Pervious Pavers Experience

[LOTE]

I have been approached (ok, begged) by one of my bigger clients to start designing pervious pavers for their customers. My business is mainly setup to do segmental retaining walls, but a lot of my clients are in the hardscape space so there would be a lot of crossover.

What I envision is the civil on the project will specify contractor designed pervious pavers with certain requirements, then I will come in with the contractor/supplier to provide "shop drawings" for the pavers and bedding with the specific paver, fabric, etc. that the contractor will use. I envision the civil either specifying the paving system draining to the site drainage or requiring an infiltration system.

Is what I am envisioning accurate for those involved in commercial designs?
I am curious from others that have designed these systems, what is the learning curve like? How much time is typically involved in each paver design?

I have been doing some high level research through CHMA website, and I saw ASCE has a week long on demand course. Before I spend too much time training myself and my team, I want to make sure the "juice is worth the squeeze".

 

[XR250]

The only feedback I can offer is that I used a plastic grid system integrated into washed stone on my driveway (TruGrid) (was required to due to impervious surface regs.). Works pretty well except the edges are very vulnerable and if someone decides to do a burnout it would likely f' it up pretty badly.
I honestly have been slowly covering it with ABC stone to make it more durable (don't tell anybody).

 

[LittleInch]

Can we just make sure your definition of "pervious" pavers matches eveyone elses? The others are porous and permeable. XR250 sems to be referring to porous paving.

So for me pervious paving means a paving material where the water actually moves through the material in question, be it some sort of paving system of bricks, slabs, whatever, or a continuous layer of material which allows water transport through it?

 

[LOTE]

LittleInch, permeable interlocking concrete pavers is mainly what I am referring to.

Construction of Permeable Interlocking Concrete Pavement Systems

Revised 2022 INTRODUCTION Permeable interlocking concrete pavement (PICP) is recognized by federal and state stormwater and transportation agencies as a...

www.masonryandhardscapes.org

 

[LittleInch]

Exactly. Permeable is not the same as pervious....

The hardest thing will be preventing people from grouting up the gaps between the pavers as they start to grow weeds and grass pretty fast.