sb 3 2018 (english) by IAKS

52nd year ISSN (Print): 0036-102X ISSN (Internet): ISSN 2198-4271

International magazine for sports, leisure and recreational facilities

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NEWCASTLE INTERNATIONAL IAKS SWIMMING POOL CONFERENCE „INTERNATIONAL TRENDS IN POOL DESIGN AND OPERATIONS“ 12./13. SEPTEMBER 2018 NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, UK

Speakers from Austria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Spain, Switzerland, and United Kingdom Guided tour of Hebburn Central Networking dinner Register at: www.iaks.org

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Editorial

DEAR MEMBERS AND FRIENDS OF IAKS, Where do the experts discuss international trends in the design and operation of swimming pools? The pool sector has a lively community in almost all countries, but there is (virtually) no international exchange of expertise. Intelligent solutions rarely find their way across national borders, or only after a long delay.

Now back to IAKS: At the end of May, 40 IAKS members met in Copenhagen for the international IAKS study trip. In two days, they visited ten different and in each case highly innovative sports and leisure centres. On site, the designers and operators responsible provided first-hand information.

Reason enough for IAKS to organise the first-ever international swimming pool conference on 12 and 13 September 2018 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in the United Kingdom. It will be devoted to the exchange of international expertise among operators, owners, designers, consultants and manufacturers.

Thanks to outstanding organisation by the Danish LOA foundation (Lokale Anlægsfon den), which accompanied and funded many of the projects in the course of their development, the participants from Argentina, Austria, Canada, Georgia, Germany, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom took a lot of inspiring impressions home with them for their professional activities.

In all pool projects, it is essential to achieve a close match between the location analysis and the offered activities. This issue of “sb” is presenting a competition and leisure pool in a German winegrowing region, a student swimming centre in Vancouver both for Olympic hopefuls and the local neighbourhood, and an indoor pool close to Oslo which has been sensitively embedded into the coastal landscape. Three swimming and leisure centres in Canada, Scotland and the USA exhibit different interpretations of the increasingly popular concept of the community centre in which various sporting and non-sporting leisure offers are united on a single site. Spectacular views from the inside looking out and vice-versa are provided by two pools integrated in the mountain scenery in Norway and Switzerland.

At the National Sports Convention in Melbourne, Australia, I shall be shedding light on the challenges and trends in the industry together with other top speakers from global organisations on 17 July 2018. It’s about the IAKS Future Trends 2020 and about successful approaches to the design and planning of leisure facilities in Europe. As an official partner of the event, IAKS will be inviting all members and friends of IAKS to a reception on the afternoon of 17 July as an opportunity to meet & greet and to network. Why don’t you join the growing IAKS network, get to know other members and visit our attractive events? Best regards

The examples of projects are rounded off by two white papers concerned with the sustainability strategies for the sports venues of the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, Australia, and with the factors for the success of combining swimming pools with spa and fitness offerings.

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Dr Stefan Kannewischer IAKS President

POOLS AND WELLNESS FACILITIES NEWS

PROJECTS

IAKS study trip to Copenhagen................................................ 4 IAKS Artificial Ice Rink Management Conference. . ......... 8 General Assembly of IAKS Switzerland.. ............................ 10 General Assembly of IAKS Nordic.......................................... 11 Meeting of IAKS pool expert circle.. ...................................... 12 IAKS Germany pool conference. . ............................................. 12 IAKS International pool conference in Newcastle........ 13 New members. . ................................................................................. 14 Geretsried intercommunal indoor pool. . ............................. 18 Center Court in Kerkrade. . .......................................................... 19

Saar-Mosel-Bad (indoor pool) in Konz. . .............................. 20 Krieger Architekten I Ingenieure

UBC Aquatic Centre in Vancouver.......................................... 26 MJMA

Holmen Aquatics Centre in Asker.. ........................................... 30 Arkís arkitektar

Shane Homes YMCA in Calgary.............................................. 34 GEC Architecture

The Portal in Irvine.. ....................................................................... 38 LA Architects

Maryland Heights Community Recreation Center. . ...... 42 CannonDesign

Bølgen Pool & Activity Centre in Drøbak.......................... 46 White arkitekter Oslo

Alpine Spa in Bürgenstock. . ....................................................... 48 plus4930 2

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Saar-Mosel-Bad in Konz Lukas Huneke

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WHITEPAPER

PROFESSIONALS & PROFILES

Sustainability concept of the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games 2018.. ......................... 50

Water polo equipment................................................................. 58 Open sky swimming pool in Devon...................................... 58

Richard Coulson, Cox Architecture

Feasibility and factors for the success of fitness and spa zones at swimming pools.................. 54 Dr Stefan Kannewischer, Kannewischer Management AG

DEG Winter World in Dusseldorf............................................ 59 A clear view of the cool water................................................. 59 Vocational training centre. . ........................................................ 60 Orange and green in harmony. . ............................................... 60 Certified safety for WM Pinguino.......................................... 61 A rental solution for glass floors............................................ 61 Company index following services.. ...................................... 62 Company index from A to Z. . ..................................................... 64 Imprint.................................................................................................. 72

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IAKS STUDY TRIP INNOVATIVE SPORTS AND LEISURE FACILITIES IN COPENHAGEN, DENMARK Author and photos

Silke Bardenheuer, IAKS

40 architects, municipality representatives and IAKS E xecutive Board members gained unique insight into the innovative sports and leisure facilities in Denmark’s capital from 24 to 25 May 2018. At each of the ten facilities, the architect and/or the operator was present to give first-hand information and to answer technical questions. The tour was assisted locally by Development Consultant Ola Mattsson of the Lokale Anlægsfonden (LOA). This foundation develops and supports innovative construction projects in the fields of sport, culture and leisure and provides consultancy in the region. The inspiring top-quality tour allowed enough time at lunch and dinner for networking among the international group of participants from Argentina, Austria, Canada, Georgia, Germany, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Kastrup Sea Bath The formerly neglected beach at Kastrup, a suburb of Copenhagen, has evolved into a popular leisure location. Kastrup Sea Bath forms a lively part of the shore prom enade, being a perfect retreat for swimming and sunbathing. The project comprises a central building corpus built on the water, a newly created beach and an adjacent service building with toilets and an accessible changing room. The simple idea of a quay, as can often 4

be found at sea bathing venues, has been converted into a place of shelter on the water. Its circular shape with the open side facing the beach looks inviting. Due to its remarkable longevity, the architects opted for azobé, an African hardwood that is resistant to rot, ice floes, and the constant motion of the tidal range. Ramps and other special features allow less mobile visitors full access. In 2009 Kastrup Sea Bath was awarded the IOC IAKS architecture prize in Bronze and the IPC IAKS Distinction. Amager Bakke Skiing in Copenhagen? This will be possible from the autumn of 2018 in an unusual location. Amager Bakke is a waste incinerator in Copenhagen. The IAKS study trip party was one of the first visitor groups to inspect the top of the nearly finished site. On its sloping roof will be an artificial ski slope consisting of over 1,500 metres of brush-type surfacing, and a viewing platform. In a country with no mountains, the waste incinerator will also offer a climbing wall 80 m high. As running is a popular sport in Denmark, the operators are planning a biotope park next to the ski slope, with various training spots and running courses. Less ambitious get to the viewing platform on top by elevator, carpet lift or hiking trails leading to the top and offering a nice view over Copenhagen and the strait between Denmark and Sweden. sb 3/2018

The Prism The Prism is a multifunctional sports hall for sports and cultural activities with innovative architecture. Located in an underprivileged area, the hall is a meeting point for all generations of all backgrounds. This unusual sports hall embodies the concept of the ‘indoor common’ where the whole family can go. The playfully designed hall is in the centre, with all other leisure areas like the café with healthy food at low prices, the library, and art & craft rooms being arranged around it – imitating the situation in a Danish park. Sport is brought to the users where they live. Once open to everyone, the operator had to modify the conditions of use. The facility can be used freely by anyone who has subscribed to an activity. According to the District Manager, the Prism is running successfully and is used 60 % by schools and clubs, 20 % for special purposes like programmes for reintegration, and 20 % for commercial use (room rental). Harbour Bath The Harbour Bath is used more like a beach than a swimming pool. From here, you can see and be seen; a rule worth being reminded of at busy municipal pools. It has free admission and, during the bathing season starting on 1 June, it is open to the public. Bathing is allowed in the entire harbour area but the Harbour Bath offers sport and fun under supervision and free swimming lessons. sb 3/2018

With its location in the centre of the harbour, the Harbour Bath has become a byword for leisure and water culture in the heart of the city. It essentially symbolises the new opportunities that the converted harbour offers modern urban life and was awarded the IPC IAKS Distinction in 2007. Kalvebod Waves With its undulating cycle- and walkways of wood and concrete, the leisure area in the harbour basin is an attractive hang-out. In its interior are facilities for canoeing, which gives the facility an additional sporting dimension, as well as swimming opportunities. The commercial buildings erected on the shore have thus been given a new ‘front garden’ on the waterfront with two effects: the local residents have an attractive hang-out on their side of the harbour basin and the other side of the shore has something attractive to look at. The triangular shape of Kalvebod Waves takes intelligent advantage of the sun-flooded gaps between the shadows of the commercial buildings. StreetMekka The Danish weather in winter is not conducive to spending time outside. It may seem paradoxical to transfer vibrant street life into a hall, but StreetMekka is just the right solution for an active population. The 2,200 m² hall 5

for basketball, parkour, dance and football is a multi-cultural youth centre for physical and musical street culture. The outward appearance imitates the surroundings to which the often socially disadvantaged teenagers are used to, so they have no inhibitions about using the facility. A small (or even no) admission fee is charged and the 28 courses per week are open to everyone. The social project instructs playmakers: these young people are strengthened in their personality and can convey the spirit of sport and activity to the districts they live in. StreetMekka in Copenhagen won the IOC IAKS Architecture Special Prize in 2013. Gyngemosehallen The gym is situated in a residential quarter on the urban fringe and contains gymnastics equipment, a fitness training room, playroom and exercise hall. It is available to users from 5 am to 12 midnight. Ballplay was explicetly excluded right from the start to achieve a more balanded gender composition. The strategy of the Gyngemosehallen is remarkable in that the user is given a user’s pass and is personally responsible for the facility’s proper use. During the day, the facility is available to schools, after which it is used by daytime users and in the evening by clubs. For day care, pupils get a light lunch after school and can let off steam in the hall – without realising that they are ‘practising sport‘. The hall is a great success, the gym club has members from even an hour’s ride away and some athletes have been selected for the national team. 6

Superkilen Superkilen is the term for a kilometre-long urban space in a strongly multi-ethnic urban quarter. The project reflects residents’ multi-cultural heritage and brings everyone together in a global neighbourhood. The park contains over a hundred different elements of urban furniture, play equipment, sculptures and lighting from the 62 countries of origin of the local population. Evaluated in an extreme user participation strategy in the countries of their origin, the elements were chosen and therefore contribute a lot to the inhabitants‘ identification with the park. They include fitness equipment from the USA, table tennis tables from Spain, a boxing ring from Thailand, a slide from Russia, swings from Iraq and a climbing frame from India. The park is part of an urban improvement plan coordinated by the City of Copenhagen in partnership with Realdania. The nearby Nørrebrohallen is home to a large variety of events for the neighbourhood. Superkilen was awarded the IOC IAKS architecture prize in Gold in 2013. Exercise space on the roof of a multi-storey car park in Nordhavn A roof garden with facilities for various outdoor sports and activities for adults and children has been created 24 metres up on the roof a 7-storey car park - a fine example of the creation of sports and exercise spaces in densely built urban areas. The sb 3/2018

garden provides space for crossfit, running, football and trampoline and is open free of charge. The stairs work with time measurement for those who are ambitious. Users enjoy the view of the new urban quarter. The red handrail turns into climbing poles and monkey bars. Portraits of personalities of the former industrial district decorate the façade of the car park and thus make it more appealing to the neighbourhood. It would be helpful to make the stairs to the top more obvious so that the exercise space could be frequented by even more users. Israels Plads The history of Israels Plads reflects the history of Copenhagen’s transformations: formerly sited near the town walls, and later a vibrant marketplace – until the 1950s, when it was turned into a lifeless car park. Israels Plads was revitalised in 2014. It provides space for people of all kinds who enjoy exercising and spending time there and serves as a playground for three nearby schools. 5 million users per year enjoy the quality of the space’s ambience – throughout the day until late in the evening. The plaza spreads out like a carpet; the cars have been ‘swept under the carpet’ and now park in the basement. A stair construction in the shape of a pyramid covers the exit of the car park. People relaxing on the pyramid look onto the large square and on the other side onto the trees and plants of the nearby Ørstedsparken. sb 3/2018

Streethallen in Ørestad The hall is open for community activities. Residents and clubs can use the facilities at certain times for ‘drop-in’ sport. Streethallen is unsupervised and open around the clock 24/7. All activities are organised and regulated by the hall’s users. The activities range from football, basketball and handball to Pilates, dance, table tennis and baby gymnastics. Access to the course rooms is regulated via an access code for registered users. Unheated, Streethallen is effectively a ‘covered playground‘. The climate is at some days problematic and leads to extensive condensation. Outlook The spectrum of facilities of the IAKS study trip reflects the potential for innovation outside the constraints of classical sport facilities. The participants of the study tour appreciated the source of inspiration and the unique opportunity to exchange thoughts with the architects and operators and to network on an international level. The IAKS study trip was exclusively for IAKS members and a unique experience, both for professional as for networking reasons. The next IAKS study trip is already in the planning stage.

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FIRST TIME IN AUSTRIA 17TH IAKS ARTIFICIAL ICE RINK MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE IN 2018 The 17th IAKS Artificial Ice Rink Management Conference was held at Telfs Sports Centre from 15 to 17 May 2018. Some 125 representatives of the European ice rink industry met in Austria for the first time in the event’s history. The conference was supported by the Ice Rink Operators’ Platform of the Austrian Institute of School and Sports Facilities (ÖISS), which was holding its annual meeting in Telfs. The event was opened by host Christian Santer, the head of Telfs Sports and Event Centre. The modern sports centre offers a partitionable triple-court hall with a bouldering wall, three indoor tennis courts, three squash courts, a bowling alley, a grassed football pitch and a minigolf course. These facilities are joined by the Ice Sport Arena, and the “Bergstation” climbing and bouldering hall run by Tyrol’s Alpine Club. For events, the dome tent is available all-year-round, with public ice-skating also taking place here in one of Tyrol’s most beautiful ice sports facilities from October to March. Dietmar Gruber, Managing Director of Arena Halls Sportund Hallenbau, presented the model of the privately-operated Ice Sport Arena which is open 336 days per year. He impressed his audience particularly with the facility’s highly refined control opportunities for all building functions, enabling energy consumption and operating costs to be efficiently controlled. Marc Riemann, head of pool operation management of “KölnBäder” (Cologne’s public swimming pools), reported on the “KölnBäderApp” to round off the first day of the conference. This is used for monitoring all operational functions while also making the documentation of internal processes significantly easier for staff. An unexpected 8

positive knock-on effect of the digitisation strategy is that KölnBäder is very popular with young employees. In the evening the conference participants met in Innsbruck for a cosy get-together in the “Theresienbräu”, Tyrol’s biggest brewery tavern. The second day of the conference got started with the general meeting of the Association of Ice Makers (VDEM). After over 30 years of tireless efforts, association founder Dieter Matz from Berlin handed over the chair to Peter Lautenschlager from Regensburg. Hansjürg Thüler of the Swiss Advisory Office for Accident Prevention presented the latest findings on diminishing the risk of injury with impact-reducing boards. Research shows that such systems can reduce the general risk of injury in ice hockey by 10%. On this basis the Swiss Ice Hockey Federation has become one of the first federations worldwide to officially classify certain board products as impact-reducing. Matthias Just, Managing Director of GfKK – Gesellschaft für Kältetechnik-Klimatechnik (manufacturer of refrigeration and cooling equipment), informed about new legal requirements governing the operation of cooling towers at sb 3/2018

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ice sports facilities. As of 20.7.2018, there is a duty to list and localise cooling towers, and this results in further action to be taken by operators. Peter Lautenschlager, Plant Manager of the Donau-Arena in Regensburg, shared his experience of video surveillance in sports arenas. New recording technologies make it possible to keep pace with the constant growth in security requirements. Dieter Matz, Honorary Chairman of VDEM, reported on the state of negotiations with GEMA (Germany’s performing rights organisation) concerning a new scale of licensing fees for the use of music in ice sports halls in Germany. After the lunch break, Dieter Matz, Rudolf Funk from Austria and host Klaus Meinel from IAKS discussed the origins and ongoing development of training schemes for skilled staff in ice sports facilities in Germany and Austria. Uwe Deyle of Planungsbüro Deyle presented the findings from a survey undertaken by the IAKS with the support of numerous ice hall operators, in order to collect data for a comparison of the operation of artificial ice rinks. As in the last operational survey in 2004, it became apparent that ice sports facilities, despite in most cases high attendance levels, achieve an average annual loss of EUR 60,000, as the admission fees are not usually scaled to cover costs. After this, Benjamin Bührer of Leplan AG in Switzerland explained the “Minergie” label for artificial ice rinks. This scheme permits the systematic analysis of all the heating and cooling needs at ice sports facilities. There is no need for newly built or modernised ice sports facilities to waste energy. sb 3/2018

In the afternoon, Dietmar Gruber presented his thoughts on the future of ice sports, before Rainer Maedge, President of the Cologne Ice Hockey Club “Die Haie” and President of the Ice Hockey Federation of North-Rhine/ Westphalia, underlined the need to build new ice halls from the point of view of clubs and associations. In his opinion, ice sports clubs should show more initiative in developing local solutions for the modernisation of existing or construction of new ice sports halls in cooperation with municipalities and other partners. Finally, DI Gottfried Lamers of the Austrian Federal Ministry for Sustainability and Tourism presented public funding programmes for climate protection in ice sports halls. There are diverse programmes which enable funding rates of up to 30%. On the programme in the evening was a visit to Innsbruck’s Olympic Sports and Event Centre. Under the umbrella brand of “Olympiaworld Innsbruck”, the Olympic Hall, the Tiroler Wasserkraft Arena, Tyrol’s Tivoli Stadium, Tyrol’s Land Sports Centre, the skating hall and the “Olympia Eiskanal” bobsleigh track are uniformly operated and marketed. On the third and final day of the conference, participants had the opportunity to share their operational problems, challenges and experience in a total of three workshops. The workshop on the duty to uphold public safety and liability in various usage scenarios was chaired by Peter Lautenschlager. The workshop on risk assessment as a management task was run by Georg Wieland, GfKK, while Uwe Deyle hosted the workshop on measures to boost the performance of refrigeration plant. www.iaks.org 9

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IAKS SWITZERLAND REPORT ON GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON 18 APRIL 2018 IAKS Switzerland’s 2018 General Assembly took place at Nüssli (Switzerland) AG in Hüttwilen in eastern Switzerland. Nüssli is a leading, international provider of temporary structures for sports, cultural and business events.

