and products, including kerbs, chippings and circles.
Trief and Kassel Kerbs: Click here to view our range
For specialised solutions when it comes to kerb applications, our range of Trief and Kassel kerbs are a major advance in road safety and public transport access. Kassel kerbs offer a solution for bus docking, providing a reduced gap between the pavement and bus platform. Creating a safer and easier environment for public transport access, Kassel kerbs can provide wheelchair and pushchair access, and are British standard compliant.
With 160mm and 180mm standard Kassel kerbs available, alongside a new slimline 140mm offering, the profile of the kerb can minimise tyre wear. There is also a slimline version, providing a retro-fit application for integrating the product into existing kerb configurations to minimise time and cost. Our Kassel Diamond paving provides an additional option for LED ground lighting to be installed for enhanced bus stop safety.
Dreen® Pedestal & Paving System: Click here to view our range
The Dreen® Fixed Plate pedestal system has been used throughout Europe for over 40 years, delivering a cost-effective and robust solution for paved rooftop spaces. Together, the Dreen® pedestal system and Dreen® paving slabs can create a solution suitable for a number of different applications, such as recreational spaces and service areas.
Dreen® slabs have been specifically manufactured for use with rooftop pedestals, in particular the Dreen® Fixed Plate pedestal system. Combining low weight and high load-bearing capacity, the system allows for paving flags with interlocking corners. In turn, this eliminates horizontal movement while enabling sufficient water drainage.
Porcelain Paving: Click here to view our range
Porcelain paving from Brett Landscaping has become a popular choice amongst contractors and installers thanks to its ease of installation and contemporary style. Our porcelain range has been manufactured to the highest standards, designed from a mixture of clay, sand and other minerals to retain a natural and durable build. With a variety of colours, textures and finishes, porcelain paving is a stylish choice that can be used to complete any outdoor space and can even be used inside.
Choose from timeless designs in the style of natural sandstone, slate, stone and timber to create stunning patio installations. Our porcelain paving is precision cut after processing, ensuring the finest tolerances. The porcelain range has a number of properties that make it a go-to choice for many designers, architects and contractors, including scratch-resistant, stain-resistant and complete with a slip-resistant surface.
Rooftop Pedestal Paving: Click here to view our range
We can provide a system of pedestal types that hold different types of paving, specifically for rooftops of commercial buildings. This can be instrumental in helping to create leisure and hospitality spaces, retail space, recreational areas and more, making the most of rooftop spaces.
Rooftop pedestal systems from Brett Landscaping are height-adjustable and allow for fast, easy installation with no risk of the paving slipping. Enabling a larger support area compared to other systems on the market, our pedestal systems can effectively spread the load of the paving to reduce the risk of breakage. With some systems unique to Brett Landscaping in the UK, discover outstanding design flexibility with a wide range of compatible paving products.
Further technical information is available on the Brett Landscaping website or via the Bpi download Library.
The Tay Road Bridge, a vital transportation link connecting Dundee with the Fife side
Opened in 1966, the bridge stands as one of the longest in Europe at 2,250 meters. The refurbishment aimed to address critical issues such as waterproofing, resurfacing, and the protection of the bridge parapet. The primary objectives of the project were to refurbish the bridge, addressing structural concerns, enhancing safety, and prolonging its lifespan.
Brett Landscaping were consulted very early in the design process due to their expertise in providing containment kerbs to bridge decks, particularly the Trief GST2 model, which had been independently impact tested and met the project’s specific requirements for the protection of the structure. Brett secured the specification through collaboration with project designers WSP, demonstrating their ability to meet the project’s performance specifications and provide tailored design solutions through their in-house bespoke cutting service.
Trief GST2
“We identified Brett for their market-leading Containment Kerbs, specifically their Trief units, which are independently impact tested to BS EN 1317 parts 1&2, giving us confidence in their effectiveness. Their early involvement in the project was crucial for developing a solution that fit the restricted geometry and weight limits while providing adequate protection to the parapets and deck upstand. Regular communication with Brett’s technical and production teams ensured timely availability of the bespoke GST2 units, essential for meeting the tight construction program. This was vital as any delays would have extended the closure of lanes on the 2,250m long bridge, a critical route from Fife to Dundee causing significant disruption to the travelling public.” – Liam Flavin, Senior Engineer at WSP.
A notable technical challenge involved the installation of Trief GST2 kerbs to protect the bridge parapet without exceeding loading restrictions. The critical figure was 1.795 kN per metre of kerb therefore Brett Landscaping provided bespoke kerbs which were a maximum width of 336mm to enable the units to be below the required mass. This solution prevented the need to narrow lanes, thereby maintaining optimal traffic flow and safety on this heavily trafficked route in and out of Dundee.
Logistical considerations were crucial, with the site program requiring 400 kerbs being installed daily. These challenges required meticulous planning to ensure timely delivery and installation while maintaining the bridge’s operational functionality. By leveraging bespoke kerb designs and efficient logistical planning, Brett Landscaping contributed to the project’s success, ensuring the preservation and enhancement of this critical transportation infrastructure.
Phase 1 commenced in Spring 2023 to the North bound lanes and has been completed successfully. Phase 2, focusing on the Fife bound carriageway, is scheduled to begin in March 2024, with kerb installation slated planned for June 2024.
Brett Landscaping scores high marks with Heathside school installations
Brett Landscaping’s premium Invicta products have been used to create a range of walkways and modern hard landscaped areas for pupils of a new school in Surrey to use and enjoy.
Heathside School is a new comprehensive school, opened in September 2022, serving the communities of Walton on Thames and Molesey. The capacity of the school is 900, with the first two year groups in the school currently enjoying a state of the art, modern environment for education.
Brett Landscaping supplied the school with more than 2,100 square metres of Invicta products, to create the external walkways and paths between school buildings. The products were supplied in a range of finishes including Citrine (black fleck), Natural, Pearl and Onyx.
The Pearl and Onyx Invicta products were used to create a theatre style terrace in the main school yard, and a range of external communal areas for pupils to gather during their school day.
Central to the project was a pathway running through the main school buildings that involved a detailed design.
Brett Landscaping’s technical team helped contractors with the design and the laying pattern to ensure the final look and layout worked well with the other products and systems used across the school’s public spaces.
Brett Landscaping worked with BAM Construction on the project, during the first half of 2023 to supply products that could meet the high-quality design specification, the vision of the architect and client. The Brett team was able to identify project savings through the product manufacturing schedule, delivery timelines and working with the contractors for effective installation.
Nolan White, National Sales Manager for Brett Landscaping, said:
“Our Invicta products were ideal for the client’s vision of providing large areas of hard-wearing communal areas with a modern feel.
“This school has been designed to the highest specification to stand the test of time and the rigours of a 900-pupil institution serving the community five days a week for most of the year, and our products will provide a key element of maintaining the fresh look and feel of the external areas of the site even as the years go by.”
