TEMPORARY STRUCTURES – CASE STUDIES Tumblers’ tunnel M The covered court building forms part of a wider programme of work at the university Spatial complete covered tennis centre for Exeter uni
recently ranked as a Top 10 UK University for Sport. The covered court building was awarded to Spatial Structures by Kier Construction and forms part of a wider programme of work at the University that is seeing £380m (e430m, US$561m) being invested in new facilities. The building covers six tennis and six
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netball courts and is 40m (131ft) wide and 105m (344ft) long. During the course of construction, the site was featured on
patial Structures completed a six- court tennis and netball building for the University of Exeter –
BBC Breakfast. Spatial Structures’ manag- ing director Terry Young was interviewed by BBC presenter Stephanie McGovern, along with senior construction experts and a representative of the university, to coincide with the announcement of the UK’s gross domestic product figures. Phil Attwell, the university’s director
of sport, said: “This was an ingenious solution to a longstanding problem; how to make the maximum use of our outdoor facilities all year round. “We can now extend our programme
and offer more flexibility both to students and the local community.“ Terry Young commented on the
project: “We were delighted to have been chosen for this prestigious project for the University of Exeter. “While we’re very much experts in the
The hall covers six tennis and netball courts
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more general field of steel framed fabric covered structures, we feel we can add even more value when these are applied in the sports and leisure world.“
ore commonly associated with football grounds up and down the country, a
retractable tunnel is now being put to a very different use by the tumblers at Pinewood Gymnastics Club in Berkshire. The club, based in two purpose-
built gyms in Wokingham, called in specialists Spaciotempo UK to provide the 8m (26ft)-long tunnel as an innovative way to help youngsters learn run ups. Pinewood Gymnastics Club is
home to the Pinewood and Great Britain Elite Tumblers, a troupe of British, European and world champion athletes. To train ef- ficiently, a tumbler requires a track measuring 25m (82ft) – about the length of three London buses – in order to practice. As Pinewood club’s hall is simply
not long enough, until last year, tumblers had to start their run-ups outside the building – entering through a doorway – before finishing up on the opposite side of the gymnastics hall. The local parish council turned
down the club’s application for permission to build a permanent shelter, deeming it “too obtrusive“, so the club contacted Spaciotempo UK. The parish council didn’t oppose
plans for a temporary tunnel and Spaciotempo installed the structure, which measures 2.4m (7.9ft) wide by 2.74m (8.9ft) high.
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