After a welcome address by Dr Andreas Emödi (Deputy CEO of Nüssli AG), IAKS Switzerland’s President Roger Gut opened the General Assembly attended by 31 voting members. He was again able to deliver a positive annual report, this year featuring the following highlights:

For 2018, the following events are on the agenda: • Section trip to Salzburg and Innsbruck from 7 to 10 June 2018 • Seminar “Sports buildings: from the idea through to operation” on 22 November 2018

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2017 General Assembly in the Swisspor Arena in Luzern with a tour of the football stadium and indoor pool Discussion of current topics in the sports facility sector with IAKS Germany and ÖISS under the abbreviation D-A-CH (Germany-Austria-Switzerland) in Vienna in autumn 2017 FSB 2017 and International IAKS Congress: On one day IAKS Switzerland helped to man the IAKS stand. Unfortunately there was no Swiss winner of the 2017 IOC IPC IAKS architecture prizes The Swiss Evening attended by about 50 people was a resounding success Seminar on the lighting and acoustics of sports halls, held at the Tissot Arena in Biel, attended by 80 people and attracting top speakers from Switzerland. Detailed reports can be retrieved on the website www.iaks.ch

The annual financial accounts closed again with a small profit and were unanimously approved. The 2018 budget and membership fees for 2019 were approved. After the General Assembly, Othmar Keller, Head of Events Switzerland, explained in an interesting talk how Nüssli has evolved from a carpenter’s shop into a global player in temporary and modular construction. The company was founded in Hüttwilen in 1941 and has over 75 years of experience, 450 staff, 23 locations worldwide and three production locations. In the afternoon, those attending were given a tour of the various plant shops by Othmar Keller and Christian Finschi, Managing Director & Head Finance. www.iaks.ch sb 3/2018

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IAKS NORDIC GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON 23 MAY ELECTS ESBEN DANIELSEN FOR PRESIDENT Summarizing the first year of IAKS Nordic Lars Hjorth Baerentzen presented the Annual Report to the General Assembly on 23 May in Copenhagen, Denmark. It consisted of two board meetings, a growing membership base (currently 27 members in Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, Island, Norway and Sweden), 16 members participating in the IAKS Congress 2017 in Cologne, and the participation of IAKS Nordic in other international events. At least one more board meeting will be held in 2018 focusing on future activities of IAKS Nordic.

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Initial steps are planned to create a Nordic expert circle for outdoor grounds. Anyone interested in joining the expert circle, also from outside Nordic, is kindly requested to contact Sidsel Hye-Knudsen at shk@loa-fonden.dk for more information. The IAKS Nordic General Assembly elected Danish Foundation for Culture and Sports Facilities CEO Esben Danielsen to be new president of IAKS Nordic. Former president Lars Hjorth Baerentzen made a career change to new premises outside the sports and leisure facility industry. Esben (45 years) has been CEO of the Danish Foundation for Culture and Sports Facilities since 2015. Since the early 1990’s Esben has been involved in grassroot organizations of the music industry. Esben has been the Art Director of the regional music venue Gimle in Roskilde, Denmark for eight years. In 2010 Esben became Head of Development for the Roskilde Festival where his work consisted of “city planning of a temporary city for 130,000 inhabitants”. As Head of Innovation of the special unit ‚Roskilde Festival Orange Innovation‘ he developed new experiences, events and products for the whole Roskilde Festival group. sb 3/2018

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IAKS POOL EXPERT CIRCLE

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After the first constitutional meeting of the IAKS pool expert circle at FSB 2017 and a very positive feedback on this initiative, the circle met for dinner at the municipal sports and leisure pool “Wasserwelt” in Langenhagen near Hannover which is managed by IAKS member Rainer Pethran of GMF on the evening of the 19th March 2018. The dinner was followed by a tour of the house.

What is the outlook for Germany’s public pools? In cooperation with Sport und Freizeit Leinefelde-Worbis GmbH, IAKS Germany is organising the next IAKS Pool Conference in Leinefelde-Worbis (Thuringia) on 6 September 2018.

At the meeting on the next day, one representative of each country presented an exemplary pool of his or her country. The focus was on pointing out country-specific aspects from technical issues to visitor behaviour. Each representative explained the swimming pool market in his country. The covered countries were: Ireland, UK, Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands, France, Spain, Canada, Denmark and Norway. The members found this view across borders extremely inspiring and were very pleased with this new initiative from IAKS. In order to foster international know-how exchange the IAKS has started to set up international expert circles for each type of sports and leisure facilities. These expert circles will be on invitation only. IAKS President Dr Stefan Kannewischer has started with an international expert circle for swimming pools including 22 members. These are in alphabetical order, mentioning company and country: Bjorn Aas (NTNU Norwegian University) NO, Derek Anderson (Aura Holohan) IE, Thomas Atzwanger (Atzwanger) AT, Pere Ballart (Fluidra) ES, Darryl Condon (hcma) CA, Tom Devin (Devin Consulting) UK, Paul Gerrits (Pellikaan) NL, Ole Grønborg (Ultraaqua) DK, Michael Hall (FaulknerBrowns) UK, Gar Holohan (Aura Holohan) IE, Leopold Holzknecht (aqua dome) AT, Haymo Huber (hsb) AT, Dr Stefan Kannewischer (Kannewischer Management) CH, Dr Christian Kuhn (DSBG) DE, Josef Lassnig (Zeller) DE, François Mouilleron (Recrea) FR, Rainer Pethran (GMF) DE, Ruth Pujol (Pujol Arquitectura) ES, Andreas Ramsauer ( Woerglerwasserwelt) AT, Marc Riemann (KölnBäder) DE, Andreas Schauer (Schauer Management) CH, Ernst Ulrich Tillmanns (4a architekten) DE. 12

The event will provide decision-making aids for the design, execution and management of pool projects and sheds new light on requirement planning, repositioning, profitability forecasts, the design and construction of pools, and on modern operating formats in terms of personnel, technology and energy management. Along with giving practical insights and examples, the conference also provides theoretical solutions for modern pool operation. The range of topics extends from the management tool BIM (Building Information Modelling) to the networking of design, construction and operation, and from the importance of unique selling propositions to such business topics as the strategic orientation of public swimming pool operations in cities, taking the example of Bäderland Hamburg. Interested visitors can take part in a technical guided tour of Leinebad pool before the conference gets underway. The invitation is targeted at business managers, plant managers and employees of municipal and commercial pools and at interested architects and engineers.

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IAKS INTERNATIONAL POOL CONFERENCE NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE (UK), 12 TO 13 SEPTEMBER Where do the experts discuss international trends in the design and operation of swimming pools? The pool sector has a lively community in many countries, but there is (almost) no international exchange of expertise. Intelligent solutions rarely find their way across national borders, or only after a long delay. The IAKS is therefore organising the first-ever swimming pool conference specifically devoted to the exchange of international expertise among operators, owners, designers, consultants and manufacturers. The event starts on 12 September with a tour of Hebburn Central designed by IAKS member Michael Hall of FaulknerBrowns Architects. This is a municipal, multifunctional pool plus a gym combined on the English principle with non-sports usage. The tour will be followed by a networking dinner in Newcastle. sb 3/2018

On 13 September, the conference run by IAKS President and pool expert Dr Stefan Kannewischer will be held. Speakers and panelists from Austria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Spain, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom will be airing international trends in the fields of management, architecture and technology. The agenda will include such highly topical subjects as digitisation and inclusion. What are the latest trends in technology applications? How to measure the public value of swimming pools and how to communicate the social return on investment? What is the impact of new media behaviour and virtual reality on swimming pools?

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The services of RETO-Concept GmbH with its Schröckeneder-branded wooden playground equipment cover the whole range of children’s playgrounds. It carries out design, production, repairs and checks for a multitude of customers such as municipalities, building clients, facility managers, schools and pre-schools throughout the Land of Salzburg.

Gantner has been one of the leading companies with electronic RFID solutions for check-in and locker closure systems at clubs, fitness centres and pools/spas for 25 years. These innovative systems ensure simpler, more secure and cashless processes and are geared to the needs of the customer. The Bochum company’s slogan is “A chip for everything – for unbeatable convenience, efficiency and security!”

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Tongxin Sports Industry Group (Topthink) is focused on designing, developing, manufacturing, marketing and installing of prefabricated rubber sport surface since 1993, providing most optimized turnkey solutions for its customers. Its products have been certified by IAAF, ISO, EN, ASTM, DIN and REACH standard. Hundreds of facilities have been equipped with Topthink sport surface all over the world including IAAF class 1 facilities.

Jastrob technical management consultants has decades of experience in the field of event, visitor and workplace safety and serves highly different places of assembly. The interdisciplinary team consists of engineers, experienced event organisers, fire prevention officials, psychologists and other specialists from the emergency response sector. The services of the firm of engineers also extend to the design and installation of risk and crisis management systems for companies, higher education establishments and other organisations.

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For more than half a century, Hamberger has been developing and producing one of the most important pieces of sports equipment: the flooring. HARO’s PROTECT Light, the new generation of area elastic protective walls, sets new benchmarks once again. All-in-one solutions for sports and multi-purpose halls that exceed all current standards, guarantee to comply with official regulations and also allow a fast and cost effective installation, are now possible. That’s for sure!

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BM.ENGINEERING, GERETSBERG (AUSTRIA) bm.engineering GmbH is a firm of engineers in the Bavarian-Austrian border region that is devoted to elastomers and the associated services. These include cutt able floorcoverings for the sports and event sector (SIGUMAT for ice sports), scraper bars and wear parts for snow clearance vehicles, products to enhance non-slip performance, and ergonomics at the workplace. In the “Gummi im Verband” business sector, municipalities in particular appreciate the engineering firm’s services ranging from planning through to laying and installation. www.gummiimverbund.com

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Hamberger Flooring GmbH & Co. KG P.O. Box 10 03 53 · 83003 Rosenheim · Germany Phone +49 8031 700-240 · Fax +49 8031 700-463 E-Mail info@haro-sports.com · www.haro-sports.com

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NEW IAKS MEMBERS

MANUEL NOGUEIRA, LONDON (UNITED KINGDOM)

DIPL.-ING. (FH) SIMON WENGER, WÜRZBURG (GERMANY)

Manuel Nogueira is Managing Director with AndArchitects, a global architectural practice based in London, established in 1998. The practice has delivered permanent and temporary buildings including stadia, training facilities and sponsor pavilions for global events. During London 2012 Olympic Games, AndArchitects helped deliver a total of six temporary buildings. As part of a consortium AndArchitects assisted on a 12,000 seat temporary Handball Arena for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games which is to be dismantled and the component parts are to be reused to build four separate schools in Rio.

Simon Wenger has been working as a project manager for WSP Deutschland AG for 15 years. His work focuses on consultancy for and the supervision of municipal projects. WSP is one of the world’s leading engineering firms with some 39,000 employees at 500 locations worldwide, providing planning and consultancy services in project management, construction management, building services, structural engineering etc. As branch manager at the Würzburg location, Wenger is responsible among other things for sport, leisure and pools.

FREEWILL INFRASTRUCTURE, PUNE (INDIA)

YALP INTERACTIVE, GOOR (NETHERLANDS)

With more than 25 years in the business of indoor and outdoor sports surfaces, stadium seating and sports equipments, Freewill Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd is one of India’s leading sports infrastructure solution-provider in design, supply and installation. Their portfolio includes sole distributorship of sports surfaces and equipments suppliers like Gerflor, Connor Sports International, Connor Sport Court and Spieth.

Yalp strives to be the world’s leading developer of interactive sports- and play products for outdoor use. Its goal is to combine the best of the modern digital world with healthy outdoor play by realizing innovative playground solutions that inspire new generations of kids, teenagers but also adults. All products are suitable for inclusive play. Its motto: ‘The New Way to Play, that is our DNA!’

www.freewill.co.in

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PERIMETER PROTECTION GERMANY, SALZKOTTEN (GERMANY)

AKSA D.O.O. , ZENICA (BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA)

Perimeter Protection Germany GmbH provides products and systems for protecting building and open spaces. With over 65 years of experience, international locations in five countries and distributors in some 50 countries, PPG aims to serve customers with anything from single products to complete security strategies from a single source. The product range comprises, among other things, certified security bollards, TÜV type-examined quick-folding gates, sliding and swing gates, barriers and turnstiles as well as complete perimeter protection, security strategies and much more besides.

Aksa’s engineers are focused on designing public, educational, commercial, residential, industrial and sports buildings. Its competences in the design of sports facilities were recognized by the national Football Association entrusting Aksa the design of the Football Training Center in Zenica. The architecture firm has the ISO 9001:2008 certification for design, supervision of works, engineering of construction, equipping buildings with office and other furniture.

www.perimeterprotection.net

www.aksa.ba

AVANT SPORTS INDUSTRIAL, SHENZHEN (CHINA)

SCHOMBURG, DETMOLD (GERMANY)

Avant Sports Industrial Co., Ltd. is a seating solution company busy with designing, developing, production, marketing and installation ever since its establishment in 1994. Its products range from fixed stadium seats, metal structure bleachers, and telescopic seating systems to multifunctional venue equipments. The fixed seats and telescopic seating systems have been certified by FIBA as partner in the category of seatings. Providing customized solutions with high safety for its clients is Avant’s ambition.

For over 80 years, the SCHOMBURG Group in Detmold has been serving customers in more than 50 countries. The company develops, manufactures and sells products and system solutions for the waterproofing and maintenance of buildings, the laying of tiles, natural stone and screeds, floor protection and coating systems, and concrete technology. In sports and leisure pool construction, SCHOMBURG project management serves clients, designers and contractors from the design and building fabric phase through to completion and develops solutions to extend building life-cycles.

www.avant.com.cn

www.schomburg.de

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SYMBOLIC GROUND-BREAKING IN APRIL GERETSRIED MUNICIPAL INDOOR POOL, GERMANY In Geretsried in Upper Bavaria the antiquated municipal indoor pool is being replaced by a new one. Bauconzept® Planungsgesellschaft mbH in Lichtenstein in Saxony has been awarded the contract for the architecture, landscape architecture and structural engineering. The new pool is being built not far from the old pool, close to the Adalbert Stifter secondary school.

Together with district administrator Josef Niedermaier, the mayors of the participating municipalities – not only of Geretsried, but also of Dietramszell, Egling, Eurasburg, Icking, Königsdorf, Münsing and Wolfrats hausen – signed an agreement covering the investment and downstream costs of the new building on 19 April 2018. Immediately afterwards, they initiated the construction project with a symbolic ground-breaking ceremony on the already cleared site in Adalbert-StifterStrasse (road). Construction work has now been underway since 4 June – the new indoor pool is scheduled to open in February 2020. View of the swimming hall from the foyer The roughly 10-metre high swimming hall is enclosed on its east, north and west sides by a U-shaped, roughly 4.5-metre high, flat-roofed building accommodating the ancillary areas. From the foyer with its views 18

of the swimming hall, users access the changing and sanitary zone. Immediately adjacent is the large swimming hall which will be equipped with a 25metre competition pool and a diving pool with 1- and 3-metre springboards and a 3-metre platform. The neighbouring small bathing hall will contain an instruction pool with massage jets and bubble loungers as well as a paddling pool with a toddlers’ slide and water play equipment. There will be cellars under parts of the swimming hall and sanitary area; the upper floor areas will be located above the sanitary zone and central area. The technical installations will be accommodated on the upper floor and in the cellar. All the areas on the ground floor will be fully accessible to users with a disability. www.bauconzept.com sb 3/2018

HEALTHCARE, EDUCATION AND BUSINESS UNDER A SINGLE (WALKABLE) ROOF ‘CENTER COURT’ IN KERKRADE, NETHERLANDS On the grounds of the former Atrium Hospital in Kerkrade, Netherlands, a special sports building will emerge in the coming years. The European tender for the design was recently won by MoederscheimMoonen Architects in collaboration with Wehrung Architecten and proposes a building that is completely absorbed into the surrounding sloping landscape. The complex has a total area of approximately 15,000 m² and includes a sports hall, multiple indoor swimming pools and a parking garage. The design further elaborates on the urban development plan previously devised by the Ketting-Huls agency. In this plan, the relationship with the surrounding infrastructure and the significant scenic principles were defined. Amongst these buildings, ‘Center Court Kerkrade’ will be built; a concept where healthcare, education and businesses become integrated under the themes of sports and well-being, making the entire site a beacon of fitness and vitality.

building culminates at a slope in the landscape. Here the most prestigious functions such as the canteen and the swimming pool present themselves through the open façade and benefit from the extensive scenery. The plateau’s edge comprises sweeping and playful eaves in harmony with the surrounding landscape elements. Between the horizontal planes of the building, the vast amount of glass and transparency allow the transition from interior to exterior to become seamless.

