Christleton High School, New Swimming Pool Complex
Client: Cheshire County Council
Contractor: Galliford-Try
Architect/Lead Consultant: Bradshaw Gass & Hope
Structural Engineers: Bradshaw Gass & Hope
Services Engineers: Hoare Lea & Partners
Quantity Surveyors: Bradshaw Gass & Hope
Planning Supervisors: Bradshaw Gass & Hope
Value: £1,900,000
Duration: 45 weeks
The provision of a 25m x 10.5m (5 Lane) swimming pool, designed to ASA standards, suitable for use by schools, swimming clubs and the community, with the primary purpose of teaching children to swim.
To this end the pool has been designed to have an extended shallow end ie. the 1 metre shallow end depth falls over a gentle gradient to a depth of 1.2 metres over two thirds of the length of the pool, before increasing to 2 metres at the deep end. The facilities are fully equipped to care for the disabled.