NON-TRADITIONAL STRUCTURES
Academy’s new football training facility
for Sunderland Association Football Club (SAFC). Sunderland’s stars of the future began using the Rubb training hub at the Academy of Light, Cleadon following the official opening on 7 December 2012. Rubb, which has its HQ in nearby
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Gateshead, pitched in with Tolent Construction and architects Red Box Design Group to make SAFC’s long awaited training facility plans a reality. The sports building features Rubb’s
largest building span width to date at 82.4m. The facility measures 64m long with sidewalls of 7.75m and a central internal clearance of 10m. The structure stands 12.5m high at
its apex and comprises a galvanized steel frame, a white PVC-clad roof, a large gutter system, a Fullflow syphonic drainage system and four large vent roof cowls along the apex. The translucent roof allows natural
daylight to illuminate the interior which includes a full size indoor 3G football pitch. The sidewalls and gables are con- structed with stone-filled gabion cages up to 3.8m high with the upper part
ubb Buildings was a key player in the team tasked with complet- ing a new indoor training facility
The structure is 64m long and has been described as the best academy facility in the country
This is our largest span building to date and our third training facility for a Premier League football club
clad with larch timber. A large roller shutter door (7.6m x 3.8m) provides access via the south gable of the build- ing, along with three personnel doors. Two additional personnel doors com- plete the north gable. Rubb general manager Ian Hindmoor
said: “This is our largest span building to date and our third training facility for a Premier League football club. We’re looking forward to seeing our
Flooring for non traditional structures S
weden-based Bergo manufactures modular flooring and recently supplied St Damien’s College in
Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire with its MultiSport indoor surface. The injection-moulded polypropyl-
ene tiles at St Damiens were installed as part of the Building for Schools programme. The school needed a new sports hall so a temporary building was erected with MultiSport tiles installed as the playing surface. The surface is durable too – after
two years, the surface from St Damien’s was relocated to St Thomas Moore RC College as a netball and basketball pitch funded by its parent teacher association. Acting like a sprung floor, the surface
is proving very popular for basketball and netball courts as well as general sports use. The interlocking system can be quickly laid over concrete or tarmac, lending itself to upgrading
TactTiles can be used indoors and outside
non-traditional buildings for sports use or creating a temporary facility. Bergo’s UK Distributor, TactTiles, has
tapped into several applications for the MultiSport floor tiles. Another educa- tional facility – Stockport College – has a Basketball Academy on MultiSport tiles.
64 Read Sports Management online
sportsmanagement.co.uk/digital An added benefit of MultiSport is that
buildings with sweating floors, leaky roofs or poor heating – issues sometimes associated with temporary builds – are no problem for its vented, raised floor system. The low maintenance plastic tiles also cope well with wet and dirt and are being used at outdoor events centres such as Kingston Maurward Agricultural College, The Birmingham Scouts Associa- tion and Dixie Grammar School, where wet and muddy equipment is regularly brought in after activities. All of these organisations refurbished old and unde- rused buildings on a budget and have created practical and serviceable centres. TactTiles flooring can be used indoors
and outside, as well as under part-cov- ered structures to create training and practice areas. Mini courts using the sys- tem can be used by children to practise shooting at goal or learning to play ten- nis or other ball sports.
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clients use and enjoy their new venue.” Peter Weymes, facilities manager
at SAFC, commented: “The building is currently being used by the Academy’s youngsters and has been described as the best facility of its type at club level in the country.” Technical sales engineer Ian Mackley
secured the Sunderland project with construction company Tolent and SAFC on Rubb’s behalf.
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