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POOL REOPENS AFTER CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS CASES
Newport Centre swimming pool which shut in September after 20 people were infected with a waterborne bug has been reopened.
The pool was closed by the city council after the cases of cryptosporidium were confirmed.
The local authority said independent engineers had been brought in to advise on maintenance work and the pool's filters had been rebuilt with the filter manufacturer to maximise their efficiency. The council said it was “100% satisfied everything is in order” following the work which also included grilles being replaced, the pool re-grouted and the pool hall’s lighting replaced. Public Health Wales (PHW) gave the pool a clean bill of health after tests revealed no further presence of the bug, but urged swimmers to adopt better hygiene after seeing a rise in cases.
DEMOLITION OF ACTON SWIMMING POOL BEGINS Work has begun on the demolition of Acton swimming baths in preparation for the new leisure and community complex which will replace the 100-year-old pool. Despite meeting strong disapproval from residents’ groups, Ealing Council approved proposals to knock down the building and redevelop the site earlier this year.
The proposed £18m
complex in Acton High Street will open in April 2014. Features of the new
complex include an eight-lane swimming pool and a separate teaching pool, a library and a gym.
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OH WHAT A NIGHT! LOCAL CHILDRENS’ CHARITIES BENEFIT FROM GALA DINNER
On the evening of Saturday 15 September, a team from London Swimming Pool Company were delighted to attend and support Paul Strank Roofing’s annual charity Gala Dinner at a private club in the borough of Wandsworth. The event raised in excess of £50,000 in aid of OneLife UK and Shooting Star Chase who help sick and disadvantaged youngsters in South-West London. Once Councillor Stephen Alambritis, leader of Merton Council, had welcomed the guests, well known comedian Tim Vine provided some great gags followed by Beverly
Knight, MBE’s superb renditions of a few classic tracks which quickly filled the dance floor. Other celebrities and dignitaries whose presence made the occasion so special included patron Brooke Kinsella MBE, Dragon’s Den Theo Paphitis, Coronation Street’s Ryan Thomas, Emmerdale’s Adam Thomas, Sally and Stephen Hammond MP and the Mayor of Merton, Councillor David Williams.
To end the evening in a rather unforgettable way, the squad from AFC Wimbledon gave a rather brave and bare performance of ‘The Full Monty!’
TWO FIRMS FINED OVER TOXIC SPILL
Two firms responsible for a chemical spillage at a Staffordshire pool have each been landed with a court bill of almost £60,000.
The spillage left eight people, four of which were children, needing hospital treatment for breathing in toxic chlorine gas.
The incident happened at Nuffield Health Wellbeing’s Hednesford pool in March 2009, just months after the company had taken over the former Cannons Health Club in East Cannock Road. Nuffield Health Wellbeing and
Honeywell Control Systems, who maintain the pool machinery, were each fined £45,000 at Stafford Magistrates Court and each had to pay additional court costs of £14,754. The court heard how swimmers started coughing and crying and struggled to breath. The building was evacuated and emergency services were called.
Mr Barry Berlin, prosecuting on behalf of Cannock Chase District Council, described how distressed parents saw their children’s lips turn blue and had to be given oxygen at the scene.
Mr Berlin said Nuffield employed Honeywell to maintain the pool plant room, and on the day of the incident, the engineer had mistakenly poured sodium hypochlorite into the sodium bisulphate, which caused the escape of the chlorine gas, which “presented a significant risk to people’s health”. However due to the quick action of the staff, “serious injury was reduced”. Mr Berlin added the pool had “shoddy practices.”
Both companies admitted three offences, apologised and said they had improved all services.
PUTTING SAFETY FIRST AT SEA WITH ORIGINAL STYLE
Original Style has recently been involved in a rather different type of project.
Aberdeen Tile was contracted to supply Original Style tiles for the refurbishment of the living areas on an oil rig, the Ensco 71. The Ensco 71 was located in Hartlepool shipyard for three months until October 2012, whilst undergoing
renovation work. The refurbished rig is now stationed in the North Sea, off the coast of Denmark.
Original Style’s Dorset Woolliscroft floor tile brand was chosen for all decks on the Ensco 71, including the rig’s sauna.
The tile of choice for the project was the Tetra 148 x 148mm floor tile in Steel Grey. This eye-catching tile with a surface profile of pyramid shapes provides excellent slip resistant qualities in all areas for both bare foot and boot wearing traffic. As oil rigs are often at sea for very lengthy periods of time, products specified need to have longevity and perform to the highest possible standard. The vessels encounter continuous footfall, as workers typically undertake 12 hour shifts, so
at no time are there any periods of respite on the rig’s wear and tear. Explaining why the Dorset Woolliscroft product was selected, Brian Knowles, Managing Director of Rigfit Offshore said: “Safety is obviously a critical factor for us and the slip resistant nature of this product, combined with its durability and cost effectiveness, made these tiles the ideal choice for us. We require products that are able to cope with the most extreme situations and we have found that the Dorset Woolliscroft brand is the perfect match for us.”
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