World Class Diving Facility

Garons Pool

MLM have provided Geotechnical, Civil and Structural engineering services for a prestigious new swimming pool and diving facility in Southend-on-Sea.

Supported by Sport England, the development adjoins Southend’s Garon Park leisure and tennis centre. The facility includes an international standard diving pool, a 25m eight lane competition pool, seating for 398 spectators and is also expected to be a key training facility for Team GB’s diving and Paralympics team ahead of the 2012 Olympic Games.

The initial assessment of the structural scheme proposals identified considerable potential cost savings for the client, with reductions in the excavated materials and proposed basement structure, and reduction and simplification of the building structure.

In this months New Steel Construction magazine Rob Seller is quoted as saying ‘The complex was always going to be a steel structure because of its shape and long internal spans. However, early in the design process we did some value engineering and changed the design from a portalised frame to its present braced frame. This resulted in a huge cost saving for the client as the steel tonnage was reduced from 600t to 325t.’

The project is due to be completed by September 2010, the culmination of a 67 week construction programme.

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