Cowichan Aquatic Centre today

Good afternoon everyone,
I hope that you have all had a pleasant and productive week. I have, although I'm still looking forward to the weekend. Maybe it won't snow and I can get the lawn cut!
This week on the construction site more concrete was poured around the swirl pool and tots pool. The photo below shows the freshly poured deck in front of the swirl pool.

The next photo shows the same area from a different angle. Here you can see where the sauna & steam room will be with the swirl pool on the extreme left of the photo. The next step will be to start constructing the sauna & swirl pool rooms.

The last photograph (below) is of the lower meeting rooms which will be used for birthday parties, aquatic courses, meetings, and more. At the far right side of the photo will be the cafe area on the inside and ondeck viewing on the outside.

The final photo today is one part of the ducting on the air handling units that will treat 1/2 of the pool area. This part of the duct that comes out of the top of the one of the units is about 4 feet in diameter! this unit will treat the wave pool side of the building and an identical one will treat the lap pool side. That's a lot of hot air!

Have a good weekend and don't forget about the grass!(change the oil in your lawn mower before using it for the first time, or at least check the level and top it up).

friday update

Good morning folks,
Welcome to another day in paradise. Here is another batch of photos for you to look at to bring you up to date on the construction of the Cowichan Aquatic Centre.
First photo shows the swirl pool being prepared for benches on the inside and the deck on the outside. We should be ready to pour by the end of next week.

In the second photo you can see the progress on the painting of the ceiling over the lap pool. The blue colour that you see will be the final colour for the ceiling in the pool area.

Next photo shows progress for the plumbing. The plumbers are starting to get down to installing the showers in the changerooms. These showers will be controlled by an electronics that will be timed to open a solenoid. This will make it easier to set a cosistent time on the showers, easier from my end to adjust and control.

The final photo this week shows the windows in the fitness area that border on the hallway in the upper floor of the complex.

I hope you enjoyed this weeks blog. Come back next week for more progress reports on the construction of the Cowichan Aquatic Centre.

April 11/08

Welcome to another edition of the construction blog for the Cowichan Aquatic Centre.
This week the plastic that covered the change room entrances, control room, and first aid room to keep those areas heated have been removed. This first photo is taken from the slide tower.

In the next photo you can see the ceiling over the lap pool where the whole area has been pressure washed and is now receiving an under coat. In the next week or so the ceiling will also have the final coats of paint applied. Once this is finished we can move ahead with tiling in the lap pool.

This last photo shows the fitness area & changerooms from the deep end of the lap pool. You can notice the green row of wall board along the roofline, this is part of the finishing of fitness area which is almost completely drywalled now.

Other notable progress is being made in electrical, plumbing, ducting, HVAC, sprinkler systems, exterior finishing at the entrance, forming and preparing the swirl pool area for the decks, finishing the in walls on the inside of the slide tower, and more...
Have a good weekend, don't forget to wear your sunblock if the sun does actually make an appearance as promised by the weather gurus!

Progress Report

Good afternoon,
I hope everyone is enjoying their week so far, I know I am (only 4 hrs & 23m to go!). As always one of the fun parts of the week for me is doing this blog. We don't have a theme per se, but we do have some inside photos for your enjoyment. A quick update on state of things... The railings for the slide tower stairs are pretty much complete, swirl pool plumbing is being completed to allow the final deck to be poured, drywall is going up in the fitness area, electrical is being routed in all areas, ducting for HVAC (heating,ventillation & air conditioning) and heaters and heat pumps are being installed, lighting is starting to go in in all areas, the lines for the main air handling units in the pool area are being installed, plumbing is being roughed in on the dry side, and more.
The photo below shows the swirl pool being filled for a leak test, the same as the lap pool and wave pool have done.


The next photo shows the railings for the slide tower going up to the top level.


The next two shots are of the fitness area. The first photo shows the glass overlooking the pools and the bottom photo shows the windows along the hallway. The hallway section doesn't have windows yet, but they are coming soon.

Well that's all for now. I hope everyone has a good weekend.