We have just learned that one of our projects, the Craigie Leisure Centre refurbishment for the City of Joondalup, has been awarded Community Facility of the Year in the Parks and Leisure WA Excellence Awards.
Airey Taylor Consulting were pleased to provide Structural and Civil Engineering design and solutions for the team at Hodge Collard Architects. It is the first collaboration in the leisure centre space of several with Hodge Collard Preston, and was an excellent collaborative experience with the team.
This $9.1M project expanded the capacity of the popular Centre to accommodate the expanded creche (with external play area) and group fitness facilities in one building; gymnasium, wellness facilities and ablutions in another; with greatly expanded car parking with amended traffic controls as a Civil component.
This expansion used standard concrete slabs with differing floor treatments depending on the expanded space – with the group fitness room featuring sprung wooden flooring treatments to enhance function for classes; whereas other areas featured epoxy, pavigym and other treatments as required.
The gymnasium/wellness building (and particularly the gym space) featured modification of existing precast boundary walls into internal arches (with intrinsic columns) and then surrounded the expanded slab with new precast walls to significantly expand the floor space of the building (maximising the access to equipment housed in the new outer area of the gym) for both a structurally efficient and aesthetically pleasing result.
Roof extensions were largely created using structural steel and purlins, with the walling of the new areas for the creche and group fitness was created in brickwork.
Successful completion of the expansion led to a further commission of the team to provide design for an outdoor cafe at the site.
Airey Taylor Consulting thank Parks and Leisure Australia and Parks and Leisure (WA) for the recognition of the Centre, and hope residents and visitors to the City of Joondalup enjoy the revitalised Centre.
