CLIENT : City of Boroondara

LOCATION: Gordon Barnard Reserve, Belmore Road Balwyn

ARCHITECT: Prior + Cheney Pty Ltd

CONTRACT VALUE: $13.6M

CONSTRUCTION TIME: Approximately 18 months completed June 2006

PROJECT OUTLINE:  

The project comprised the construction of a new 'state of the art' Sports Stadium and the redevelopment of 3 existing outdoor swimming pools for the City of Boroondara .

The site was the Gordon Barnard Reserve in Balwyn. Existing buildings on the site were demolished to make way for the main stadium building of 5,000m². The stadium includes 4 basketball size courts, spectator gallery, administration area, café, general purpose rooms, amenities for both indoor and outdoor activities and storage facilities.

Works included extensive piling and site stabilisation in preparation for ground slab and large span steel frame. The Belmore Road elevation of the building features a two storey high glass curtain wall and the building utilises a variety of custom cladding systems to architectural effect. An extensive timber sports floor system has been installed to all the playing floor surfaces.

The project included major redevelopment works to the existing pools. The existing plant building was substantially reconstructed to house all new pumping, treatment and filtration equipment and systems. The pools were completely re-plumbed requiring existing concrete pool structures to be partly demolished for pipe installation and later made good.

The 50m lap pool and 25m programme pool walls were cut down and re-constructed to allow for the installation of 'wet-deck' backwash systems. These pools were completely refurbished and fully tiled. The existing dive pool was also refurbished. Extensive external works including new carparks, roads and landscaping completed this outstanding public facility.