PROJECT - HERON BROS
ANDERSONSTOWNLEISURECENTRE
HERON BROS COORDINATION CRUCIAL TO SUCCESS OF ANDERSONSTOWN LEISURE CENTRE... SLIDE RULES
S ynchronisation is not just for the swimming pool. Coordination was also the crucial component for main contractor Heron Bros. “We had to coordinate all the featured water pipe work to be installed months before the arrival of the kit,” said J.P. Higgins. “It required a series of meetings to ensure design information was available early in the contract.” Large laydown areas were also a priority, with dozens of deliveries arriving on site from all over the world. The three main flumes that snake in and out of Andersonstown Leisure Centre originated in Canada. These huge slides, comprising a flat line loop, master blaster, and aqua launcher (complete with adrenalin-pumping freefall trap door) were supplied by WhiteWater West Industries Ltd in Vancouver, a water park design and manufacturing company founded by
a former accountant Geoff Chutter (who said number crunchers were dull). There is also an aqua play area containing numerous children’s slides, water features and a tipping bucket. Perhaps the most challenging aspect of the project, however, came towards the project’s conclusion. “We had installation of equipment programmed towards the end of the project when all the high level finishes were already completed. It required facilitating large access equipment at the same time as other work were taking place in the pool hall, such as tiling and metal work.” It also had to be coordinated with what is likely to become one of the new centre’s major attractions - the Surf Air wave machine by Murphy’s Waves Ltd, a Glasgow-based company that is at the forefront of wave machine and surf system technology.
Large laydown areaswere also a priority, with dozens of deliveries arrivingon site from all over theworld.
Heron Bros 2, St Patrick’s Street, Draperstown, Magherafelt BT45 7AL. T: +44 (0)28 7962 8505 - E: info@heronbros.com www.heronbros.com
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