Landscaped sports building By creating a unique new location adjacent to the city centre, in addition to the various sports functions and the parking garage, the presented design is a powerful first step for the total redevelopment of the area. Large parts of the roofs are designed as walkable green areas forming a plateau with views over the surrounding hills, thus creating a special place for recreation and sports. The

Currently, the architects in collaboration with the construction team are working on the further advancement of the concept design into a preliminary design. The city council of Kerkrade will decide on the further development of the complex in the course of the year 2018. The contractor for the project is IAKS member Pellikaan. www.moederscheimmoonen.nl www.pellikaan.com

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Location Konz, Germany Client/operator Verbandsgemeindewerke Konz Betriebszweig Schwimmbad Architects Krieger Architekten I Ingenieure GmbH Blumenstraße 2 DE-42551 Velbert www.architekt-krieger.de Team Lead architects: Dipl.-Ing. Michael Krieger, Dipl.-Ing. Sonja Baumeister Lead architect 2: Dipl.-Ing. Tanja Tachwaly Author Christine Jülicher Photos Lukas Huneke, Schweich Official opening September 2015 Construction costs EUR 6.6 million

COMPETITION AND LEISURE POOL FOR A WINEGROWING AREA SAAR-MOSEL-BAD (INDOOR POOL) IN KONZ Konz with its 18,500 population is a modern, medium-size town in the collective municipality of Konz, which, with its 32,754 population and 256 hectares of active vineyards, ranks as the fourth-largest winegrowing area of the Mosel region and a popular travel destination for tourists. For this attractive location, Krieger Architekten I Ingenieure have developed a new competition and leisure pool geared to the needs of locals and visitors. The Saar-Mosel-Bad is not only the embodiment of an efficient pool strategy, for the design concept also reflects the characteristics of the region. After demolition and clearance of the indoor and leisure pool dating back to the 1960s, a new facility was to be built on the site of the old non-swimmers’ pool in the former grounds. The goal was to extend the sports offering in the region by adding new capacity. Since its opening in September 2015, the new indoor pool with its activities has been attracting some 100,000 visitors per year, who practise swimming as a sport and healthy

form of exercise and participate in swimming lessons. Inspiration from the region In the search for the aura of a place where pool users from the surrounding area feel at home and holidaymakers appreciate the appeal of the surrounding countryside, the design team sought inspiration from the character of the region. The basic idea of the architectural approach was the spatial interlinking of the landscape and the building corpus in a similar way as the interplay between the soil, vines sb 3/2018

and grapes. The building’s plinth has a solid design and is visually reminiscent of the layered slate strata of the vineyards. The arrangement of the buildings yields a bipartition whose basic colours of light green and purple subtly recall the varied hues of grapes. The building tract containing the changing rooms, showers and the pool hall looks out into the countryside via spacious façade glazing. The parts of the building such as the women’s changing room, porch and façade panels are in shades of purple matching the colours of red vines. Other areas like the men’s changing room and pool hall symbolise the white vine in sb 3/2018

different shades of green. The effect lighting underscores the colour scheme. Building corpus and entrance approach The strip-like and rectangular architectural language of a clearly structured building corpus finds its continuation in the design of the space outdoors. The slope of the existing site has been integrated in the design so as to facilitate ground-level access to both levels of the building. The forecourt outside the main entrance has been given a reduced and minimalistic design as an inviting approach to the 21

entrance. Coming from the car park, users pass a number of accentuated design elements in the form of stylised starting blocks, swimming pool lines and plant beds before entering the indoor pool’s foyer via a porch with electric sliding doors. Demand-driven and efficient room layout From the foyer, users access the upper level via an open, straight staircase or, if needed, via the disabled-friendly lift. On this level are the changing areas with hair-drying stations, showers, equipment and plant rooms, pool attendant’s and first aid rooms, and the swimming hall. The last-mentioned contains a sports pool, which is also used for regional meetings, a swimming instruction pool and a children’s paddling pool. Via the central shower section, all user groups enter the bright swimming hall flooded by natural daylight from 22

three sides and thus offering an unobstructed view of the greenery outside. Like in the changing area, where the user groups are segregated from north to south into families with children, school groups and competitive swimmers, this subdivision is reiterated in the swimming hall, with the water depths increasing from north to south. The pool area starts with the 30 m² children’s paddling pool, which is divided into two separate pool zones 0.15 to 0.2 m deep and 0.3 m deep respectively. This is where the young ones have a large selection of aquatic play apparatus at their disposal. For safety’s sake, this area is demarcated from the swimming instruction pool by a bench seat with railings and a wall with a revolving ball.

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The swimming instruction pool equipped with water acclimatisation steps has a water depth of 0.75 to 1.35 m. Courses mainly take place in the 9.2 x 12.5 m pool. The competition pool with its 5 x 25 m lanes, finally, has a water depth of 1.35 to 2 m. The opening of the façade on three sides in the west of the building on warm days affords direct access to a spacious, barrier-free sunbathing terrace situated in part of the former outdoor pool grounds. Adjacent to this is another rest and sunning area on a lower plateau. Its southern part is surfaced and also accessible to the disabled, while the northern section is an unsurfaced and greened sunbathing area. Building elements and materials In accordance with the design strategy, all untiled areas such as those in the foyer, changing rooms, showers, swimming hall and parts of the ceilings consist of exposed concrete. 24

In keeping with the colour scheme, the changing cubicles and lockers of high-pressure laminate (HPL) are coloured anthracite (slate), shades of purple and green (red and white wine) or have a decorative wood finish. The primary load-bearing frame for the swimming hall roof is a steel structure. The secondary frame consists of wooden surface elements with acoustic perforations. The visible construction is coated with a whitewash-type finish that allows the wood’s grain to remain visible. The use of wood creates a warm, friendly atmosphere and a pleasant interior climate. The swimming instruction and competition pool are made of stainless steel, while the paddling pool is tiled. The stylised slate plinth forms the base of the façade. The transparent post-and-beam façade is an aluminium and glass construction. A composite thermal insulation system is used on the closed areas of the façade. The roof is a warm roof with waterproofing sheet. sb 3/2018

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Location Vancouver, Canada Client/operator University of British Columbia Architects MJMA 425 Adelaide Street West Level 6 CA-Toronto, ON M5V 3C1 www.mjma.ca Acton Ostry Architects 111 E 8 Avenue CA-Vancouver, BC V5T 1R8 www.actonostry.ca MJMA Team Ted Watson, Viktors Jaunkalns, Andrew Filarski, Robert Allen, David Miller, Troy Wright, Ricardo Duque, Tarisha Dolyniuk, Darlene Montgomery, Kristin Beites, Janice Lee, Timothy Belanger, Aida Vatany, Danielle Lam-Kulczak, Luis Arrendondo Acton Ostry Architects Team Mark Ostry, Russell Acton, Adam James, Thomas Rooksby Author MJMA Photos Ema Peter Official opening 2016 Construction costs USD 33 million (EUR 27.7 million)

FOR STUDENTS AND OLYMPIANS UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA AQUATIC CENTRE IN VANCOUVER Together with the University of British Columbia, the designers of MJMA and Acton Ostry Architects asked themselves how the new Aquatic Centre can effectively train Olympians, serve its community, and enhance the student experience. The team found answers on how it can operate ‘learn-to-swim’ programmes while at the same time run a 1,000 person swimming meeting. The 4 km² UBC Academic Campus is located within the larger University Endowment Lands, 10 km of west downtown on Vancouver’s Point Grey peninsula. The campus’s independence from the city paired with quickly expanding family, faculty and student neighbourhoods has required it to deliver its own municipal services including recreation centres. The student precinct is at the historic centre of the campus and is the heart of student activities. Unchanged for 25 years, it provides student services, adminis trative and recreational amenities and is the primary transit destination.

anywhere in Canada and had the most successful swimming team in the country. Meanwhile the explosive market-driven expansion of the Endowment Lands and burgeoning campus community has created the fastest growing youth and family population in the Lower Mainland. The new Aquatic Centre is required to meet the needs of both these groups; a high performance training / competition venue and community aquatic centre within a single facil ity while engaging the public realm and contributing to campus life and the student experience.

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Ground floor 1 Main entrance 2 Lobby 3 Reception 4 Pool viewing 5 Retail 6 Admin staff 7 Aquatic staff 8 Changerooms concourse 9 Universal changerooms 10 Changerooms 11 Lap pool 12 Leisure pool 13 Hydrotherapy 14 Competition pool 15 Wet classroom 16 Pool storage

well with movable floor and a warm water leisure basin. The plan is divided north-south into four programme bars: changing rooms, community aquatics, competition aquatics and spectator bleachers. The new facility is fully accessible and inclusive, provides ideal acoustics for coaching communication and training, and all finishes and systems are designed for durability and ease of maintenance; all while visually symbolizing the eminent venue of international competition. Configuration The requirement to co-programme elite-level training and competitions with daily community use led to a 2-sided pool hall divided by a Y-shaped columns and a continuous skylight bisecting the building. In section, a translucent screen creates a luminous barrier between 28

the two spaces, reflecting abundant sunlight into the ‘leisure’ side, while providing the required controlled and balanced light into the ‘competitive’ side. Sustainability The project is designed to LEED Gold standards and pursues ‘regenerative neighbourhood’ goals by integrating with new campus infrastructure developments. The project focuses on daylighting, innovative water re-use and air quality strategies that are precedent-setting for North American aquatic facilities. A 3-compartment cistern stores water from the roof and adjacent transit plaza. The water ‘tops-up’ evaporative loss in the basins, provides for grey water flushing, and supplies a site irrigation system. sb 3/2018

Chloramine-contaminated air is scoured from the water surface by an air flow delivered from a central bench structure and returned within the upper edge of the perimeter pool gutter. Developed in coordination with oncampus research, this system is intended to provide exceptional natatorium air quality and mitigate the problems of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;swimmerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s asthmaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. sb 3/2018

The sectional split brings light deep into the centre of the natatorium plan, where it is reflected or diffused to provide required natural lighting conditions. A continuous ceramic fritted glazing band on three elevations and sensors for zoned lighting control respond to the level of natural light.

Location Asker, Norway Client/operator Municipality of Asker Architects Arkís arkitektar ehf Kleppsvegur 152 IS-104 Reykjavik www.ark.is Team Project leader: Aðalsteinn Snorrason Architects: Birgir Teitsson, Arnar Thor Jonsson, Bjorn Gudbrandsson, Egill Gudmundsson Interior architects: Lisa Kjartansdottir, Thelma Gudmundsdottir Landscape architect: Hermann Olafsson Construction architects: David Fridgeirsson, Viggo Magnusson, Katrin Sif Michaelsdottir, Svava Bragadottir Author Aðalsteinn Snorrason Photos Tove Lauluten, Geir Anders Rybakken Ørslien Official opening June 2017 Construction costs NKR 277 million (EUR 29 million)

TOP MARKS FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY HOLMEN AQUATICS CENTRE IN ASKER Holmen Aquatics Centre in Norway is a continuation of Holmen beach, protecting and reinforcing the site’s natural qualities. The building’s footprint is overlaid with a roof garden that further enhances the experience of the beach with spectacular views. The focal point of the concept of the project by Arkís arkitektar is the activation of the building’s roof as an integral part of Holmen beach recreation area. The grassed roof slopes towards the south and provides an uninterrupted view of Oslo fjord’s islands and reefs. Holmen Aquatics Centre is first and foremost a swimming pool used for swimming and swimming lessons; it is intended for the aquatics club in Asker and as a teaching pool for primary schools. The aquatics centre has a unique design that, after thorough analysis, responds to its surroundings, the terrain, the beach, the needs of accessibility, and its relation to the sun that makes it seem a natural addition to Asker. Respect for nature Holmenskjæret is home to the most special beach area in Asker. On the north shore is a

marina, with a large grassed area leading inland and with potential for expansion by replacing disused sites like the Domen sewage pumping station. According to a group of locals, the green zone occupied by the building was worth preserving, and the locals’ objections posed a challenge. As a consequence the grass on the accessible roof replaces the green space occupied by the building. After a period of rejection and transition, the living grass roof is put to more purposeful use than the grass area that existed before the building, underlining its harmonious design. sb 3/2018

Swimming pool The purpose of building the aquatics centre was to satisfy the need for eight 25-m lanes, as well as for a teaching and rehabilitation pool measuring 12.5 m x 12.5 m. Light refreshments and coffee are available at a store at reception, which can also be accessed straight from the swimming hall. The pool is equipped with the latest technology for power efficiency, pool water purification and payment methods that allow school children to use a bracelet to access the pool and buy refreshments. The municipality of Asker considers it very important that Holmen Aquatics Centre is accessible to all users, and particularly hall entry and exit. The locker rooms have barrier-free access. A specific locker room is dedicated to users requiring assistance. The teaching and sb 3/2018

rehabilitation pool has a large elevator to assist users in and out of the pool. There is special signage for the visually impaired supplied by Norwayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Blind Association. The Asker community brought in a special adviser to ensure that Holmen Aquatics Centre complies with all building standards. Concrete and larch The main building material is concrete. Most of the interior consists of exposed concrete and wood cladding to minimise reverberation. The exterior structure is all faced in larch. The larch roof is tilted and raised for safety reasons. The larch fence ensures safety for roof users enjoying the fine view. The structure of the exterior walls lends the building a pronounced character matching HolmenskjĂŚretâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s surroundings. 31

Energy management and sustainability By adopting the passive-house methodology, a longterm vision has been established for energy use. The methodology encompasses construction methods, insulation and building shape. Furthermore, energy reuse is stressed, especially with regards to water heating. The building is decked with 650 m² of solar cells in addition to 15 deep geothermal wells on site that provide heat from the bedrock below the site and are also used for discharging excess heat into the ground during the summer months. FutureBuilt model project Holmen Aquatics Centre has been selected as one of FutureBuilt’s 50 model projects in Norway. It is considered the best swimming pool project in Norway in terms of energy efficiency. The advanced energy 32

recovery and control system allows the facility manager to operate the system aiming for the lowest possible energy use. Technologically, Holmen Aquatics Centre is at present Norway’s most advanced facility. The project was awarded substantial state grants (Enova and Innovation Norway) for energy recovery and control system design and implementation. After their first year of operation, the systems are exceeding expectations in terms of energy conservation and operational features. The project was carried out in collaboration with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim and Verkís engineers. The NTNU had the R&D project executed by SIAT (Centre for Sports Facilities and Technology) in close cooperation with Guard Automation and the owners, the municipality of Asker. sb 3/2018

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CONNECTED AND ACTIVE Location Calgary, Canada Client/operator City of Calgary Architects GEC Architecture Suite 300, 2207 4th Street SW CA-Calgary, Alberta, T2S 1X1 www.gecarchitecture.com Author GEC Architecture Photos Adam MĂ¸rk Architectural Photography Michael Wach Official opening October 2017 Construction costs CAD 140 million (EUR 92.4 million)

SHANE HOMES YMCA COMMUNITY AND ACTIVITY CENTRE Nestled in the rolling foothills of northwest Calgary, Canada, the Shane Homes YMCA at Rocky Ridge provides the region with essential wellness amenities. The Shane Homes YMCA serves as the regional hub for community gathering, cultural programmes, recreational facilities, and child care services. Designed by GEC Architecture, the extensive glazing and unifying curved timber roof that links each space creates an inclusive and vibrant atmosphere, engaging passersby and heightening curiosity. The Shane Homes YMCA takes inspiration from the rolling hills and layered horizons. Its parklike site allows natural recreation uses; multiple pathways curve through the site connecting users to the reconstructed wetlands, outdoor athletic programmes, natural park space, the main facility and the surrounding landscape. The Shane Homes YMCA is the City of Calgaryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s flagship example of their strategy to build vibrant, healthy communities.

Design features Guided by the goal to create an inclusive and connected interior environment, GEC developed a functional programme that maximizes connections between programme elements. While traditional wellness facilities typically separate each programme element, the Shane Homes YMCA celebrates the integration of activities: from the public concourse users can see the pools, the gymnasium, the fitness centre, sb 3/2018

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and the hockey arena. The Shane Homes YMCA differs from typical recreation centres in that once you are through the central control point you have access to all programme elements. A floating running track encircles the public concourse from overhead, adding dynamic energy to each space. Extensive glazing allows natural light to illuminate the facility and visually connects users with the outdoors. Structural innovations Timber is used prominently throughout the facility for its structural, aesthetic, and sustainable qualities. The Shane Homes YMCA at Rocky Ridge is the largest 36

timber roof in North America with over 2,750mÂł of glued-laminated beams spanning the entire facility. This material allowed the geometric complexity of the facility to be realized economically. Inclusivity and accessibility Universal inclusiveness and accessibility were pillars of the design, supporting all abilities and demographics for a safe, welcoming environment. Responding to Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s evolving cultural and family needs, GEC designed the YMCAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s universal changeroom: among the first in Alberta and in Canada. The universal change room provides an open, barrier-free change area to sb 3/2018

support a diversity of abilities, orientations, and family arrangements. The design eliminates the pressure on people to choose which change room to enter. In addition, the changerooms include oversized private change stalls for families and people with attendants.

emissions, the operational cost of the facility, and the capital costs of a boiler capacity and backup generator. The use of timber throughout the facility effectively sequesters carbon in the material, reducing the amount of carbon released into the atmosphere.

