NEWS IN BRIEF
DEFEAT IN BATTLE TO SAVE 50M COVENTRY POOL The final nail has been hammered into the coffin of Coventry’s Olympic-length swimming pool as councillors recently voted to close it. The unanimous vote will come as a surprise to the 11,000 people who signed a petition to save the Fairfax Street site after their cause was backed by Conservative councillors in the run up to the decision. Huge running costs mean it will be replaced with a new £36m water park and smaller 25m pool. But hope of retaining a 50m pool somewhere in the city was resurrected as the Conservative councillors agreed to vote in favour of the Labour-driven leisure centre plans in exchange for a Labour commitment to “explore all opportunities to enable Coventry to keep its 50m pool”.
The Coventry Sports and Leisure Centre will close in 2019.
WATER BABIES REACHES FINAL STAGES OF NATIONAL COMPETITION
Leading UK baby swim school Water Babies is celebrating having been chosen as one of 12 finalists in the UK for the HSBC Global Connections competition. The swim school has been chosen as one of just three winners from the South West & Wales and will now go on to compete in the national final.
The HSBC Global
Connections initiative aims to encourage UK businesses to venture beyond their home territories and take their products and services into the growth markets of the future. This is a great stepping stone for Water Babies considering its 2014 ambitions to expand into new territories. Water Babies has also won the British Franchise Association’s Franchisor of the Year (silver award) in 2013.
www.swimmingpoolnews.co.uk
Mapei Provides Surface Build-up At State-of-the-art Leisure Centre
A high performance ‘single build-up’ Mapei surface system has been installed at West Bromwich’s new state-of-the- art Leisure Centre. Designed and built by Places for People Leisure, in partnership with Pellikaan Construction Ltd and Roberts Limbrick Architects, the new centre for Sandwell Council includes a 25m pool, learner pool and a number of other facilities. The pool and floor installations were carried out by Buckingham Pools, CJM Tiling Ltd and Phoenix Flooring.
Throughout the extensive project, Mapei systems were specified from the substrate to the finishing materials, in order to provide a warrantable system build-up, with Mapei’s Technical Department assisting throughout. The total application included 800 m2
of concrete floor substrate and 2,200 m2 of tile
backer board and rendered walls; Mapei products spanned from
screed, render and waterproofing, to various tiles adhesives, grout and silicone sealants. Throughout the pool area, Mapei systems were utilised alongside vitrified ceramics, with porcelain and ceramic
tiles installed throughout the remaining ground and first floor areas. Levelling screeds, membranes and waterproofing products installed included: Mapei Nivoplan, Topcem, Ultraplan, Mapelastic, Mapelastic Aquadefense, Mapetex SEL, Mapeband and Mapegum WPS. Relevant substrates were primed with Mapei Eco Prim Grip, prior to the tiles being adhered with Mapei Keraflex Maxi, Mapeker Rapid Set Flex and Adesilex P9 – and grouts specified included Mapei Ultracolor Plus and Keracolor FF. The tiled finish was completed with Mapesil AC, which formed expansion joints and was used as a general sealant.
Mapei UK Ltd 0121 508 6970
www.mapei.co.uk
Dryden Aqua Announced As Eco Awards Finalist
Edinburgh based Dryden Aqua has been announced as one of 12 UK finalists for the 2014 European Business Awards for the Environment (EBAE).
The EBAE recognise outstanding, new or innovative contributions to sustainable development and promote today’s pioneering companies. The EBAE awards are presented by the European Commission every two years and
aim to recognise and reward European companies that set an example by successfully bringing together innovation, economic viability and
environmental concerns.
Dryden Aqua Ltd 01875 822222
www.drydenaqua.com
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