PROJECT PROFILES
PROJECT PROFILE PROMOTION
SUPPLIER: DALESAUNA SPA EDUCATION
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CLIENT: VISION WEST NOTTS
college in Nottinghamshire has invested millions of pounds in a new campus with a health spa to meet an unprecedented demand for spa education.
According to Vision West Notts college – formerly
known as West Nottinghamshire College – applications for its hair, beauty and complementary therapy courses have risen more than 200 per cent in the last fi ve years. The college in Mansfi eld has invested £11m in a new
extension to accommodate students who want to study hair, beauty and spa courses. The 4,000sq m learning space – which represents the college’s biggest-ever single investment in educational facilities – includes modern classrooms, ITC suites, hair and beauty salons as well as a specialist health spa. Dalesauna was appointed by the main contractor,
Mansell Construction Services, to design and equip the spa’s 140sq m thermal area. Its brief was to provide a facility that would allow the delivery of the NVQ Level 3 Diploma Spa Therapy curriculum, a vocational course that prepares students for work in spas and salons. As well as an educational facility, the spa operates
commercially to equip students with vital industry experience, while also providing the college with additional income opportunities. The brief therefore also called for high quality fi xtures and fi ttings to meet the needs of the public. The new health spa therefore includes a pine sauna,
steamroom, spa pool and rasul mud treatment room. Both the steamroom and rasul were fi nished in quality tiles, using both large format and mosaic to provide visually pleasing yet practical fi nishes. The offering also includes a Jouvence dry fl otation
system, an ice feature and a monsoon shower. LED lighting fl oods the shower with a vibrant red light when hot water is in use and a cool blue for the cold water experience. Foot spas and a relaxation area with tiled heated loungers complete the offer. “Dalesauna supplied and equipped the very fi rst spa
college facility at Buxton, and since then has supplied many of the leading new-build facilities,” says Gerard McCarthy, sales director at Dalesauna. “Vision West Notts is certainly among the very highest standard of provision, offering more facilities than required under the basic curriculum. The standard of fi nishes throughout the college is extremely high: the thermal suite could just as easily be in the very latest private sector spa as in a teaching facility.” He continues: “The demand for trained therapists is
high, and grows daily as new spas continue to open in the UK and further afi eld. Students fortunate enough to train at West Notts Vision will be well equipped to take on a role in any spa in the world, with the confi dence that they have trained on the very latest equipment.” ●
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The facility has 140sq m of thermal areas
The educational spa also operates commercially
The relaxation area offers tiled heated loungers
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