project profile
Creative construction
A 25m, five lane swimming pool has been built into an existing sports hall in what is believed to be the first project of its kind.
wellbeing and children’s play. Procured through the UK Leisure
Framework, the multi-phased scheme allowed the council to provide a raft of new facilities for the town including a new gym, studios, a toning suite, children’s play area and café in the most cost-effective way. The development also included a new 25m swimming pool – the town had been without a public pool for some years – and a spa. The leisure centre shares its site and
“ANYTHING is possible with the right team and procurement approach,” says Mark Gibson, site manager at ISG. And he should know, having constructed a 25m swimming pool and a spa in the confines of an existing sports hall in what is believed to be the first project of its kind. ISG was appointed by leisure
development specialists Alliance Leisure as principle build contractor on the £7.4m project to refurbish and extend Monmouth Leisure Centre in South Wales. Opened in 2000, the centre was dated
and in need of renovation. The project for Monmouthshire County Council aimed to future-proof the centre’s facilities while meeting demand in under-represented markets in the area such as health and
some of its facilities with Monmouth Comprehensive School. At the time of the redevelopment, a new home for the school was being built to the left of the leisure centre. With the existing school sitting to the right of the centre, the only place to put the pool was in the leisure centre’s sports hall. “Squeezing the swimming pool into the
sports hall was the only way we could provide the wide range of facilities required by Monmouth County Council to meet local need. Procuring the project through the UK Leisure Framework resulted in major efficiencies to the build process and allowed us to work with our trusted partners ISG to develop an innovative solution for this incredibly complicated project,” says Julia Goddard, senior business development manager at Alliance Leisure.
You can only make these types of improvements on projects where you have such close collaboration
bespoke solutions The combination of the location of the leisure centre between the old and new schools, just one access road into the site and 2,000 pupils passing the live construction site every hour made the logistics of the project hugely challenging. “We always knew this was going to be a
difficult project, but logistically it was more challenging than projects I have run in central London,” says Gibson, a heavy engineering specialist. Before work could begin on the pool,
ISG had to erect a temporary sports hall to accommodate the needs of the school and community while the project was ongoing. Having built temporary facilities for the
London 2012 Olympics, ISG constructed a high spec sports hall in six weeks. The four-court hall was bigger and better than its permanent predecessor, complete with a Junkers sprung floor, changing facilities, toilets, level access, heating and air conditioning.
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