Thenew facility included developmentof a new two-storey leisure centre featuring a 25 metre six lane swimming poolwith seating for 330 spectators to accommodate swimming competitions, a 13 x 7metre learning pool, a café, two exercise studios, a spin studio, a fitness gym, changing facilitiesand also included a 260 square metre community hall, which canaccommodate 300 people and features a fixed stage area with dedicated changingfacilities, a control room, kitchen and storage.
Thenew facility also includes a commercial office block, specifically designed tosupport local start-up businesses.
The Leisure Centre and Pools are heated via a variance ofsystems to suit each areas flexible occupancies. The Pool Water is generallyheated via CHP Plant and Gas Fired Boilers whilst the Pool Area itself has isby an Air Handling Unit utilising Constant Volume (variable fresh air) viaventilation fabric ductwork at high level. The Studios have a VRF systemproviding both heating and cooling as required with Wet Change having UnderFloor Heating and staircases/offices using a mixture of Heat Recovery Systems,Electrical Panel Radiators and Fan Coil Units.
The Offices are simply heated and cooled via individual VRFSystems with Landlord areas utilising Electrical Panel Radiators.
The Offices Energy Targets are offset by a PhotovoltaicArray installed to the roof of the building.
Both buildings comprise of LED Dali Controlled Lighting,Emergency and External Lighting throughout.
In general Small Power, Pool Drowning Alarms, AccessControls, CCTV/Security, Data Public Announcement Systems/TV Systems and LifeSafety Systems were all installed and commissioned under Dodd Group’s Scope ofWorks.