Sustainability The Shane Homes YMCA was designed with sustainÂ ability in mind. The building fuses the indoor and outdoor elements into one recreation experience. A heat and power co-generation system, which produces electrical and thermal energy from natural gas, significantly reduces waste energy and greenhouse gas

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Location Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland Client North Ayrshire Council Operator KA Leisure Architects LA Architects The Studio, Brighton Road, Housedean Lewes UK-Sussex BN7 3JW www.la-architects.co.uk Project Manager Amour Construction Consultants Conservation Architects Robert Potter & Partners Landscape LA Architects Structural Engineer Furness Partnership Author Charlotte King Photos Paul White www.paulwhite.co.uk Official opening February 2017 Construction costs GDP 24 million (including Town House) EUR 27.4 million

TRAINING NEXT DOOR TO VICTORIAN TOWN HOUSE THE PORTAL COMMUNITY AND LEISURE CENTRE IN NORTH AYRSHIRE Creating a town centre destination in a historic setting requires sympathy and yet courage. This project included the remodelling of the historic 1860’s Irvine Town House. LA architects designed the leisure centre complex with a foyer for exhibitions and meetings, a café, 25m competition pool, teaching pool, fitness suite, studios, and courtyards and a garden to draw light into a deep urban building. In 2011, LA architects were awarded first place in a design competition to create a new community, cultural and leisure centre in the heart of Irvine, North Ayrshire. The competition was set by North Ayrshire Council following an appraisal of the existing Magnum Leisure Centre built on the outskirts of town in the 1970s. The appraisal concluded that spiralling maintenance, operational and energy costs made refurbishment of the existing centre unviable. The decision was therefore taken to develop a new leisure facility in the centre of Irvine to encourage sports participation and regenerate the old town. The site adjacent to Irvine’s Grade-B Listed Town House was identified for development.

The brief was to restore and refurbish the existing Victorian Town House to include a new genealogy unit, arts exhibition hall and community rooms. The new sports complex was to comprise a six-court sports hall, aerobics studios, a fitness suite and swimming pool facilities to serve the local and wider community on the west coast of Scotland. LA architects proposal was to unite the new leisure centre and existing Town House to create a fully accessible welcoming civic hub, naturally lit by internal and external courtyards and spaces opening onto the streetscape. The aspiration was to deliver a quality leisure facility which exceeds client and user expectations. sb 3/2018

Translucent and transparent openings Irvine’s High Street and East Road define the boundary of the site and the double-height east elevation of bespoke profiled terracotta cladding with translucent and transparent openings responds to this by curving to the south and returning sharply to the leisure centre entrance. Extending the east elevation beyond the entrance façade creates a civic plaza framed to the west by the Town House, heightening the sense of arrival. The floor-to-ceiling glass façade draws the attention to the height of the building, and early on the intended relationship between the old Town House and the new leisure centre is apparent. The Town House’s external façade has been carefully restored by Robert Potter & Partners, giving the building a new lease of life. Stone indenting has been completed, together with reroofing, traditional plaster restoration, replacement harling, restoration of both the clock tower bell enclosure and of the magnificent weather vane. sb 3/2018

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Central atrium Upon entering the main entrance foyer, natural light floods in, creating a bright welcoming environment for users. Clear views are provided of reception and the central atrium beyond. From the main entrance, the artisan cafĂŠ and Town House are accessible to the community, with the Town House entrance emphasised by a unique spiral staircase and glass walkway. The original Town House stonework has been exposed along the adjoining wall where restored arched windows offer users a glimpse into the Main Hall on the upper level. The Town House has been completely refurbished internally, rejuvenating the building and returning it to its true civic status. Beyond the leisure centre reception, the rooflight over the double-height atrium and glazed external Japanese garden admit light and serenity into the heart of the building, linking the leisure facilities on the ground and upper floors. Views are offered of the teaching pool for parents and of the fitness suite on the upper floor. Access is provided on the ground floor to the studios, sb 3/2018

six-court sports hall and pool changing area which links to the teaching pool and 25 m eight-lane competition pool. The six-court hall and main pool open onto an external walled courtyard to the corner of the site, providing a spill-out area when community events are held. An elegant timber circulation stair with glass balustrades rises through the central atrium, providing access to 100-station fitness suite and 250-person spectator seating gallery overlooking the main pool. The sports hall is naturally daylit and ventilated with an interior that allows it to be used for opera and formal dinners as well as basketball and football. It opens into a beautiful landscaped courtyard garden in the heart of the built-up urban environment of the town. The building, now complete and operating, has become truly popular and has exceeded all operating targets. It is a building simply designed for people and welcomed by them. 41

Location Maryland Heights, MO, USA Client/operator City of Maryland Heights Parks & Recreation Architects CannonDesign 1100 Clark Ave US - St. Louis MO 60601 www.cannondesign.com Team Design Principal: David Polzin, Will Schenk, Rich Bacino, Reed Voorhees, Whit Rogers Kristie Blaha MEP Engineering Marc McManns Structural Engineering Matt Dates Author CannonDesign Photos Gayle Babcock; Peaks View LLC Official opening Sommer 2017 Construction costs USD 24.5 million (EUR 20.5 million)

ACOUSTIC SHADOW COMMUNITY RECREATION CENTER IN MARYLAND HEIGHTS, MO

The Maryland Heights Community Recreation Center by CannonDesign is a dynamic new hub for recreational sports, wellness, and civic engagement within the community. Situated prominently along the city’s beltway and adjacent to Maryland Heights’ outdoor water park, the center offers a prominent destination for residents with significantly improved space and a greater variety of activity areas for community use over their former facility on the same site. Located to the west-central of downtown St. Louis, Maryland Heights is home to more than 27,000 Missourians. Looking to create a new civic hub for community recreation and engagement, Maryland Heights’ civic leaders worked with the team of architects on a highly interactive feasibility study to assess the current and future recreational needs for the city. This effort led to strong support for the decision to create a brand-new 8,547 m² community recreation center to replace the outdated previous facility.

Upon opening, the community recreation center became an instant source of pride for the community of Maryland Heights when more than 2,000 members of the public visited the grand opening. In its first eight months of operation, the center welcomed 84,000 visits from members, had an attendance of over 38,000 for its rental facilities, has seen 5,000 seniors attend senior programs, and served hundreds of children with disabilities. The building is an icon for the city and is already driving measurable value sb 3/2018

and positive impact for Maryland Heights and the greater St. Louis community.

the overwhelming noise pressures from the adjacent highway.

Functional planning The requirements of creating a destination center for the community – while achieving it in a hospitable way that mediates the harsh environment of the highway – and preserving usable green space are satisfied in a single architectural ploy of lifting the ground plane and nestling the building into the landscape. This creates a sheltering form while maintaining an occupiable berm that faces the park.

The new center offers more space and a greater variety of activity areas while maintaining key elements to support the unique community programs its predecessor offered. Key recreation features include a two-court multi-use activity court, group exercise rooms, expanded weights and cardio training areas, a cycling studio, indoor walking/jogging track and an indoor family pool with three fitness lap lanes. Community amenity spaces include a multi-use events space, a pre-school, a baby- sitting area, dedicated seniors space, meeting rooms and a police substation.

The project’s innovation stems from using the building itself to solve not only issues of program but also issues related to the environment. The plan inflection creates outdoor space for community events such as craft fairs and farmers’ markets, and shelters those activities from sb 3/2018

Exterior and interior design The building makes an organic inflection in plan that further shelters the entry plaza to the pavilion, thus 43

protecting the entry experience from highway noise and traffic. At the same time, the transparent façade reveals the public life of the community engaged in its activities of wellness and recreation. The indoor pool is prominently on display in the bulbous south end, maximizing access to sunlight. The gymnasium occupies the tallest interior volume, its eastern façade clad in translucent triple-walled polycarbonate employed to control noise and glare while also providing natural light by day and the qualities of a glowing lantern at night. Meeting rooms and a preschool are 44

nestled in the lowest portion of the form and have a private courtyard carved in the rising ground plane. In total, a variety of community functions are integrated inside and out of this lifted landscape form. Acoustic shadow The project’s greatest challenge is also its greatest opportunity. The building’s proximity to the adjacent interstate highway presented an enormously harsh acoustical environment with noise levels upwards of 90 db, nearly equivalent to the noise of a jet engine. Through the shaping and siting of the building, the design team was sb 3/2018

able to create an “acoustic shadow” disrupting the propagation of sound waves from the highway and cutting decibel levels nearly in half. This strategy opened up the possibility for a very expressive architecture. Economical without sacrificing quality The Maryland Heights Community Recreation Center cost USD 24.5 million and a modest USD 2,863 per m². The recreation center creates lasting value for the community by creating a premier recreation destination for children, residents and all those who call Maryland Heights home. Throughout the project, the design team sought to sb 3/2018

deliver iconic, inspirational architecture with efficient use of public funds. This approach ensured the strategic use of products and materials that proved economical without sacrificing quality. The design team leveraged its cost-estimating team to guide this decision-making and deliver the most valuable project for the community as cost-effectively as possible. As indicated by the first year attendance numbers, the community center has quickly become an icon for the city, driving measurable value and positive impact for Maryland Heights and the greater St. Louis community. 45

INVESTMENT IN HEALTH AND WELLBEING BØLGEN POOL & ACTIVITY CENTRE IN DRØBAK Location Drøbak, Norway Client/operator Frogn Kommune Architects White arkitekter Oslo Møllergata 13 NO-0179 Oslo www.whitearkitekter.com Lead architect Thomas Landenberg Authors Thomas Landenberg Ingjerd Sandven Kleivan Photos Annette Larsen Official opening 2018 Construction costs NOK 330 million (EUR 34.5 million)

Open to all, Bølgen Pool & Activity Centre in Drøbak, Norway, merges the district’s professional and amateur sports and leisure activities into a single hub. White arkitekter built the centre on a mountain plateau overlooking a fjord, so it is situated close to the town centre and local schools. Bølgen Pool & Activity Centre is an investment in the health and wellbeing of the residents in the Frogn municipality. A very limited buildable area, challenging topography and a short time-frame presented challenges when adding an extension containing new swimming pools to the existing gymnasium and stadium on the steep mountain slope. The new entrance and circulation spaces provided the solution; acting as the social links between the different activities within the centre, they create an area-effective yet experience-intensive leisure facility. Instead of taking shape as a conventional static volume, the centre is divided into different levels which can be given different lighting, appearance, acoustic conditions and moods to separate each element when needed. Walls reflecting the light

make the building more transparent. The various activities were to be visible from different locations within the building and from outside. Users and passers-by can see activities taking place both during the day and in the evenings at Bølgen Pool & Activity Centre. Multi-functional new addition The existing gymnasium was renovated, and meeting rooms and offices for the municipality’s department for children, youth and families were added. The new addition houses a main swimming pool with 1-, 3- and 5-metre diving boards and smaller pools for training, therapy and children’s activities – and an sb 3/2018

80-metre waterslide. The fitness centre, spa facilities, changing rooms, cafeteria and kitchen are also located in the extension. The building has been designed to give visitors clear sightlines between the different sports activities within, creating a rich spatial and visual experience. Users of the fitness centre can work-out with a direct view of the swimming pool. Inspired by nature The fitness centre and therapy pool face the steep mountain side where the large floor-to-ceiling sb 3/2018

windows invite the outside in, creating a close connection to the surrounding landscape. Taking inspiration from its surroundings, the façade echoes the surrounding forest and mountain colour scheme and brown brick and wood from the existing building façades. The metal reflects the sunlight and creates a glowing, semi-transparent façade that changes throughout the day. Bølgen Pool & Activity Centre’s location and facilities offer the opportunity to create a larger sports and leisure hub together with the nearby stadium and planned skiing facilities. 47

MOUNTAIN AND LAKE PANORAMA Location Obbürgen, Switzerland Client/operator Katara Hospitality Service Architects plus4930 Sierig – Geddert – Krüger Görlitzer Straße 52 DE-10997 Berlin www.p4930.de Patrik Dierks Norbert Sachs Architekten Knesebeckstraße 86-87 DE-10623 Berlin www.dierks-sachs.com Team Leading architects: Thomas Neumann, Robert Pohle Project team: Rene Krüger, Florian Geddert, Catleen Hofbauer, Fabian Remmert Structural engineering CES Bauingenieur AG, Basler & Hoffmann Innerschweiz AG Technical engineering Kannewischer Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH Author plus4930 Architektur Photos Olaf Rohl Bürgenstock Hotels AG plus4930 Architektur Patrik Dierks Norbert Sachs Architekten Official opening October 2017

ALPINE SPA IN BÜRGENSTOCK The Bürgenstock Alpine Spa on Lake Lucerne comprises a new design and a reworking of the legendary Alpine Spa building dating back to the 1980s. Patrik Dierks Norbert Sachs Architekten with plus4930 Sierig Geddert Krüger Architekten have integrated the visual features and the surrounding mountain scenery into the bathing experience. The spa’s new building grows out of the landscape, is inserted as a polished, artificial rock mass and interlocks with the natural rock formations. Illustrious patrons Perched on a striking mountain ridge, 500 metres vertically above Lake Lucerne, the Bürgenstock Resort was founded in c.1870 as an ensemble of fashionable grand hotels, before being converted by eccentric Swiss entrepreneur Fritz Frey in c.1950 into a glamorous venue that attracted the world’s celebrities. The list of illustrious patrons includes such names as German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, US President Jimmy Carter, the film stars Sean Connery and Sophia Loren with Carlo Ponti along with Audrey Hepburn and Mel Ferrer, who chose the Bürgenstock Resort for their wedding in 1954. It was also Fritz Frey who founded the Bürgenstock Spa, wishing to offer his guests a building complex at altitude as a place to relax, bathe and feel good. A place for seeing and being seen, both opulent and idiosyncratic. Up until the 1980s, this unconventional collection of structures, drawing inspiration from American mid-century modernism, crystallised into an atmospheric, unique building entity containing

wellness facilities, restaurants, an imaginatively designed Spa Garden with its kidney-shaped pool. Rocky topography The new building of the Alpine Spa grows out of the rocky topography and, due to its fusion with the existing building, connects to the latter in a variety of ways, while also remaining its striking foil. The exposed position on the ridge of the Bürgenberg mountain with a long-range view across Lake Lucerne of the mountain landscape of Central Switzerland and the complex layout of the existing building called for an extremely sensitive integration of the new building which, seemingly chiselled into the rock, underpins and rounds off the existing building. Controlled incisions open up totally new views from the spa of the surrounding mountain and lake scenery and bring the precipitous terrain well into the interior of the complex. Extroverted, light-flooded areas with distant views sb 3/2018

alternate with introverted, spatially more intimate zones and in this way develop a room landscape stage-managed in manifold ways. In the newly created infinity pool that projects over the void, bathing in 35 °C water amid the scenery of the surrounding landscape with a panoramic view of Lake Lucerne becomes an unforgettable experience. The newly created contrast between rooms seemingly hewn into the rock and the apparent lightness of the new buildings above them find its structural expression in a base of exposed concrete with horizontal board shuttering and the clearly shaped building corpuses emerging out of it. With the gradual weathering of their finely articulated metal façade of gold-coloured copper and zinc sheeting, these seek to blend in with the black-and-brown copper façade of the existing building. Re-thinking of the rustic By using local alpine materials, the goal was the take up the rustic quality of the existing building but to re-think it in a contemporary vein and thus create an atmosphere commensurate with the location and with spa operations. The buildings old and new are thus linked by their materials. The interior of the new building is distinguished by its select and reduced range of materials in the form of natural stone and stoneware for the wet areas and timber for cladding and furniture. In this way, it establishes ties with the atmospheric mood of the existing building while adding new accents. The characteristic charm of the old building and its grounds has been preserved and amplified by the re-design of its main elements: the large indoor pool, the rustic fireside restaurant, a circular outdoor changing building plus temple, and the kidney-shaped pool of the Fifties with its underwater bar offering views inside the pool via large portholes. sb 3/2018

ELITE SPORT, MAJOR EVENTS AND COMMUNITY LEGACY Author Photos

Richard Coulson, Director at Cox Architecture, www.coxarchitecture.com.au Christopher Fredrick Jones and Cox Architecture

Cox Architecture were responsible as designer of two venues for the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games: the Anna Meares Queensland State Velodrome and the Optus Aquatic Centre. Richard Coulson explains the idea on how to achieve post-Games ongoing community benefit. Sport is a fantastic part of our lives. It is participatory, recreational, competitive and entertaining all in one. While some sports require vast amounts of territory and complex infrastructure, others can occur wherever kids decide they occur. Designing sporting venues requires careful consideration of these elements with the enduring objective to always celebrate the joy of movement and that special spectator atmosphere. Sports infrastructure however competes with the arts, culture, transport, health, research and education for funding. Like most public endeavours, there is always limited funding and the requirement to demonstrate value. Increasing awareness of post-Games risks The 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games is no exception. The Games were secured in an environment of increasing awareness of the capacity for large international events to cripple cities and leave long trails of debt. There is significant evidence of venues from recent major events like the Olympic Games and World 50

Cups falling into disrepair quickly after competitions conclude, either due to lack of maintenance or lack of functionality, but ultimately through lack of use. We have recently designed two venues for the 2018 Games and a third venue, the Cairns Convention Centre designed in 2004, is also being used. The Anna Meares Velodrome and the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre (named throughout the Games as the Optus Aquatic Centre) were both designed to deliver an unparalleled sporting atmosphere for the two weeks of the Games as well as for many years to come. They each have their own unique approach to demonstrating excellence, value and ongoing community benefit. Cox Architecture won the competition for the Anna Meares Velodrome, situated in the Sleeman Sports Complex at Chandler, in December 2013. sb 3/2018

