PROJECT
SOUTHLAKELEISURECENTRE, CRAIGAVON
DOWDS GROUP MAKES A SPLASH AT SOUTH LAKE LEISURE CENTRE WITH INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS AND HIGH-QUALITY DELIVERY... M+E CONTRACTOR
D owds Group managed the full M+E contract of the state-of- the-art South Lake Leisure Centre – one of the largest public sector construction projects within Northern Ireland in recent years. The new multi-use sports and leisure complex represents a major new flagship health and wellbeing destination.
With a proven ability to undertake design and build contracts in the demanding healthcare sector – along with numerous education, industrial and commercial/ retail projects – Dowds Group was a solid choice to provide client Armagh City Banbridge & Craigavon Borough Council with innovative solutions to the project’s complex M+E engineering challenges, as Thomas Graham, Electrical Contracts Manager explains, “The pools are a C4 environment with atmospheric corrosivity caused by moisture and chlorine. The problem we had was in finding a product to support all our systems that met the C4 criteria. “Stainless steel would be our normal choice but only a certain grade is suitable for use in a pool environment. However, none of the products on offer were
available in that grade. We had to source a new product to coat the threaded rods and nuts. Standard coating cannot be used. INNOVATION “We found a coating product that is normally used in automotive industry. Eventually, we sourced this specialist coating material from America and contacted local supplier, Unitrunk, who took it all on board. They supplied all the support products (nuts and bolts etc), coated them and certified the lot as one system. “As far as I know, this in the first time this product was used in this type of setting. It’s an example of how innovative Dowds Group is – we strive to provide solutions.” The mechanical works also needed
“This project was a prime example of best practice, of howa job should and couldbe done.”
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