Sleaford Leisure Centre No 3 October 2012
Local contractor for local project
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North Kesteven District Council in both trading activity and has appointed RG Carters employment.” of Lincoln as contractors for The project sees a larger gym the Sleaford Leisure Centre facility, splash pool and changing refurbishment. The facility closed village amongst the plans. on Sunday October 7 in readiness Cllr Mrs Marion Brighton OBE for a major facelift bringing better said; “We are delighted that facilities for both leisure and a local contractor has been swimming to the area. appointed. This is great news In preparation for RG Carters for the local economy, something work on the project the swimming we as a district council support pool will be drained over a three heavily.” day process, “We want to and mobilisation meet the needs works will We want to meet the of the customer commence as of needs of the customer and with and with RG 15 October. RG Carter’s work on the project Carter’s work on Chris Carr, the project we we believe we can do Branch believe we can just that. Manager; R G do just that. We Cllr Mrs Marion Brighton, OBE Carter Building would also like Ltd, Lincoln said: “As a local to recognise what a tremendous contractor we are delighted to asset Leisure Connection and work with NKDC on this exciting their employees have been to and forward-thinking scheme. the operation of the facility during There is a strong sense of this difficult time, they have been community in the District and extremely dedicated to their being involved in the next stage customers.” in the life of the Sleaford Leisure RG Carters portfolio of work in Centre provides the opportunity to the leisure field spans over 50 continue with our local investment years, showing clear dedication to
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Other places for you to swim The closure of the swimming pool does not mean the end of swimming for the next year. Residents and visitors can use other facilities in the area including Harpers on East Road, Grantham Mere’s Leisure centre, North Hykeham Leisure Centre, Spalding Leisure Centre and Bourne Leisure Centre. Harpers Fitness Unit 3 East Road Sleaford, NG34 7EH T: 01529 304770 Grantham Meres Leisure Centre Trent Road Grantham, NG31 7XQ T: 01476 581930 North Kesteven Centre Moor Lane North Hykeham Lincoln, LN6 9AX T: 01522 883311 Castle Sports Complex Albion Street Spalding, PE11 2AJ T: 01775 762178 Bourne Leisure Centre Queen’s Road Bourne, PE10 9DX T: 01778 421 435
Catch up with the progress... Plans include a new double height fully glazed entrance with coloured infill panels providing views in and out of the Centre, and an active frontage to the river footpath.
Existing front aspect
Existing changing facilities
Existing reception area
Existing swimming pool
A new unisex changing area will be created for swimmers, accessed from the café viewing area. The design of the changing village is based Sport England Swimming Pool Design Guidance. A mixture of single, double, family and disabled cubicles is provided. A Sport England “Changing Places” fully disabled change facility with ceiling mounted hoist will be provided. Visitors enter through a new lobby with automatic sliding doors providiing easy access for all, especially those with children, pushchairs and those with disabilities. The open reception area offers views through into the cafe and pool hall. The café viewing area will have loose tables and chairs for spectators. A new deck level pool drainage channel approximately 300mm x 350mm deep is to be integrated into the pool surrounds. The pool profile is modified and raised in accordance with Sport England 2011 guidelines for 25 metre pools. This will create a greater percentage of shallow water area for learn to swim groups. The shallow end is 1 metre deep and 1.8m at the deep end with a lowest point of 2 metre.
Keep up-to-date online You will be able to follow the progress of the Sleaford Leisure Centres refurbishment through North Kesteven District Council’s website, Facebook and Twitter. Over the next year there will be regular updates with regards to the refurbishment including, before, during and after images and videos. Visit: www.n-kesteven.gov. uk/slcr www.facebook.com/ SleafordLeisureCentre Refurbishment www.twitter.com/ SLCRefurb
Anticipated milestones
After the closure of the swimming pool and leisure facilities on Sunday 7 October we can now look ahead to the key milestones of the project. 2 November 2012 RG Carters will start on site. 30 August 2013 Practical completion 2 September 2013 Handover to operator 27 September 2013 Open to public For further information and to keep up-to-date with the progress on the refurbishment visit www.n-kesteven.gov.uk/slcr or email Sleaford_LC_Refurb@ n-kesteven.gov.uk