HOW WE GOT INVOLVED
Oldham MBC wanted a modern leisure facility to replace the existing 100-year-old sports centre. The new facility boasts a 25m swimming pool with spectator seating, a separate learner pool, a large fitness gym and exercise & dance studios.
Having worked successfully with the project’s architect and contractor on similar developments previously, Edge Structural Design was approached for the new centre’s structural design and all related civil engineering works.
WHAT WE DID
Given the large open spans required above the 25m and learner pools, a steel braced frame provided the most suitable and economical structural form.
A full height void was implemented above the main 25m pool to create an open atmosphere and a seated spectator viewing gallery at first floor level.
The design included the floor for a large first-floor fitness gym, a reinforced concrete slab to support the swimming pool construction and foundations supported on piles due to poor ground conditions on the site.
WHY WE’RE PROUD OF IT
The 25m long swimming pool shell consists of stainless steel panels that were able to be reused from a London 2012 Olympic pool. Therefore, the new supporting foundations required specific tailoring to enable the shell to be completely reused; providing the ultimate swimming pool recycling solution!
Myrtha pools utilise steel panels that are unable to support the surrounding ground floor slab and detailed coordination of the supporting structure was required to avoid clashes with extensive poolside drainage.
The project was successfully completed on time.