Anna Meares Velodrome The complex included an original but outdated concrete velodrome from the 1982 Commonwealth Games. Cox designed the new velodrome to align with the updated international standard cycling lengths and technologies. World-class velodromes now have timber tracks and are enclosed stadia to protect the track, allowing all-weather riding and control of additional climatic conditions including wind and light. The track itself is an amazing piece of joinery, and its craftsmanship is an inspiration for the entire building design. We designed the stadium to feature 1,500 permanent seats based on the relatively modest requirement for spectator seating for national events, including additional space allowance for 2,500 bump-in seats along the track straights to suit the requirements of the Commonwealth Games. The project is notable for its large saddle-form roof of over 10,000 mÂ˛ in area. The large steel superstructure is clad on the walls and roof with a combination of opaque and translucent tensioned membrane fabric. The roof span north-south measures 120 m and the roof span east-west measures 110 m. The stadium has a diverse range of facilities that provide ongoing community legacy benefit, which means that it has a genuine post-Games life. It can operate as a competition or training track, and includes a public gym and hireable function space. The infield is used for court sports like futsal and school physical education, with operable nets separating this space from the track. The concourses are used for yoga and Pilates, and the kiosk and public amenities can serve both the velodrome and adjacent BMX track. sb 3/2018

The Anna Meares Velodrome has been described as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;game changerâ&#x20AC;? for the sport in Queensland and already holds national records. Gold Coast Aquatic Centre While our strategy to ensure the longevity of the velodrome revolved around enclosing and preserving the track, our strategy for the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre was to bring the main pools outdoors, enhancing the usability, sustainability and general enjoyment of the outdoor venue. The Gold Coast Aquatic Centre is a recycling and expansion of the old Southport Pool that was built in the 1960s. It occupies a spectacular site adjoining the Southport Broadwater and forms a part of Broadwater Parklands, a highly popular recreational resource on the Gold Coast. The underlying proposition of the design was to eschew the trend toward internalised pool halls and open the experience out to the parklands. This ethos generated the idea of treating the facility like an elevated ground plan into which the pools are sunk. This strategy emanated into the building components, reading like colonnade 52

frames around the pools so that they have the identity of a series of Roman Impluviums. Existing concrete elements which conveyed the character are retained, and a minimal palette of concrete and hardwood are employed to reinforce the character. The colonnade and impluvium concept provides three simultaneous design benefits: firstly continuous shade and weather protection around the pools both in Games and long term community use, secondly a platform for simple erection of temporary seating during the Games that facilitates pool level activation and views out to the Broadwater, and thirdly the integration of reverse seating on the Broadwater side for the globally renowned Gold Coast Marathon and Triathlon. This latter benefit was not envisaged by the brief but achieved by design value add. The project recycles and enlarges the former main pool into a Games-standard 50-metre ten-lane competition pool. An 8-lane training pool, programme pool, diving pool, learn-to-swim pool and childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s play pool were added. The frames of built elements around the pool comprise a gymnasium, dry-dive facility, function centre sb 3/2018

and community meeting rooms, spectator concourse and 1,000 permanent spectator seats. The impluvium concept evolved from understanding the existing facility as a part of the Gold Coast’s rich heritage of modernist architecture. That led to the idea of a landscape approach, rather than an overt architectural approach, of submerging the pools into an extended earthbermed podium and of framing the building elements as a continuum around them. The frames and colonnades afford the unusual benefit in aquatic centres of maximising visual connection to the external public realm. The architectural vocabulary was developed to form a vertical rhythm of concrete and hardwood treatments that reinforce the innate modernist typology while simultaneously serving as sun-shading, shelter and social spaces. Change in operations Working with the client, we saw that adaptability was the key element of the project. The elevated concrete decks were central to executing this strategy. The challenge was to do so in a configuration that supported the requirements for a fundamental change in operations between the community venue and the event venue. The venue has an even more dramatic change of profile than sb 3/2018

the velodrome between its daily use and the Commonwealth Games event, moving between a 1,000-seat and 10,000-seat condition. The venue operates across a range of high performance for Australia’s elite swimmers and divers and, almost water park-like, receives unbridled enthusiasm from locals. Recently, The Australian reported patronage had risen from 170,000 a year to 589,000 in 2016-2017. Catalysing effect Both venues have a great potential for joy, longevity and community value. South East Queensland has an interesting history, with the 1982 Brisbane Commonwealth Games still resonating as a turning point in the city’s maturity. With the Gold Coast as one of Australia’s fastest growing cities, the imminent Games are sure to have a similar catalysing effect. Thirty-six years on, the sports remain largely the same but the infrastructure and strategy behind the infrastructure could not be more different. It is with this reflection in mind we design versatile, functional stadia that serve multiple groups, purposes and most importantly, their local communities. 53

FEASIBILITY AND FACTORS FOR THE SUCCESS OF FITNESS AND SPA ZONES AT SWIMMING POOLS Author

Dr Stefan Kannewischer, Kannewischer Management AG

The fitness and spa industry continues to grow. This is why many public swimming pools have tried adding fitness and spa activities as side-line business to boost profitability. This is not advisable in all cases and is not always successful either. Under what circumstances does it makes sense to integrate fitness and spa activities in public pools? Bathing and sauna are always to be regarded as the core business. In other words, whatever is done as a side-line must be beneficial to the main business of bathing and sauna.

Characteristics of the activities Users purchase admission to the pool/sauna individually for each visit. In the spa and wellness section, the services are purchased individually, while in the fitness section the vast majority of users take out membership for several months at a time. In the pool/sauna area, each employee is responsible for several hundred users, with a ratio of, say, 1:200. In the spa section, each user is treated individually in the cubicle by an employee. In the fitness area, this can vary. In the initial advisory conversation with a service employee, the ratio is 1:1, in a course 20 members are served by a course trainer, and when using training equipment the member exercises largely without supervision. Interaction and communication with users therefore varies to a large extent. While communication only takes place sporadically in the pool/sauna section (except at the cash desk), communication in the wellness zone is highly important. The task of the wellness employee is to nurture and pamper users and perhaps also promote processes of healing. In the fitness zone, the employee’s job is to encourage members to adopt a healthy life-style. He/she has to instruct the member and keep his/her spirits up so that working out is fun. The types of business are therefore different. In the pool/sauna area, it is mainly infrastructure business. In the two other areas, spa and fitness, it is mainly people business. It is essential that pool operators bear this in mind. It simply isn’t enough to create attractive wellness areas or purchase the latest fitness equipment. Competent and motivated employees are also required along with an effective service strategy. The product is not a facility (hardware), but a service (software). 54

The profitability of the three areas also varies a great deal. The profitability of competition pools tends to be very low of course, while that of fun pools can be very high. All the same, the biggest sales are usually achieved in the pool/sauna section as the core business. Owing to the 1:1 employee/user ratio, the spa section has very poor chances of breaking even. In the fitness area, the commercial possibilities as a side-line activity will be somewhere in the middle. However, if it is not run appropriately, profitability can be very low.

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Feasibility To determine the benefit of adding a spa or fitness zone, it is first of all important to be aware of how the existing pool is classified. Is the pool • purely a competition pool, • purely a fun pool, • a leisure facility with a mixture of the above two pool types, • a thermal pool • or another form of combined pool facility? sb 3/2018

At single-activity municipal indoor competition pools, it may make sense to add a fitness zone as an additional opportunity for dry training. But it will hardly make sense providing a spa zone as well. At a leisure facility, it depends a little on the precise nature of the facility, but it may well be advisable to add spa and fitness zones. At an out-and-out water park or fun pool, it makes little sense to add spa or fitness zones. Purely fun pools appeal particularly to teenagers and older children. However, if this is an adventure pool or water park that also meets the need for recuperation (which means it is no longer purely a fun pool), it may be worthwhile adding a spa section. For the thermal pool, which is geared to recuperation, wellness and health, a spa zone is a must. For some users, it can even make all the difference if they can obtain a massage or other spa treatment during their stay at a thermal pool. The inclusion of a fitness area can also be beneficial alongside the main pool business and thus be a welcome addition. The next step involves investigating feasibility in the context of a business plan. The following issues have to be covered as part of a feasibility study: • Market potential • Competitor analysis • Project positioning • Activities provided • Dimensioning • Allocation of rooms and spaces • Estimated investment cost • Profitability forecast Factors for success If the feasibility study for a fitness or spa zone yields a positive outcome, the next step is to embark on the concrete design of the zone. The most important factor for the success of such a zone is, firstly, its appeal. This means: • Design and ambiance • Hardware and software of offered activities • User routing • Employee skills The employee skills cover the following: • Professional skills: initial and further training • Social skills • Service quality: friendly, obliging, dependable When it comes to the specific factors for the success of spa and wellness zones, it is important to bear in mind that the employee/user ratio of 1:1 is an obstacle to large profits. The key to profitability in the treatment area is therapist workload. In addition, the organisation of sb 3/2018

bookings and reservations also has to be considered. Assigning staff to this activity is only worthwhile in a large wellness section, so online booking must also be made possible. If the section is not large enough, it will be unable to fund this overhead expense. In a small wellness section it is therefore advisable to have reservations made by therapists themselves alongside their main job. Now to the factors specific to the success of fitness areas. One often sees small, unstaffed fitness zones in hotels and at indoor pools. The demand for them, however, is extremely low. As already mentioned, fitness is “people business”. Employees motivating and also instructing users play a key role in the provision of fitness as a service. However, to finance such employees, you need a critical mass to ensure that revenue exceeds cost. If this is not achieved in the forecast, it is better to drop the idea. The fitness industry is highly competitive and smaller, independent studios are having an increasingly hard time. The decisive argument in favour of a fitness club attached to a pool is the pool itself. It is essential to capitalise on this synergy and also stress it in communication with the market. Fitness is a very local business with a catchment range of 20 minutes maximum. Customer satisfaction and the resultant member loyalty call for maximum attention, particularly in weaker catchment areas. The membership fee scale must include attractive packages inclusive of access to the pool. In addition, membership fees must rise over the years, and suitable mechanisms must be provided for this. Finally, fitness business is very fast-moving, and you always have to keep up with the latest trends. At the moment, the emphasis is on the fusion of the concepts of fitness, nutrition and wellbeing. Also growing in importance are solo exercising using one’s own bodyweight and fully electronic, Internet-based equipment. Conclusions It may make sense to integrate a fitness or spa zone at a swimming pool, but a spa zone only makes sense as an addition to a wellness-oriented pool (because the chances of making a profit are non-existent or only minimal), and a fitness zone only makes sense in the event of synergies in user needs. It is important to appreciate that • fitness and spa activities are “people business” (software rather than hardware) and • fitness is membership business. In connection with the model described here, fitness and spa activities are only side-line activities backing up the main business of swimming. 55

«SB» ASKED THREE POOL EXPERTS FOR THEIR VIEWS. WHAT ARE THE OPINIONS OF DR CHRISTIAN KUHN, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF DSBG SPORTSTÄTTENBETRIEBS- UND PLANUNGSGESELLSCHAFT, REINER PETHRAN, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF GMF, AND ANDREAS SCHAUER, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF SCHAUER & CO?

From left to right: Dr Christian Kuhn Rainer Pethran Andreas Schauer

What’s your assessment of the feasibility of wellness and fitness areas as supplementary offerings at swimming pools? Dr Christian Kuhn: In Germany, swimming pools have the obligatory municipal task of facilitating school games. In the context of public added value, many factors are important, as the majority of users of public swimming pools come to us for leisure reasons. Far fewer users use the spa area. All the same, this area is not unimportant in terms of user needs from the population. From the municipal point of view, spa areas therefore have their justification. However, the economic impact of these areas is usually more important for the municipality. Given sufficient potential, spa areas are profit centres and are capable of “cross-subsidising” aquatic activities. From the municipal point of view, there are two important reasons in favour of these areas: public added value for an attractive municipality and economic benefits in the performance of its obligatory task. The legal feasibility is a matter for the experts. In my view, given sufficient potential and low to non-existent commercial competition, both spa and fitness areas are a welcome addition to swimming pools and municipal life. They contribute to attractive towns and amenities, so these areas should be examined and, if they make sense, professionally oriented and operated – for the benefit of the population in their catchment area. Rainer Pethran: There can be no basic doubt that fitness and spa profit centres are capable of beneficially supplementing a leisure pool or thermal pool. However, I strongly advise against regarding these activities as a panacea and sure-fire money-spinner for reducing the deficits of these pools. Spas and fitness gyms are labour- and supervision-intensive activities that can only work with highly skilled staff and a clear USP. Not every pool type is capable of delivering this quality.

Andreas Schauer: At single-activity competition pools, spa/wellness is not expected by users, and users’ reasons for using the pools do not suggest that it would be economically viable. A fitness studio is not necessarily expected either. However, its acceptance and also usage will probably be high, as the motivation for swimming and exercising is much the same. In addition, it can be run profitably, as expensive infrastructure (car park, changing rooms, toilets, and showers) can be shared. At leisure-oriented pools and also at multifunctional pools – if at least a sauna is provided – spa/wellness areas are expected by users and – given appropriate positioning and also organisation – can be operated economically viably. The operation of a fitness zone can make sense if it is run as an activity in its own right with its own positioning. At thermal pools, spa and wellness areas are today a decisive factor for positioning, acceptance and ultimately for their economic success. Not only is the spa and wellness area itself a cost-effective profit centre, but the motivation to visit the facility is often prompted by the spa/ wellness area. If at thermal pools the space and areas for possible extension are limited, fitness areas should be waived in favour of the activities of the thermal pool itself. If the fitness offering is not properly balanced, a conflict of target groups may also arise. If there is sufficient space, which is also suitable for a fitness area, and the fitness zone has its facilities of its own (entrance, changing rooms, toilets and showers), a fitness area makes good sense, as it can be operated profitably and the infrastructure and also staff can be used synergistically. The attendance behaviour of fitness users is also acyclic in relation to that of thermal pool, sauna and wellness users.

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KissSalis Therme, Bad Kissingen

What are in your view the factors for the success of pool/sauna, spa/wellness and fitness business? Dr Christian Kuhn: Demand and potential analyses and, resulting from these, the consistent orientation to user demand with the aid of unique positioning. In operation with high service quality delivered by high-quality staff. Analysis, orientation and skilled and motivated employees are the factors for success. While the first two factors are achieved far too rarely and unprofessionally at municipal facilities, em ployees are our most valuable asset and the challenge for the future.

A fitness zone should and must be set up as a product in its own right with its own brand image. As for other products, the operator must have an affinity to fitness. Merely making infrastructure available is not enough. But pools in particular are not only an ideal complement to fitness areas. In addition to the synergistic benefits mentioned above, the multi-option offer is very appealing for many users, and it is possible to attract custom both from single-purpose fitness studios and from thermal pools/wellness. What are your recommendations to swimming pool operators aiming to supplement their business?

Rainer Pethran: The terms “spa” and “fitness” encompass a multitude of different strategies, whose success can only be ensured with the power of a brand, with low-budget offers, special target group strategies or medical indication with high service needs – the terms themselves do not have sufficient potential.

Dr Christian Kuhn: That’s already been mentioned in the factors for success. Check the demand – let yourself be guided by user wishes – put it into practice boldly with high quality and unique positioning – be special! But be willing to drop it if it doesn’t make sense, if the only motivation is following someone else’s lead.

Andreas Schauer: For all types of activities, product development must be rigorously pursued: • Location analysis: site, catchment area, user potential, competitor analysis • Product positioning • Concrete room allocation • Business plan • Feasibility study (land-use plan, development plan, financing)

Rainer Pethran: Spa and fitness business as a supplement to bathing and sauna must be carefully investigated and developed in its own right – not only in consideration of municipal budgetary rules, but also from the point of view of profitability.

The pool should embody a vision/idea that distinguishes it from other products. This can and should find expression in the activities offered and their presentation (theming). The factors for success are the adoption of/ return to historic “spa” and “wellness” offerings. The fascinating world of Ayurveda, Native American healing and sweat lodge traditions, Balinese beauty treatment and massage, Thai massage, Turkish bath ceremonies – much has been successful in today’s facilities since the 1990s. sb 3/2018

Andreas Schauer: The idea for and implementation of the side-line business must come from top management or be delegated to an employee with the appropriate expertise. Side-line activities must stand up on their own merits in terms of positioning, operation and profitability and be implemented and operated with passion. It is always essential to check whether the offers conflict with one another or are mutually complementary.

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WATER POLO EQUIPMENT

OPEN SKY SWIMMING POOL IN DEVON

Since the 1972 Munich Olympics, Anti Wave water polo equipment has been selected at top national and international event venues. Anti Wave Water Polo equipment is world-renowned for its stylish and practical design and long-term durability.

In the course of 2018 the Ivybridge Leisure Centre will undergo a major makeover. The present centre is managed by the London-based fitness & leisure chain Fusion Lifestyle. The new centre will have an innovative six-lane Open Sky swimming pool with a sundeck and a state-of-the-art retractable roof combined with modern, sustainable swimming pool technology.

Designed and tested in Australia, the Anti Pro Goal FINA is the top choice for leading aquatic venues for both training and competition. The Senior Folding Goal is perfect for clubs and smaller competitions where deck space is limited, but a full-size competition goal is required. Anti Wave Polo Goals are made to last in the toughest of conditions, with quite a few examples over 25 years’ service in the full Australian sun. Recent water polo installations include the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games Water Polo Venue and the 2018 FINA World Cup Inter-Continental League Venue. Both venues included Anti Pro Goal FINA water polo fields – based on the Anti Wave 110 mm MIDI Lanes, Polo Game FINA Start Set, Referee Walkways and Officials Tables, Players Benches, Goal Judge Seats and Goal Judge Ball Holders. With over 45 years’ experience of the design and supply of water polo equipment, and with a global distribution and reseller network that spans over 150 countries, Anti Wave is the world’s most trusted brand for quality water polo equipment, from local club facilities to top competition venues such as FINA World Cup, Commonwealth Games and Olympic Venues.

