Good afternoon,
Welcome to the build the pool blog where we are constructing the Cowichan Aquatic Centre Complex in North Cowichan on Vancouver Island. Below we have some recent photos showing the progress from last week.
The first photo is of the entrances to the steam room (left) and the suana (right).

The next photo shows the artificial trees developed to go with the west coast theme in the pool area. hese will complement the mural on the east wall of the pool area.

The last photo this week is of the artificial rocks that are also part of the west coast theme.

Watch next week for more developments. Have a great Canada Day!

first day of summer

A glorious sunny day for the first day of summer!
I hope eveyone gets a chance to enjoy a bit of sunshine today.
The sign guys showed up yesterday and put up our new sign, it looks great! There is still a fancy wave that will be installed as part of the signage, so when they complete that i'll put up another photo.

This photo is showing the progress of the tiling in the wave pool.

We have ceiling tiles! What a difference it makes to the rooms, it finishes things off nicely. We still have flooring and finish work on the electrical and fire suppresion, but it is looking good.

a snapshot of the painting in the female change room. You can see the colours that will theme this area.

Well back to the grindstone, we'll see you next week. Enjoy today, it only comes around once.

Friday the 13th

Hello Folks,
I started this blog on friday and couldn't get back to it until this morning. Here are some more photos showing the progress of construction of the Cowichan Aquatic Centre. This first photo is one of the water features in the wave pool. Each of these pipes delivers a different stream of water. One flows out of the end like a steam of water, one has multiple nozzles on the top and sprays up, the last one is made to have the flow run out along the length of the pipe like a small waterfall.

This next photo shows the wave pool from the slide tower. You will notice the features and the blue wall in the background.

I put the photo below in to show you colour of the feature wall in the fitness area. I was dubious of the choice initially, but it turned out to be really effective.

The final photo is an outside shot of the entrance way between the Cowichan Community Centre and the Cowichan Aquatic Centre.

Thank you for your interest. I'll have more for you later this week.

let there be light

Hello again,

Here are some new photos for your enjoyment. The first one is the start of the construction of a storage area on deck at the deep end of the lap pool. You can see where the wall juts to the left and if you look where the wheelbarrow and blocks are you will see where the diving boards will be situated.

The next photo shows the last section of the red water slide being bolted together. The only things left to do now are to hook up the water supply to the slide and add the controls.

This next photo shows the lights in the pool area being turned on for the first time. The clusters that you see in the photo are the coloured lights that will highlight the features and add some ambience to the space.

The final photo is the start of the landscaping work for the entrance to the pool. Landscaping is going on on three sides of the building at the moment and will be ongoing for a while yet.

Thanks for your interest. Have a good week and I'll have some more information and photos up at the end of the week.