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CONSTRUCTION » Naylor Love
Business South / May 2013
Selwyn Aquatic Centre ready to go Jo Bailey The new $14.7 million Selwyn Aquatic Centre in Rolleston will be delivered on schedule despite a tight time-frame, and the challenges of the postearthquake environment, says Nick Cournane, project manager for main contractor Naylor Love. The four indoor pools at the complex were filled in the middle of March, starting a six week commissioning period before the official hand-over of the facility on May 7. Cournane says a lot of services had to go into the ground in the early stages of the project which required a significant amount of coordination, site checking and quality control. “Ensuring a steady supply of materials and getting outside contractors and trades-people onsite at the right time was quite demanding,” says Cournane. “We overcame several procurement delays and worked hard to pull back the programme.” Naylor Love won the contract to construct the Aquatic Centre - located on Goulds Road/ Broadlands Drive, Rolleston - in December 2011. Work started on site in February 2012. The company brought Cournane and other specialist staff up from Queenstown for the job – including site manager Peter Taylor, site foreman Nick Struthers and a couple of leading hands. All had previously helped deliver the Queenstown Aquatic Centre that won the 2010 Master Builders commercial project of the year supreme award. “Peter also worked on Splash Palace in Invercargill and the Moana Pool complex in Dunedin and brings with him a huge amount of expertise with these types of project.” Cournane says they have also learned a lot from the Selwyn project, which is a “different type of pool again”.
The 2800sqm facility features an eight-lane 25 metre pool, hydrotherapy pool with spa area, learn-to-swim pool and leisure pool with a lazy river.
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