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In addition to the complete refurbishment of the building and its systems, the old outdoor swimming pool will be demolished. The sports complex will also be expanded with a larger spin studio, a centrally located café, a new fitness studio and squash courts. The design is by Abbey Design from Canterbury. Architect Paul Hoppe of the Dutch company Bright Buildings was asked to develop the Open Sky swimming pool structure in cooperation with Fusion’s entire design team. The project comprises a steel structure, high-grade insulated aluminium walls and the retractable roof above the pool. Bright Buildings will integrate the new Open Sky pool in the existing complex. The project marks the start of a three-year programme in which Fusion is going to improve and modernise its fitness facilities. Fusion is one of the largest fitness chains in the UK, with facilities between Wales, London and Newcastle. The new Ivybridge complex will be taken into use in the summer of 2019.

Bright Buildings www.brightbuildings.eu sb 3/2018

DEG WINTER WORLD IN DUSSELDORF

A CLEAR VIEW OF THE COOL WATER

The DEG Winter World was launched this winter in Düsseldorf‘s Corneliusplatz. In terms of size and design, it was probably the most impressive new temporary ice rink recently installed in a German city centre. This multifunctional ice rink with its breath-taking design takes the fun of ice skating to a new level.

Projector-reflector solutions from Osram provide uniform lighting and minimum reflection at indoor swimming pools. In such applications a projector emits a lumen package that is split glare-free by a deflection reflector back into the space being illuminated. With Floodlight 20 LED and Siteco Mirrortec reflectors, Osram Lighting Solutions offers a perfectly matched system that is equal to challenging ambient conditions and also scores with high maintenance-friendliness because the projectors can usually be mounted at easily accessible locations.

The challenge of integrating the ice rink into the listed architecture of the square and incorporating the historic fountain has been brilliantly mastered. Comparing it with the rinks in New York, a Düsseldorf newspaper concluded that the DEG Winter World outshines the ice rinks in Central Park and at the Rockefeller Center. Ice-World Ice-Business achieved this with two large ice rinks connected by an ice rink around the iconic fountain at Corneliusplatz. The DEG Winter World in Düsseldorf’s Königs allee was open for 70 days and also offered space for curling in addition to the large areas for ice skating. The strategy, which also incorporated the historic façades of Corneliusplatz, included an alpine chalet with space for around 160 guests, a refreshments stand for snacks and beverages and a big screen showing promotional commercials and live shots of the action on the rink. The 1,700 m² facility was served by three separate refrig eration circuits and three cooling units. For ice maintenance a WM Compact resurfacer with a heated garage was used.

Illuminating a swimming pool poses particular challenges for lighting planners and designers. The uneven and semi-reflecting surface of the water often causes glare and unpleasant light effects. The aim is to create glarefree lighting for sports pools and leisure pools that in turn creates a pleasant atmosphere for recreational swimming, training and competition. Simultaneously, the lighting solution must be energy-efficient and maintenance-friendly and also be able to withstand the difficult conditions caused by splashed water and high air humidity. The solution for this is indirect lighting, and to implement this lighting philosophy, Osram Lighting Solutions offers its Siteco Mirrortec System. This is based on a secondary reflector principle, i.e. a projector emits a lumen package that is thrown back into the space being illuminated via a deflection reflector without glare and with high uniformity. (Photo: Swimming pool in Årnes, Norway)

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VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTRE

ORANGE AND GREEN IN HARMONY

Hamburg‘s largest vocational training centre for commerce and administration offers training for some 4,000 students and is the largest new construction project in the vocational training sector. Four previously independent vocational colleges have been merged on the site to create two amalgamated colleges. Each is located in a separate block with its own courtyard, classrooms and instructor workstations. The third building is used by both colleges. A central Piazza and a shared canteen act as the meeting place for the students.

“More beautiful, more colourful and more modern” than the previous structure – that‘s how the new building replacing the old building of Therese Giehse secondary school is described in the construction diary on the school’s website. The educational establishment in Unterschleissheim, which was moved into in September 2016, is extraordinarily colourful not only on the façade, but also in the outdoor area, where the colours of the synthetic surfaces in the courtyard take up the orange and green colour scheme of the building shell. The multipurpose pitch and three seating areas and the soft-impact surface under the climbing frame all have synthetic surfaces from Polytan – the weather-resistant material dries out quickly and is pleasant to the touch throughout the year, according to the landscape architect responsible.

To make sure the students can achieve optimum performance at all times, regardless of the weather, the new sports hall with its two fields has been equipped with high-quality sports flooring manufactured by Rosenheim’s sports flooring specialist HARO Sports. HARO Sports has been playing in the very highest league in its industry for decades now. FC Bayern Munich has also been relying on HARO Sports products for a long time. Among other things, FC Bayern’s training centre was equipped last year with HARO sports flooring and protective wall. A sports floor measuring 810 m² with a lino surface in a red marbled look was installed in the sports hall. Thanks to its preassembled double-swing beam system, the high-performance Munich flooring model features outstanding properties tailored to soften the physiological impact of sport. With its excellent elasticity, the floor is gentle on athletes’ joints and locomotor systems. HARO’s protective walls were again the product of choice: “Protect Classic Plywood” with acoustic perforations in the Pine Tessin textured surface fulfils the client’s specifications to perfection.

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As part of the revamp of the outdoor area, the school’s management wanted not only a multipurpose pitch but also facilities for other games and sports such as table tennis, streetball and a climbing frame. Today the installations also include jumping boards and three organically shaped seating areas. These are available to the students both in breaks between classes and in their free time. The students of the neighbouring Carl Orff grammar school can also make use of them. A “green classroom” has been built on the rear of the new building as well. When it came to the surface of the multipurpose pitch and of the additional sports and playing areas, the landscape architects opted for the PolyPlay S synthetic surface from Polytan. The bright orange of the surface takes up the orange and green colour scheme of the façade as well as the green seating areas and the green softplay surface under the climbing frame. Polytan GmbH www.polytan.com sb 3/2018

CERTIFIED SAFETY FOR WM PINGUINO

A RENTAL SOLUTION FOR GLASS FLOORS

WM ice technics from South Tyrol, Italy have been developing and producing innovative ice-resurfacing machines for ice rinks of all sizes for over thirty years now. From construction to final assembly, standardised production all takes place within the company itself. This means that clients’ specific needs can be met, and quality controls are assured. In addition, WM ice technics and their distributors guarantee a comprehensive service in the initial operation and maintenance of machinery.

With the LumiFlex glass floor from ASB Rental Solutions GmbH, companies, event and exhibition organisers now have an attractive tool at their fingertips for developing whole new display spaces. The glass floor is fitted with LED video screens and is thus perfectly suited to turning sporting events, exhibitions and other events into a multimedia experience – and it is now available for rent.

WM ice technics attach great importance to the safety and user-friendliness of equipment and are the only international manufacturer to have their ice-resurfacing machinery assessed by Suva, the independent certification organisation based in Switzerland. When machinery undergoes this type test, a panel of experts assesses, among other things, the risk-free use, maintenance and ergonomics of the machinery. This certification gives the client the guarantee of purchasing a machine which, in addition to in-house testing, has been closely examined by an independent organisation. Following on from the WM Mammoth ice-resurfacer for standard ice rinks and the WM evo2 for speed-skating ovals, the first ice-resurfacer for mobile ice rinks, the WM Pinguino, has now taken the comprehensive type test – and passed with flying colours! By issuing inspection number E 7164.d, Suva confirms that the WM Pinguino meets all the EU standards for health and safety, standards that far surpass the minimum legal requirements.

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For more than 50 years, ASB has stood for innovation “Made in Germany”. With its ASB LumiFlex, the company has developed a glass floor that can change the whole floor into a multi-functional monitor. “Our multimedia floor was originally developed for sports centres”, explains ASB’s Managing Director Christof Babinsky. “With the LED features, the chaos of court lines is a thing of the past. A basketball court can turn into a badminton court at the press of a button. We quickly realised that the technology had huge potential, and not just in the world of sport. So we came up with the idea of founding a new company. With ASB Rental Solutions GmbH, we can now transform every floor space into an exciting multimedia surface. And it can be done quickly and efficiently. We came onto the market as a new player, offering an innovative and attractive advertising and performance solution for every type of event.“ With the foundation of ASB Rental Solutions GmbH, the ASB LumiFlex can now be rented for one-off events. ASB thus opens up new, attractive presentation possibilities for companies, exhibition organisers, event planners and exhibition hall constructors. Exhibition organisers can rent the floor as an additional advertising space and thereby generate a new source of income. Companies and event organisers can create spectacular effects, which will make a lasting impression on visitors. ASB Rental Solutions GmbH www.asb-rental.com 61

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COMPANY INDEX FOLLOWING SERVICES AQUATIC CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT

DISPLAY AND SIGNAGE SYSTEMS

Anti Wave....................... 64 Benz............................... 64 Berndorf......................... 64 Bright Buildings................65 Eurotramp....................... 66 hsb................................. 67 Kernig............................. 67

ENGO............................. 66 Signgrass.........................70

ARTIFICIAL TURF Kutter............................. 67 Labosport....................... 68 POLYTAN........................ 69 Porplastic........................ 69 Signgrass.........................70 Stargum...........................70 STRABAG.........................70 Trofil................................70

CEILINGS, WINDOWS, WALLS Bright Buildings................65 CCSC...............................65 ISP.................................. 67 IST.................................. 67 Nagelstutz und Eichler..... 68 Vector Foiltec...................71

CHANGING UNITS, CLOTHES LOCKERS Benz............................... 64 eccos pro.........................65 Neptunus........................ 68 Spieth..............................70 Universal Sport................70 Züko................................71

DRAINAGE, ATHLETIC TRACK BORDERS ACO............................... 64 ANRIN............................ 64 Hauraton........................ 66 Labarre........................... 67

ELASTIC LAYERS, PROTECTING SURFACES BSW................................65 KRAIBURG...................... 67 Kutter............................. 67 Melos............................. 68 Polytan........................... 69 Porplastic........................ 69 Schmitz Foam..................70 Sekisui Alveo....................70 Spieth..............................70 Stargum...........................70 Trofil................................70

GOLF COURSE CONSTRUCTION AND EQUIPMENT

ASB................................ 64 Benz............................... 64 BFGW..............................65 Eiden & Wagner...............65 Eurotramp....................... 66 Gütegemeinschaft........... 66 Spieth..............................70 Weinberger......................71

ASB................................ 64 BSW................................65 Conica.............................65 Descol..............................65 Gerflor............................ 66 Hamberger..................... 66 Herculan......................... 66 ISP.................................. 67 IST.................................. 67 KRAIBURG...................... 67 Labosport....................... 68 Polytan........................... 69 Porplastic........................ 69 Sekisui Alveo....................70 Stargum...........................70 Trofil................................70 Weinberger......................71

IRRIGATION

HYBRID TURF

LIGHTING

EuroSportsTurf................ 66

heiler.............................. 67 INTERGREEN................... 67 Kutter............................. 67 OSRAM........................... 68 STRABAG.........................70 Vector Foiltec...................71

ICE RESURFACERS ENGO............................. 66 Ice-World Ice-Business.... 67 WM GmbH......................71 Züko................................71

MOBILE FLOORINGS, COVER SYSTEMS BSW................................65 ENGO............................. 66 Gerflor............................ 66 Hamberger..................... 67 Holz-Speckmann............. 67 Ice-World Ice-Business.... 67 Spieth..............................70 Trofil................................70 Universal Sport................70

INDOOR SPORTS FLOORING

BSW................................65 KRAIBURG...................... 67 Kutter............................. 67 Labarre........................... 67 Novoter.......................... 68 Signgrass.........................70

CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE heiler.............................. 66 Hörger............................ 67 INTERGREEN................... 67 Kutter ............................ 67 Labarre........................... 67 POLYTAN........................ 69 Porplastic........................ 69 SMG................................70 STRABAG.........................70 Trofil................................70

INDOOR EQUIPMENT

MULTI-SPORTS COURTS DSGN concepts................65 Eiden & Wagner...............65 Herculan......................... 66 Labosport....................... 68 Playparc.......................... 69 Sekisui Alveo....................70 Signgrass.........................70 SMC2..............................70 Stargum...........................70

NATURAL TURF heiler.............................. 66 INTERGREEN................... 67 Kutter............................. 67 Labosport....................... 68 Signgrass.........................70 STRABAG.........................70

heiler.............................. 66 INTERGREEN................... 67 Kutter............................. 67 PERROT........................... 68 STRABAG.........................70

ICE SPORTS EQUIPMENT AST................................ 64 ENGO............................. 66 GfKK.............................. 66 Ice-World Ice-Business.... 67 Universal Sport................70 Züko................................71 sb 3/2018

OUTDOOR SPORTS FLOORING

REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS, ICE RINKS

SPORTS GROUND CONSTRUCTION

TEMPORARY, LIGHT WEIGHT STRUCTURES

AST................................ 64 BSW................................65 Conica.............................65 Hamberger..................... 66 Herculan......................... 66 IST.................................. 67 KRAIBURG...................... 67 Kutter............................. 67 Labosport....................... 68 LNDSKT.......................... 68 Melos............................. 68 Polytan........................... 69 Porplastic........................ 69 Schmitz Foam..................70 Sekisui Alveo....................70 Signgrass.........................70 Stargum...........................70 Trofil................................70 Weinberger......................71

AST................................ 64 ENGO............................. 66 GfKK.............................. 66 Ice-World Ice-Business.... 67 Novoter.......................... 68 Züko................................71

Neptunus........................ 68 PM Engineering............... 69 SMC2..............................70 Vector Foiltec...................71

GfKK.............................. 66 Kernig............................. 67 Novoter.......................... 68 SEW.................................70

ACO............................... 64 ANRIN............................ 64 CCSC...............................65 EuroSportsTurf................ 66 Hauraton........................ 67 heiler.............................. 66 INTERGREEN................... 66 ISP.................................. 67 IST.................................. 67 Kernig............................. 67 Kutter............................. 67 Labarre........................... 67 LNDSKT.......................... 68 Melos............................. 68 Novoter.......................... 68 Polytan........................... 69 Porplastic........................ 69 Schmitz Foam..................70 Signgrass.........................70 SMC2..............................70 SMG................................70 STRABAG.........................70

SECURITY SYSTEMS, FENCING

SPORTS GROUND EQUIPMENT...................

Benz............................... 64 INTERGREEN................... 67

ANRIN............................ 64 Benz............................... 64 Eiden & Wagner...............65 Gütegemeinschaft........... 66 INTERGREEN................... 67 Novoter.......................... 68 Polytan........................... 69 Porplastic........................ 69 Signgrass.........................70 SMG................................70 STRABAG.........................70 Universal Sport................70

PERIMETER BOARDS, NETTING AST................................ 64 ENGO............................. 66 Universal Sport................70

ROOFING SYSTEMS PM Engineering............... 69 SMC2..............................70 Vector Foiltec...................71 waagner biro...................71

SANITARY, HEATING, AIR CONDITIONING, ENERGY RECOVERY

PLANNING AND DESIGN ArenaProjekt................... 64 Bright Buildings................65 Brinkmann + Deppen.......65 Calles - De Brabant..........65 DSGN concepts................65 geo3............................... 66 Kernig............................. 67 LNDSKT.......................... 68 M3 Architectes............... 68 Pätzold + Snowadsky...... 69 RAUMKUNST.................. 69 STRABAG.........................70

POOL CONSTRUCTION, CERAMICS Agrob Buchtal................. 64

POOL CONSTRUCTION, STAINLESS STEEL

SPORTS AND PLAY EQUIPMENT, SPORTS GOODS Anti Wave....................... 64 Benz............................... 64 CCSC...............................65 Eiden & Wagner...............65 Eurotramp....................... 66 Gütegemeinschaft........... 66 INTERGREEN................... 67 Playparc.......................... 69 Spieth..............................70 STRABAG.........................70 Universal Sport................70

TESTING, QUALITY ASSURANCE BFGW..............................65 DSGN concepts................65 Gütegemeinschaft........... 66 ISP.................................. 67 IST.................................. 67 Labosport....................... 68

TICKETING, ACCESS SYSTEMS eccos pro.........................65

TURNKEY CONSTRUCTION hsb................................. 67 Neptunus........................ 68 Nüssli.............................. 68 Pellikaan......................... 68 Vector Foiltec...................71

SPORTS HALL DIVIDERS. waagner biro...................71

STANDS, SEATING ENGO............................. 66 INTERGREEN................... 67 Nüssli.............................. 68 waagner biro...................71 Weinberger......................71

Berndorf......................... 64 hsb................................. 67 Zeller...............................71

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ACO Severin Ahlmann GmbH & Co. KG Postfach 320 24755 Rendsburg, Germany Phone +49(0)4331 354600 info@aco-online.de www.aco.com

ACO SPORT® includes drainage systems and components for sport, play and leisure facilities. They ensure that water is rapidly drained so that the sporting facilities can be used throughout the year safely and securely.

AGROB BUCHTAL Deutsche Steinzeug Keramik GmbH Buchtal 1 92521 Schwarzenfeld, Germany Phone +49(0)9435 3910 agrob-buchtal@deutsche-steinzeug.de www.agrob-buchtal.de

Deutsche Steinzeug Group is focused on its core competences in the business field of ceramic covering materials (wall and floor tiles, swimming baths and facades). Their products, which are predominantly manufactured at locations in Germany, make them distinct from their competitors. They have a comprehensive range as well as a depth of expertise in various project areas together with a targeted consultancy service.

ANRIN GmbH Siemensstraße 1 59609 Anröchte, Germany Phone +49(0)2947 97810 info@anrin.com www.anrin.com

ANRIN – a company from Germany, addresses the subject of drainage techniques innovatively and competently. Millions of manufactured and laid ANRIN drainage channels bear testimony of the experience on which specifi ers, dealers and contractors can rely. Repeatedly new, creative developments and improvements to the channel systems and gratings as well as in the interlocking and jointing techniques underscore the company‘s know-how in drainage technology.

