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POOL TO CONCERT HALL
recirculation and treatment has
to be different as well, full COMMUNITY
CHANGE PROVIDES CLASSIC
recirculation has to take place
POOLS AT RISK
both beneath and above the floor
– there is additional pipework, TO BUDGET CUTS
DUAL USE POOL AREA
fittings etc. with valve balancing
in plantroom. Community swimming pools
A moveable floor system throughout the UK have been
called Aquaterr®, manufactured warned that spring budget
by FT Leisure Limited was cuts could mean shock closures
chosen. London Swimming Pool and an end to facilities.
Company had not completed a The warning for community
project like this before so it was pools comes after cuts in
a learning curve. The company Lancaster threaten to close
provided FT Leisure with an extra pools in the area.
thick concrete pool floor, cable The local problem is a
duct for transfer of cable £150,100 loss on casual
services to plantroom, a large swimming, which is only offset
Tony Line chatting with Olympian swimmer concrete slab in the plantroom by £16,600 made from club,
Mark Foster during a break in a film shoot by for them to secure hydraulic ram lesson and school use.
celebrity photographer Candice for the BBC and lifting gear. That would mean closure of the
in aid of fresh2O. Neil Dyer, engineer with Tony Line, the London pools in April 2011 unless the
London Swimming Pool Company, operates Swimming Pool Managing county or a private operator
the moving floor via the control panel Director said: ”A moving floor is funds them. The three pools
the only true safety cover for a were spared the axe last year.
pool as it is impossible for a Mark Smith, Head Coach at
It was a demanding request – floor / party area, meeting facility, child to come into contact with the Carnforth Otters
combining a swimming pool and absolute safety area. A small water once the floor is elevated swimming club, said “This
a classical orchestra rehearsal basement area for example is into position. No other solution would devastate our club”.
room into one! perfect for multiple use – living is perfect despite what “There’s nowhere else for us
The challenge of providing a space, a play area for children, a manufacturers and suppliers to go so our club would just
single facility to cater for both personal cinema and swimming say, however, the moving floor shrink and it would finish us as
needs in Wimbledon took time pool of course. overcomes all problem areas a competitive club.”
getting from concept to reality The costs for the installation in with risk. “Another big Another spokesman for the
but a moving floor provided the Wimbeldon were higher than for advantage is that the depth of club said that his
perfect for a dual use pool area. a normal pool. The pool shell the floor can be altered to suit, understanding was that
London Swimming Pool’s needed to be 2.25 metres deep to for example toddlers can enjoy community pools all over the
clients wanted a pool but needed accommodate the floor / 200/300mm depth with parents UK were likely to face similar
to combine this with a facility for buoyancy sections with a stainless and at later stages as situations when budgets had
a classical orchestra to rehearse steel subframe, floor pulleys and confidence grows depths can be to be cut. “Swimming provides
prior to performances. This stainless steel cables. The pool increased as the child begins to a great community facility
particular type of dual use is shell beneath the floor needed to learn to swim. The but rarely makes money so I
unique and previously the clients have a waterproof render and a moveable.floor whilst raised to can see what’s happening
erected a marquee in the garden tiled finish. the surface, acts as a pool cover here being repeated all over
for the rehearsals. The only people to go beneath and is very highly effective in the UK.” He added that the
Other types of areas that a the floor are divers to carry out heat retention which has long trend was becoming a
moving floor pool traditionally checks and maintenance as it is term economical benefits to the nationwide problem.
transforms into might be a dance really two pools in one. Water property owner.”
OCEA INVESTS IN THE FUTURE!
Automatic pool specialists Ocea is to invested in it already provides for its clients on the continent.
a new Oxford based UK sales and storage facility Ocea UK is a commitment dedicated solely
manned with a sales and service team and fully to providing a complete customer service in
stocked with spares. The unit which opened in the UK. The unit will provide storage for spares
early January will also act as a delivery hub for that can immediately be dispatched. It will
delivery and storage of covers and spares. have fully qualified and experienced teams of
Since its initial introduction into the UK seven cover engineers that are directly employed by
years ago. Ocea has become a market leader. Ocea, these are there solely to provide
Ocea has strived to control its quality in professional installation and technical backup
manufacturing and service by bringing as much as for all their UK clients. Ocea UK has been
possible in-house, with all aspects of equipped with a new software system that
manufacturing and production controlled within allows total control processing orders from
its own factory from the extrusion of the slats from initial quotation to final invoice. The new
raw material, to the fabrication of its stainless depot will allow greater flexibility for cover
steel structures and frameworks. The company storage and delivery, especially when it comes
has invested in a new injection moulding machine to delivering to the further reaches of the UK.
so that it can produce its own end caps.
Ocea have done this by deciding to purchase
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
its own base in the UK and it now has 100%
i
control over the service and backup that it can F OCEA UK
provide its clients in the UK to mirror the service : www.ocea.be
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