Client: Newark and Sherwood District Council
Project: Dukeries Leisure Centre New 20m Swimming Pool Build
Value: £2,081,355.57 (JCT Design & Build Contract 2016)
Programme Start: Date 23/10/2020
Practical Completion 28/06/2021

Total 35-week programme

Preamble

Dukeries Leisure Centre is situated in Ollerton and is part of the Newark and Sherwood District Council portfolio, The existing leisure has an existing but redundant swimming pool which is currently commercially beyond the point of repair. As the council were keen to bring back swimming to the local community, they looked at the possibility of constructing a new 20m, 5 lane swimming pool adjacent to the existing leisure centre. Newark and Sherwood District Council appointed Recreation as the pool developers who specialise in Swimming pools and Ascot Services were engaged at RIBA stage 3 to consult with the design team and council on Design and cost plans prior to planning permission was granted, once planning permission was granted, Ascot services entered into a design and build contract for the construction of the new 20m swimming facility.

Due to Local Council budget constraints an innovative above ground swimming facility was proposed which has numerous cost and time benefits but also comes with its own construction challenges.

Scope:

Construction

• Site clearance
• Strip foundations
• New concrete base
• Steel framework (primary & secondary)
• Raised floor decking system including screed
• Kingspan roofing system
• Brickwork/Blockwork walls
• Kingspan wall cladding system
• Kingspan louvres
• Glazing and curtain walling
• Automated entrance/exit doors
• Internal partitioning
• Internal and external doors & fire doors
• Fire protection
• White rock wall panelling
• Suspended ceiling system
• Floor coverings inc new tiling, vinyl, and carpet tiles
• Cubicle system
• IPS panel system
• Decoration

Scope of

M&E

• Pool ventilation system
• Changing area ventilation system
• Heating system
• Domestic Hot and Cold water System
• Above ground drainage system
• LV distribution system
• Small power installation
• Lighting inc emergency lighting
• Fire alarm system
• Intruder alarm system
• CCTV
• Door access system

External Works

• New surface water drainage system including 165m3 surface water attenuation tank and pumps
• Connection to existing foul drainage
• New electrical/gas/water service connections
• Grasscrete parking surface
• Kerbing/paving/block paving
• New Tarmac car park area
• Thermoplastic marking