Anti Wave International Pty Ltd 65 12th Ave, St Lucia, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 4067 Phone +61 4 12 172 636 anti@anti.to www.anti.to

Anti Wave is dedicated to the design, innovation and production of the world’s finest performance swimming, water polo, leisure, pool deck and pool programming equipment. Anti Wave swimming racing lanes were first patented in 1975 and used in the World Swimming Championship in the same year. Since then Anti Wave products have continued to set the standard around the world for product quality and design and innovation. The Anti Wave MAXI Racing lane has been installed in most top aquatic centres around the world including FINA World Cup and Olympic Games.

ArenaProjekt i Sverige AB Box 300 14 200 61 Limhamn, Sweden Phone +46(0)40 6271380 info@arenaprojekt.com www.arenaprojekt.com

ArenaProjekt create the necessary conditions for the planning and construction of the arena or stadium by providing services like programming, feasibility studies, concept design, preliminary design, cost estimations, event customisation and quality insurance, ArenaProjekt are then involved throughout the feasibility study and design process, providing assistance to meet with all clients and stakeholders’ requirements, ensuring correct logistics, proper planning and the right technical requirements. All this in order to create the most well-planned and cost-effective arena possible.

ASB GlassFloor Systembau Horst Babinsky GmbH Fabrikstraße 14 83371 Stein, Germany Phone +49(0)8621 987410 info@asbglassfloor.com www.asbglassfloor.com

ASB is renowned for its ongoing global successful supply and install of high quality squash courts, also available in glass. The ASB GlassFloor is the next big thing to come from ASB. This floor offers the unique ability of individual marking lines for every sport via LED marking lines, full screen advertising and is available in any color. The ASB GlassFloor is a high performance sports floor with a life expectancy of 70 years, a truly revolutionary and elegant floor for event and multi purpose sport halls.

ASPG Germany GmbH Fährstraße 36 40221 Düsseldorf, Germany Phone +49(0)211 30329720 info@D-aspg.de www.D-aspg.de

Artificial turf, indoor sports floorings, mobile floorings, cover systems

AST Eissport und Solaranlagenbau GmbH Lechhalde 1 1/2 87629 Füssen, Germany Phone +49(0)8362 909190 hannes.schretter@ast.at www.ast.at

AST Eissport und Solaranlagenbau GmbH is a company of the group “Elektrizitätswerke Reutte AG” (Electric company) with headquarters in Reutte/Tyrol and since 1986 supplies communities, cities, event organizations, public swimming pools as well as customers from various other branches with solar units and ice rinks.

Gotthilf Benz Turngerätefabrik GmbH+Co KG Postfach 220 71350 Winnenden, Germany Phone +49(0)7195 69050 info@benz-sport.de www.benz-sport.de

BENZ manufactures high-quality sports equipment in Winnenden, Swabia, and backs up these innovative products with an outstanding selection of aftermarket items. The company’s philosophy, which is also the aspiration of its employees, is “Quality is our discipline”. Putting this into practice in its daily work and all coming projects is a challenge that BENZ is happy to accept.

BERNDORF Metall- und Bäderbau GmbH Leobersdorfer Strasse 26 2560 Berndorf, Austria Phone +43(0)2672 836400 office@berndorf-baederbau.com www.berndorf-baederbau.com

Berndorf Bäderbau has been a leading manufacturer of stainless steel swimming pools since 1960. Berndorf Bäderbau has built over 6.500 swimming pools throughout Europe in a wide variety of sizes and shapes. Thanks to its outstanding technical and optical characteristics, stainless steel is the ideal material for constructing commercial and municipal swimming pools. More and more private customers and hotel owners have become aware of the benefits of stainless steel pools in recent years. sb 3/2018

BFGW Bundesfachgruppe Wartung – Sicherheit für Sport- und Spielgeräte e.V. Waldstraße 9 Since its founding in 1984, the BFGW has been an association devoted entirely to safety in 51145 Köln, Germany the operation of sports, play and leisure facilities. Its work is based on the specifications of the Phone +49(0)2203 301001 relevant DIN/EN standards, the guidelines of the GUV accident insurance institutions, and the info@bfgw.de German Equipment and Product Safety Act (GPSG). www.bfgw.de Bright Buildings designs and builds transparent, dynamic buildings with retractable and lockable roofs and façade frontages for clients in the leisure, retail and sports industries. The specialist in tailor-made building and space solutions for indoor and outdoor activities on a single site maximises the positive impact of daylight. After over 3,000 transparent structures, the skills of the family business are now in the hands of the fifth generation. Bright Buildings B.V. designs, produces and builds worldwide within the agreed deadline and budget.

Bright Buildings B.V. Sourethweg 17 6422 PC Heerlen, Netherland Phone +31(0)45 5470856 i.grimbergen@brightbuildings.eu www.brightbuildings.eu

Since 1991, Brinkmann + Deppen, an engineering office for sports and outdoor facilities in Sassenberg, has been a byword for top-level expertise in all areas of sports facility and stadium construction, building construction, and the design of parks and open spaces. We are the ideal contact throughout Germany and across Europe for design and project management in the fields of sports facility and stadium construction, parks and open spaces, building construction and expert opinions.

Brinkmann + Deppen Architekten / Landschaftsarchitekten Lappenbrink 35 48336 Sassenberg, Germany Phone +49(0)2583 2172 info@brinkmann-deppen.de www.brinkmann-deppen.de

BSW is one of the leading suppliers of products made of polyurethane-bound rubber granulate. Using their material Regupol®, BSW produces numerous elastic, protective and absorbing products for a variety of applications. The BSW product range focuses on the production of elastic sports floorings, insulation products and foams. BSW produces the world famous judo mats, BSW Tatami, other sports mats and customised moulded parts in compound foams.

BSW Berleburger Schaumstoffwerk GmbH Am Hilgenacker 24 57301 Bad Berleburg, Germany Phone +49(0)2751 8030 info@berleburger.com www.berleburger.com

Calles De Brabant delivers the quality and service that you expect. Customers’ changing requirements have stimulated the company’s on-going development. By working together with Calles De Brabant, you benefit from the industry’s latest services, technologies and breakthroughs.

Calles - De Brabant Landschaftsarchitekten Friedhofsweg 21 50259 Pulheim-Brauweiler, Germany Phone +49(0)2234 433220 mail@cdeb.de www.cdeb.de

Chongqing Geckoking Sports Science and Technology Co., Ltd., is a holding subsidiary of Chongqing China Sports Construction and Engineering Co., Ltd. (CCSC). It is a professional enterprise, dealing with the manufacturing, supplying, and construction of climbing facilities, and marketing. The company specializes in over 300 various climbing venues and climbing competition walls at home and abroad. Since the installation of its first climbing wall in 1999, the company has been contracted to build and supply it’s panels, holds and expertise to some 15 countries and areas.

CCSC Chongqing China Sports Construction Engineering Co.,Ltd Huayan Climbing Park, No 28 Hualong Avenue, Jiulongpo District 400052 Chongqing, China Phone +86(0)23 63870882 www.geckokingclimbing.com

Conica AG from Schaffhausen in Switzerland is a global market leader for the construction of synthetic sports surfaces in all climatic conditions. Every year, more than 250 tracks are installed worldwide onto a surface of two square kilometers. CONIPUR and CONICA sports surfaces are highly regarded throughout the world. The innovative product portfolio includes intelligent system solutions for running tracks, multipurpose facilities, sports halls and indoor athletic facilities.

Conica AG Industriestraße 26 8207 Schaffhausen, Switzerland Phone +41(0)52 644 36 00 info@conica.com www.conica.com

DSGN CONCEPTS conceptualises and designs urban movement space. They understand public space as a stage for the creation of new lifestyle- and motion cultures. Their claim is it to develop unique sites with a maximum of function in addition to an individual design. Because of their long lasting connection to the skateboard culture and parkour scene they have an insight regarding the users’ needs, and know how to translate these into a design from materiality to different shapes.

DSGN CONCEPTS UG Hansaring 17 48155 Münster, Germany Phone +49 251 961915-73 info@dsgn-concepts.de www.dsgn-concepts.de

eccos pro are the experts for integrated admission and payment systems in hotel and recreational facilities. eccos pro develops networked system solutions from hardware and software. As a full-service provider, eccos pro offers complete solutions from one source, ranging from financing and implementation consultation through to after sales support.

eccos pro gmbh Nevigeser Str. 100 42553 Velbert, Germany Phone +49(0)2051 2086200 info@eccos-pro.com www.eccos-pro.com

TURNBAR®, the brand for high-grade sports and leisure equipment made of metal, is a product of Eiden & Wagner Metallbau GmbH. It is an example of our skills in design, planning and execution.

Eiden & Wagner Metallbau GmbH Robert-Bosch-Str. 4 54634 Bitburg, Germany Phone +49(0)6561 947 080 metallbau@eiden-wagner.de www.eiden-wagner.de

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ENGO GmbH Srl Handwerkerzone Nr. 7 39030 Terenten (BZ), Italy Phone +39 0472 546157 info@engo.it www.engo.it

ENGO produces for more than 30 years boards for various types of sports plants: from lightstructured boards for inline and public skating to professional boards for ice hockey in fibreglass. ENGO also has been designing and producing ice-preparation machines (ice resurfacer) for rinks of any size and use for more than 30 years, and for over 20 years electrical ice-preparation machines.

EuroSportsTurf GmbH Leibnizstr. 12-14 89231 Neu-Ulm, Deutschland Phone +49(0)731 1411 6555 info@eurosportsturf.com www.eurosportsturf.com

As the market leader for reinforced pitch systems, EuroSportsTurf offers a unique full-service concept for the highest demands on pitches in professional sports. From extensive professional sports ground construction, through research and development of new systems to sustainable support. As a long-term partner of its customers in professional sports worldwide, the company takes on their problems and develops individual processes and solutions to achieve the best pitches 365 days a year!

Eurotramp - Kurt Hack GmbH Postfach 1146 Zeller Straße 17/1 73235 Weilheim / Teck, Germany Phone +49(0)7023 94950 eurotramp@eurotramp.com www.eurotramp.com

Eurotramp is a worldwide leading company specialized on building trampolines with more than 50 years of experience. We produce high quality products for professional competitions as well as leisure time and outdoor products. Our high quality standard as well as the ambition to innovation, best possible customer relationship and excellent reliability are mirroring in every single Eurotramp trampoline. Not for nothing top athletes all over the world do trust in our trampolines and our service every single day.

geo3 GmbH Uedemer Straße 196 47551 Bedburg-Hau, Germany Phone +49(0)2823 419910 kontakt@geo3.de www.geo3.de

Since its founding in July 2000, the company has been specialising in the design and construction of outdoor sports facilities. This can involve the modernisation of natural or artificial turf, cinder or synthetic playing surfaces, the conversion of cinder pitches into artificial turf (for which there has been growing demand in recent years), or the design of new sports facilities. All the required work for each location and task is performed from a single source.

Gerflor Mipolam GmbH Postfach 14 65 53824 Troisdorf, Germany Phone +49(0)2241 25300 gerflormipolam@gerflor.com www.gerflor.de

Gerflor is recognized as a specialist and a world leader in resilient flooring solutions. Taraflex® Sports Flooring are designed for safety and comfort. Their multi-layered construction includes 100% pure vinyl, a reinforced fiberglass grid and closed-cell foam backing to provide shock absorption, help fight fatigue, deliver consistent ball bounce, and protect against skin burns.

GfKK – Gesellschaft für KältetechnikKlimatechnik mbH Dieselstraße 7 50859 Köln, Germany Phone +49(0)2234 40060 info@gfkk.de www.gfkk.de

GfKK is a plant construction, distribution and service specialist in industrial refrigeration, process refrigeration, refrigeration/air conditioning and ice sports refrigeration. Numerous ice sports facilities bear the company’s signature.

Gütegemeinschaft Sportgeräte Adenauerallee 134 53113 Bonn, Germany Phone +49(0)228 926593-25 info@sichere-sporthalle.de www.sichere-sporthalle.de

The sports equipment quality association “Gütegemeinschaft Sportgeräte e.V.” brings together eight experienced sports equipment manufacturers. The association thus stands for assured and certified quality in the inspection, maintenance and construction of sports equipment. This quality guarantees safety – for users as well as for sports hall operators.

Hamberger Flooring GmbH & Co. KG Rohrdorfer Str. 133 83071 Stephanskirchen, Germany Phone +49(0)8031 7000 info@hamberger.de www.hamberger.de

With the floor covering brand name “HARO”, Hamberger Industriewerke GmbH in Stephanskirchen near Rosenheim has grown to become the German market leader for parquet. Under the brand name HARO SPORTS, portable and fixedinstalled elastic coating sports floors have been produced at the company’s Sports Floor Division since 1958. HARO SPORTS Flooring give decision-makers and investors the opportunity to receive comprehensive advice on the best flooring solution for sports and multi-purpose halls, from a team of experienced experts.

Hauraton GmbH & Co. KG Werkstraße 13 76437 Rastatt, Germany Phone +49(0)7222 9580 info@hauraton.com www.hauraton.com

The history of HAURATON is a history of innovations. Since the development of the first drainage channels in 1958 HAURATON products set the benchmark worldwide. HAURATON offers a special range of products for stadiums and sports grounds, which are designed especially for the demands of sports facilities. The channels made from recycled plastic are constructed so as to prevent the sportspersons from injuring themselves. The products conform of course to all international standards at the same time.

heiler GmbH & Co. KG Bokelstraße 1 33649 Bielefeld, Germany Phone +49(0)521 947150 info@heiler-sport.de www.heiler-sport.de

heiler engages in professional sports ground construction and has acquired a list of big-name clubs as references for its services. heiler specialises not only in the construction of new sports grounds, but also in the conversion of existing cinder playing surfaces.

Herculan BV Energieweg 6 4231 DJ Meerkerk, Netherland Phone +31 (0) 183 35 47 00 info@herculan.com www.herculan.com

For 25 years Herculan B.V. are developing, manufacturing and supplying seamless polyurethane sports and recreational surfacing products and systems. The systems include indoor sports floors, athletics tracks, multipurpose play- and sports areas, tennis courts and children’s playgrounds. Herculan BV provides an impressive wide range of high-quality polyurethane sports flooring systems. Worldwide renowned for durability, comfort, safety and performance! The Herculan sports surfaces are eco-friendly, seamless and meet all the latest European Standards. sb 3/2018

Over 135 years of experience in timber stand behind Holz-Speckmann, the manufacturer of the mobile SPEED-LOCK floors. The highly productive timber wholesale forms the basis for the development and production of innovative products. Holz-Speckmann produces SPEED-LOCK floors with state-of-the-art CNC machines. The permanent quality control ensures highest precision and durability of the floors.

Holz-Speckmann GmbH & Co. KG Weststraße 15 33790 Halle/ Westfalen, Germany Phone +49(0)5201 189215 info@speed-lock.com www.speed-lock.com

HÖRGER builds and sells cleaning machines for sports facilities and particularly special-purpose cleaning machines for synthetic running tracks, artificial turf surfaces and paved surfaces.

Hörger Maschinen e.K. Langenstraße 2 21781 Cadenberge, Germany Phone +49(0)4777 931373 info@hoerger-maschinen.de www.hoerger-maschinen.eu

The enterprise group of HINKE Schwimmbad Österreich/Germany constructs highly modern swimming pools made of stainless steel. hsb is one of the leading swimming pools construction companies in Europe. Municipal swimming pools in all parts of Europe prove our efficiency and bear witness to the proverbial hsb-quality.

hsb austria gmbh Dr. Scheiber-Straße 28 4870 Vöcklamarkt, Austria Phone +43(0)7682 2831 office@hsb.eu www.hsb.eu

We rent and sell mobile ice rinks including the necessary equipment and complete technical implementation. It does not matter whether you want a gala ice rink in the premium segment, a city skating rink, a professional ice hockey rink or a whole fun ice park. We deliver! We can also summer! From the inventors of the energy saving mobile aluminum ice rink there is now also a mobile water game with jets for inner cities during the summer time: The PlayFountain®

Ice-World Ice-Business GmbH Moortwiete 2N 25479 Ellerau, Germany Phone +49(0)941 4644880 r.buchner@iceworld-icebusiness.de www.iceworld-icebusiness.de

INTERGREEN AG has been building sports facilities of all sizes for over 40 years. Small, regional and large, internationally active clubs appreciate our skills and experience and the quality of our work. INTERGREEN AG has developed machines, processes and systems that pursue a single goal: that of building high-quality sports facilities that are reasonably priced.

Geschäftsstelle INTERGREEN AG c/o Science to Business GmbH Hochschule Osnabrück Gebäude ED Raum 0104, Emsweg 3 49090 Osnabrück, Germany info@intergreen.de www.intergreen.de

The ISP GmbH is operating a laboratory, in which material testing of synthetic sports surfarces, artificial turf systems, impact absorbing wall coverings and sports hall floor systems is performed. ISP`s laboratory is accredited in accordance with DIN EN ISO 17025. The ISP expertise also includes the certification testing of all kind of synthetic sports floor systems for indoor and outdoor use, key stage inspections of installation works, assessment of existing sports facilities, and quality monitoring of building materials.

ISP GmbH Südstraße 1A 49196 Bad Laer, Germany Phone +49(0)5424 8097891 info@isp-germany.com www.isp-germany.com

IST Leipzig is a German test Lab for tests of sports flooring systems accredited according to EN ISO 17025. The scope of the lab ranges from tests of indoor sports floors, artificial turf systems and synthetic surfaces up to test of playground surfaces. Padded walls and safety against ball throwing are tested as well. Tests are performed both as lab-test and as field-test in the builtin final state: lab-tests for testing systems or components, field-tests for the installation quality.

