NEWS MANAGEMENT CONTRACT AWARDED FOR FAREHAM LEISURE CENTRES Fareham Borough Council is pleased to announce the operator for Fareham and Holly Hill Leisure Centres. Following a procurement process Everyone Active has once again been chosen to manage the facilities on the Council’s behalf for the next ten years. Although Everyone Active is the existing operator, their contract with the Council expires in September 2020. Everyone Active has operated Fareham Leisure Centre since 2005 and Holly Hill Leisure Centre since 2016. They are a market leader in the management of local authority leisure facilities and operate 170 centres nationwide. The bid from Everyone Active includes plans to invest in improvements at both leisure centres. At Holly Hill Leisure Centre Everyone Active plan to create a new sauna and steam room plus improve the main foyer.
B + W AWARDED POOL CONTRACT AT ALNESS ACADEMY Barr + Wray have announced that they will be working on the new Alness Academy project for Hub North Scotland and the Highland Council. Construction is well underway on the £34m project with Kier Construction as the main contractors. The school will cater for 660 pupils and will have community facilities, including a six lane swimming pool, gym, two floodlit 3G pitches and a games hall. B + W’s scope of supply includes a 25m 6 lane Myrtha pool, Variopool moveable floor that is the full length of the pool and the filtration water treatment plant. The new school, which is being built on the site of the existing facility overlooking the Cromarty Firth, is due for completion in Spring 2020.
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Lifestyle Centre To Make Waves With Pool Refurbishment Project Kingswood Active Lifestyle Centre is set to refurbish both of its swimming pools this December, following the successful renovation of its diving boards earlier this year. Essential maintenance work to reline the pools will last approximately a month, with the pools closed from 5 December 2019 until 2 January 2020. As part of the project, poolside areas will also be refreshed and redecorated in time for its reopening in the New Year. The refurbishment project is part of an ongoing commitment from Circadian Trust, the not-for-profit organisation who reinvests profits back into local
Active Lifestyle Centres. In recent years, the organisation has overseen major redevelopment projects in Bradley Stoke and Longwell Green, and an extensive pool refurbishment in Yate last year. Centre Manager, Martyn Hinam, said: “It’s a very exciting time for us at Kingswood and I am delighted that we are reinvesting in our swimming pools to extend their lifespan for years to come. We feel extremely privileged to have such loyal members and learn to swim customers who regularly use our pools to keep fit, have fun and learn new skills.” “We constantly strive to improve the experience of all our customers and are looking forward to reopening our newly improved pool facilities in January.” Kingswood Active Lifestyle Centre is one of five lifestyle centres operated across South Gloucestershire by Circadian Trust.
Decked Out In Style With The Roldeck This impressive deck level concrete pool, brimming with Certikin equipment, is the workmanship of Sunderland pool dealer Whitewaters Ltd. The crowning glory of this beautiful pool is Certikin’s Roldeck automatic cover and, roll back the cover, there’s plenty of evidence of the company’s other market leading equipment too. Certikin equipment featured in the pool includes the Vision filter, Blue Lagoon domestic UV disinfection system, steel fittings and the Roldeck. Madeto-measure, it is the Rolls Royce of slatted covers in terms of heat insulation, evaporation control, durability and aesthetic appearance. It is manufactured in interlocking
sections similar to a Venetian blind. Fully automatic, the Roldeck comes with a touch pad switch and remote control for easy operation. The touch screen control also allows the control of the pool LED lights. An extensive range of slats is available. The Roldeck’s standard PVC slats come in white, blue, cream, grey, solar and transparent (with a slight blue tint). The solar model, with a black base, collects heat from the sun and transfers it directly into the water, greatly reducing
heating costs. The translucent slats allow under water lighting to shine through. Plus of course, there is the brand new Eclipse range which is available in solar blue, solar clear, solar aluminum look, lagoon and ocean. Whitewaters also installed a Calorex Variheat complete with touch screen control, to look after the heating and environmental control of the pool hall. It is an incredibly versatile environmental control unit that takes care of heating, humidity control, ventilation and energy recovery, which can be tailor-made to suit almost any plant room. Certikin International 01993 777200 www.certikin.co.uk Whitewaters Ltd 0191 551 2048 www.whitewaters.co.uk
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