NON-TRADITIONAL STRUCTURES SPORTS STRUCTURES
Readily available, versatile and quick to assemble, non-traditional structures provide a highly cost-effective solution for sports facility providers who are embarking on expansion, renovation or improvement – particularly when they are tailored to individual requirements. We round up some recent European installations
Collinson’s Wey Valley Tennis Centre contract
One of the three Evolution
structures features a 1,300sqm sprint hall
Neptunus provides Dutch Olympic team with elite training facility
(NOC*NSF), Neptunus has provided several training facilities to help the Dutch Olympic Team prepare for the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics at its Papendal National Sports Centre. Located in Arnhem, in the Nether-
A
lands, the sports centre was already equipped with five football pitches, four tennis courts, an 18 hole golf course, mountain bike and running routes and a fully-equipped gymnasium. To accommodate a wider range of
athletic sports, the NOC*NSF submit- ted plans to expand the centre with
s the official temporary structures supplier to the Neth- erlands Olympic Committee
the addition of all-weather facilities to allow its top athletes to train all year round. However, with the construction of a new permanent facility expected to take more than five years to com- plete, Neptunus was commissioned to install a number of high-quality tem- porary structures to bridge the gap and enable training schedules to com- mence immediately. Three semi-permanent Evolution
structures were constructed, includ- ing a custom-made 1,300sq m sprint hall, which was connected to an exist- ing building and fitted with a specially manufactured floor to incorporate a running track. A 1,125sq m multi-purpose hall, with
a side wall height of 13m, was installed to cater for a range of sports, including badminton and volleyball, with special wall panels fitted to improve the ven- ue’s acoustics. Neptunus also supplied the wall panels in green – the official requirement for badminton. The third structure was a fencing
hall, which completed the additional facilities the NOC*NSF required.
The centre provides for both student and community tennis
T
he students of Wey Valley School and Sports College in Weymouth, Dorset have been
brushing up their tennis skills in their newly-constructed tennis centre. Thanks to part funding from the
Lawn Tennis Association (LTA), Col- linson was contracted to supply and construct the 2,739sq m four-court hall, which took less than six months to complete. The facility also features an office, a spectator area and wash- rooms – offering a great opportunity for local community and tennis club use during after-school hours. Rob Cole, the school’s finance and
business manager confirmed that the tennis centre has received significant interest from the local community with more than 1,600 court hours of tennis play in the first four months of open- ing and more than 4,000 people have visited to either play or spectate.
The LTA has part- funded this project to promote the sport
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