The recently completed 10,000 square metre SA Aquatic &
Leisure Centre caters for both the professional athlete and members
of the community alike.
The competition area includes a 50 metre competition pool, 55
metre diving and water polo pool, 10 metre dive tower and a 4,500
seat grandstand. The 1,000 square metre leisure centre includes
water slides, a 25 metre lap pool, a dedicated learn to swim pool,
play equipment, toddler pools and an extensive health centre.
GHD completed the structural and civil
engineering component of the design. This included detailed design
and documentation of the structural steel framing, precast podium
and grandstand seating plats, all insitu concrete, site grading,
and drainage including the stormwater harvesting system.
Through innovation and collaboration, design
and construction of the facility was remarkably completed in only
16 months. Construction proceeded in parallel with the design and
prefabricated building elements were utilised for numerous elements
of the project to reduce construction time. Given the potentially
corrosive environment there was also a strong focus on durability,
maintenance and all of life project costs.