IST – Institut für Sportbodentechnik Equipagenweg 25 04416 Markkleeberg, Germany Phone +49(0)341/354 29 53 mario-kunze@gmx.net www.sportboden-leipzig.de

Construction Project Management is the core business of our company. For us, project management is the objectives of our clients, economically and efficiently. Our mission is to realize short construction, sustainable building quality within budget We specialize in real estate in the sports and leisure center area.

Andreas Kernig Building Consultant Albersloher Weg 10 48155 Münster, Germany Phone +49(0)251 23948850 info@andreaskernig.de www.andreaskernig.de

KRAIBURG Relastec GmbH & Co. KG is an independent enterprise in the KRAIBURG Holding. SPORTEC® rubber flooring products and elastic layers from KRAIBURG Relastec are proven products refined by continuous further development. A wide range of users - including system providers, specialist distributors, architects and builders of sports facilities - benefit from the advantages they provide. All SPORTEC® products are manufactured in proprietary environment-friendly processes utilizing upwards of 90% recycled rubber materials.

KRAIBURG Relastec GmbH & Co. KG Fuchsberger Straße 4 29410 Salzwedel, Germany Phone +49(0)8683 701 340 sportec@kraiburg-relastec.com www.kraiburg-relastec.com/sportec

KUTTER is an innovative and high-performance company that not only plays a leading role all over southern Germany in classical gardening and landscaping, but is also a top-rate and reliable operator in specialised fields such as sports facility construction, golf course construction and synthetic surface technology.

Hermann Kutter Landschaftsbau Sportplatzbau GmbH & Co. KG Buxheimer Straße 116 87700 Memmingen, Germany Phone +49(0)8331 97730 info@kutter-galabau.de www.kutter-galabau.de

Herbert Labarre GmbH & Co. KG was founded in Hamburg in 1904 and is a renowned gardening, landscaping and sports ground construction company. Herbert Labarre GmbH offers its customers skilled, punctual and expert consultation, price quotation and execution.

Herbert Labarre GmbH & Co. KG Alsterdorfer Str. 514-516 22337 Hamburg, Germany Phone +49(0)40 596036 info@labarre-galabau.de www.labarre-galabau.de

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Labosport International Technoparc du circuit des 24 Heures 72100 Le Mans, France Phone +33 243 47 08 40 contact@labosport.com www.labosport.com

Labosport is a test institute for surfaces certification and consultancy that provides thorough coverage of the sports surface life-cycle and a unique offer ranging from laboratory testing to on-site diagnosis. With its multidisciplinary team specialising in chemistry, engineering, agronomy, sports performance and materials science, Labosport is dedicated to improve the overall quality, safety and durability of sports surfaces and equipment. Its engineers and consultants work on projects ranging from iconic stadia to community playing fields.

Landskate GmbH Kamekestraße 20-22 50672 Köln, Germany Phone +49 163 331 77 17 info@lndskt.de www.lndskt.de

LNDSKT is a planning and consulting company specialized in state-of-the-art skatepark design. Founded and operated by active skateboarders, we support user-oriented skatepark planning covered by HOAI (Official Fee Scale for Services by Architects and Engineers) work stages 1-9. We know the specific needs of skatepark users from our own experience. We are truly connected with skateboarders and speak their language. Our mission is to raise the bar for skatepark design in Germany and beyond. This is LNDSKT!

M3 Architectes 15, rue Wurth-Paquet 2737 Luxembourg, Luxembourg Phone +352 26 44 74 1 mail@m3archi.lu www.m3archi.lu

M3 Architectes is currently led by five associates, Jos Dell, Alain Linster, Mary Lucas, Jürgen Simon and Luke Schroeder assisted by a team of 40 employees, including 29 architects. M3 Architectes exercises in most fields of construction, urban planning and interior design.

Melos GmbH Bismarckstr. 4-10 49324 Melle, Germany Phone +49(0)5422 94470 info@melos-gmbh.com www.melos-gmbh.com

For more than 70 years, MELOS have been developing know-how in rubber technology. In the granules product area, MELOS major activity is the manufacture of synthetic granules for running tracks and drop protection systems in playgrounds. MELOS also manufacture infill granules for artificial turf systems.

Nagelstutz und Eichler GmbH & Co. KG Industriestraße 16 45739 Oer-Erkenschwick, Germany Phone +49 2368 69030 kontakt@ne-metalldecken.de www.ne-metalldecken.de

A Nagelstutz und Eichler (NE) metal ceiling is elegant, functional and often a genuine source of inspiration for architects, designers and clients. Let us help you re-discover the potential of metal as a material – whether you are looking for ceiling systems for acoustics, ball impact protection or air conditioning applications. NE is the leading manufacturer of indoor and outdoor aluminium and steel ceiling systems in Germany. As a manufacturer, we have been developing and refining our ceiling systems for 60 years. Our affection for technical detail and our high standards of quality are our daily motivation for supplying you with the best system on the market.

Neptunus GmbH Georg-Glock-Straße 8 40474 Düsseldorf, Germany Phone +49(0)3222 1090176 sales.de@neptunus.eu www.neptunus.de

Neptunus is one of the largest providers of marquees, semi-permanent and temporary accommodation worldwide. With its 75 years of experience, Neptunus supplies marquees and accommodation for top events, in addition to demountable structures for numerous semi-permanent applications. Neptunus has developed temporary sports hall structures with big fl exibility and sustainibility.

Novoter AG Auberg 2 4051 Basel, Switzerland Phone +41(0)61 2715100 info@novoter.com www.novoter.com

Novoter AG, headquartered in Switzerland, provides an innovative turf heating and cooling system which saves up to 80% of the energy costs of conventional systems. Novoter experts have more than 30 years of experience in planning, coordination, construction and maintenance of natural grass soccer fields and ice plants as well as in heating, cooling and control technology. Experience which leads to innovation.

Nüssli (Germany) GmbH Rothgrund 6 91154 Roth, Germany Phone +49(0)9171 97630 Fax +49(0)9171 976350 roth@nussli.com www.nussli.com

NUSSLI is a leading, international supplier of temporary structures for events, trade fairs and exhibitions. NUSSLI provides customized, integral solutions from the concept to the fi nal implementation. These are characterized by brief implementation times and superior quality.

OSRAM GmbH Marcel-Breuer-Straße 6 80807 München, Germany sports-lighting@osram.de www.osram.de

OSRAM is one of the world’s two leading light manufacturers. With its portfolio, the company covers the entire value chain from components and control gear through to complete luminaires, light management systems and lighting solutions. Together with its subsidiaries Siteco and Traxon Technologies, OSRAM offers complete light solutions for all fields of applications within sports facilities from a single source.

Pellikaan Bauunternehmen Germany GmbH Kaiserswerther Straße 115 40880 Ratingen, Germany Phone +49(0)2102 429060 info@pellikaan.de www.pellikaan.de

Pellikaan specialises in non-housing projects; buildings used for commerce, recreation, and education. As an experienced and unique partner, the company will work closely with its clients and can provide a total package, or a combination of: Design, Build, Finance ,Maintain, Operate, Feasibility.

PERROT-Regnerbau Calw GmbH Industriestraße 19-29 75382 Althengstett, Germany Phone +49(0)7051 1620 perrot@perrot.de www.perrot.de

PERROT, the professionals of turf irrigation and good service, and their reliable partners advise on any kind of questions right from the planning stage, concerning offers, delivery and installation, up to the point of commissioning. Individual requirements will be analyzed in a detailed counseling interview with our specialized staff - also on site if required.

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On your behalf, we carry out extensive concept planning, demand assessments and feasibility studies. In addition, we support you during all phases of the design and execution of indoor and outdoor facilities, with a strong focus on the sports facility sector. We are known for our experience, dependability and sound judgment. We regularly test and make use of newly developed systems. For the expert performance of wide-ranging tasks. For you, the client.

Planungsbüro Pätzold + Snowadsky Katharinenstraße 31 49078 Osnabrück, Germany Phone +49(0)541 404320 info@ps-planung.de www.ps-planung.de

Play-Parc Siegfried Strasser has been developing and building playground and exercise equipment for Allwetter-Freizeitanlagenbau GmbH public spaces since 1979. And this has included the successful 4FCIRCLE® series of exercise Zur Kohlstätte 9 equipment since 2001. He runs his company playparc GmbH together with his son Steffen. 33014 Bad Driburg-Siebenstern, Germany Playparc produces and sells four product lines well-known throughout Germany and the rest of Phone +49(0)5253 40599-0 Europe: NEOSPIEL®, 4FCIRCLE®, Replacement parts for all children’s playground equipment and info@playparc.de ® IMAGINATION PLAYGROUND . www.playparc.de PM ENGINEERING SRL, with more than 50 years’ experience, is well known on the international markets with high quality products, fruit of deep researches. All the production phases (design, cutting, H.F. welding ) are carried out inside the factory, using up-to-date and automated equipments. The production process is always subject to careful inspections/tests on the raw materials and on the manufacturing cycle, so assuring high quality products, according to the European standards. The Company is certified UNI-EN ISO 9001: 2008.

PM Engineering S.r.l. via V.Monti, 3 20030 SENAGO (MI), Italy Phone +39 02 9989701 texarch@plastecomilano.com www.plastecomilano.com

Based in Burgheim, Polytan has been the leading specialist for outdoor sports surfaces for more than 40 years. The spectrum of services includes the supply of polyurethane raw materials, the installation of synthetic surfaces for athletics tracks, all-weather pitches, elastic layers for synthetic turfs, the supply and installation of traditional and filled synthetic turfs, lining, repairs and the cleaning of sports surfaces.

Polytan GmbH Gewerbering 3 86666 Burgheim, Germany Phone +49(0)8432 870 info@polytan.com www.polytan.de

PORPLASTIC offers comprehensive product and system programme for PUR-bound elastic sports floors, playground surfaces and synthetic turf systems as a complete assembly in accordance with DIN V 18035, parts 6 and 7, and the IAAF guidelines. Products proven in all climates and innovative technical solutions on site.

Porplastic Sportbau von Cramm GmbH & Co. KG Graf-Bentzel-Str. 78 72108 Rottenburg a.N., Germany Phone + 49(0)7472 937970 info@porplastic.de www.porplastic.de

Pulastic sports flooring is a brand of Sika Nederland B.V. We are an innovative organization and unite a variety of activities under one roof, from research and development to manufacturing and installation of polyurethane indoor and outdoor floors, including customer service and consulting.

Sika Nederland B.V. (Pulastic sports flooring) P.O. Box 420 7400 AK Deventer, Netherland Phone +31(0)570 620744 export@nl.sika.com www.pulastic.com

RAUMKUNST ZT LLC offers professional support and accompaniment for planning and realization of sports facilities and spaces for assembly. RAUMKUNST ZT LLC possesses decades of experience with project development and construction of sports facilities as well as large scale assembly spaces such as football stadiums, gymnasiums, or track-and-field facilities. Our knowhow encompasses all phases of project development.

RAUMKUNST ZT GMBH SPORTARCHITEKTUR Mondscheingasse 7/1 1070 Wien, Austria Phone +43(0)1956 98 38 office@sportarchitektur.at www.sportarchitektur.at

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Schmitz Foam Products BV Postfach 1277 6040 KG Roermond, Netherland Phone +31(0)475 370270 info@schmitzfoam.com www.schmitzfoam.com

ProPlay is a commercial sports brand of Schmitz Foam Products, is a 3th generation family owned business established in 1935. Schmitz is the global leader in performance pads with unparalleled engineering, quality and innovation. The first ProPlay pad was produced in 1992. Today, all products are still engineered, manufactured and distributed on-site and installed in more than 70 countries worldwide.

Sekisui Alveo AG Bahnhofstrasse 7 6002 Luzern, Switzerland Phone +41 41 228 92 92 alveosport@SekisuiAlveo.com www.alveosport.com

Sekisui – your global partner Alveosport is made by the Swiss company Sekisui Alveo AG, a European leader in foams specializing in polyolefin foams. The company is wholly owned by Sekisui Chemical Co. Ltd. in Japan, with a global staff of over 23,000. As a member of the global Sekisui Group, Sekisui Alveo is able to offer a worldwide network of competence - to the direct benefit of its customers. Contact your nearest representative today, we are ready to find the best solution for your artificial turf sports field.

SEW® - Systemtechnik für Energierecycling und Wärmeflussbegrenzung GmbH SEW® – Systemtechnik für Energierecycling und Wärmeflussbegrenzung GmbH is a manufacIndustriering Ost 86-90 turer of heat and cold recovery systems for all ventilation and air-conditioning systems. SEW®’s 47906 Kempen, Germany energy conservation technology is highly efficient and highly profitable and, by reducing the Phone +49(0)2152 91560 need for heating, refrigeration and recooling equipment, drastically cuts energy consumption info@sew-kempen.de and thus pays its own way. www.sew-kempen.de

Signgrass® NIK-Tufting BV Stökskesweg 13 5571 TJ Bergeijk, Netherland Phone +31(0)497 572545 info@signgrass.com www.signgrass.com

The idea behind Signgrass® is to manufacture a seamless logo, slogan or design up to 4 x 9 meters out of one piece and in fine detail. Th synthetic grass mats can be incorporated at artificial turf pitches, sports grounds, children’s playgrounds, golfgreens and commercial flooring like door mats and exhibition flooring. Signgrass® meets a quality standard which will exceed every expectation and brings numerous possibilities. Strong and durable.

SMC² Parc d’Activités Les Platières, 250 rue du Petit Bois 69440 Mornant, France Phone +33(0) 478676056 contact@smc2-construction.com www.smc2-construction.com

Architecture, innovation and environmental preservation are the driving forces of our creativity and our actions to propose solutions to fulfil the economic and ecological demands of today’s society. SMC² designs and constructs covered buildings for sports. When covering a sports field or building a sports installation, every project has its own solution: Multi-sports grounds, indoor football pitches, tennis courts, gymnasiums, bowling pitches, changing rooms, stands, covered school playgrounds, sports centres, swimming pools…

SMG Sportplatzmaschinenbau GmbH Postfach 1150 89265 Vöhringen, Germany Phone +49(0)7306 96650 info@smg-gmbh.de www.smg-gmbh.de

Since 1975 SMG has been dealing with the development of modern machinery for the installation of synthetic surfaces in the sports industry. Also for the maintenance of artificial turf or carpets with granule infilling SMG has already presented the world‘s first innovations since the 80s. For about 35 years SMG has been offering a unique range of machinery. As a pioneer in the special sector „synthetic sports surfaces and artificial turf” SMG disposes of recognized competence and experience since decades.

Spieth Gymnastics GmbH In den Weiden 13 73776 Altbach, Germany Phone +49(0)7153 5032800 info@spieth-gymnastics.com www.spieth-gymnastics.com

SPIETH Gymnastics is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of gymnastics equipment and mats. In addition, SPIETH also produces a broad range of judo floors, basketball units, climbing walls and changing room equipment. The product and service portfolio is is rounded of with customised solutions for training centres and freestyle halls. SPIETH has supplied equipment to many Olympic Games and World Championships.

STARGUM Zakład Przemysłu Gumowego ul. Cieplna 7 73-110, Stargard Szczecinski, Polska Phone +48 91 578 8008 office@stargum.pl www.stargum.pl

STARGUM is one of the leading producers of rubber granules for sport and recreational surfaces such as football pitches, running tracks and playgrounds. With over 30 years of experience in the rubber industry, EPDM, TPE-V, and SBR granules produced by STARGUM are among the highest quality granules on the market. Manufactured in the European Union, our granules meet the highest standards for environmental safety and health, and our flexible, high capacity production ensures we can meet each of our customers’ individual needs.

STRABAG Sportstättenbau GmbH 44147 Dortmund, Germany Phone +49(0)231 9820230 sportstaettenbau-dortmund@strabag.com www.strabag-sportstaettenbau.com

STRABAG Sportstättenbau GmbH specialises in complete solutions for indoor and outdoor sports facilities, inclusive of maintenance and care. Numerous projects have been realised in this way – among them, public-private partnerships, inclusive of building construction and financing. We have the right solution for all sports-related requirements.

Trofil Sportbodensysteme GmbH & Co. KG Löhestrasse 40 53773 Hennef, Germany Phone +49(0)2242 933 880 info@Trofil-Sport.de www.Trofil-Sport.de

The production of high-quality mono filaments from hair strength has now been developed at Trofil for 25 years. From granulates through to mono filament production, the refinement (plying, etc.), tufting, right through to lamination, Trofil supplies products for the highest demands, manufactured from a single source, with which Trofil offers flexibility in the product design by directly converting the customer’s specific wishes and requirements.

Universal Sport Sportgeräteherstellungs- und Vertriebs GmbH Waldstraße 8 Since the establishment of Universal Sport in 1982 a worldwide net of sales representatives 71101 Schönaich, Germany has been set up. On more than 3000 m² sport product’s get engineered, produced and stored. Phone +49(0)7031 75330 With the always present thought of safety, we have revised many of our items, for example info@universal-sport.com www.universal-sport.com Umpire’s Chairs, Tennis Nets and Tennis Posts. 70

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Vector Foiltec designed, manufactured and installed the first ETFE cladding system in 1981 and has retained our position as markets leaders in this field. We currently manufacture our product under the trademark of Texlon®. Vector Foiltec holds the world’s most comprehensive body of ETFE related research data and continue to bring new and innovative products to the market. We are proud of our consistent track record in the delivery of elegant cost effective engineering solutions to meet our client’s many, varied and often complex needs.

Vector Foiltec GmbH Steinacker 3 28717 Bremen, Germany Phone +49(0)421 69351-0 de@vector-foiltec.com www.vector-foiltec.com

Waagner-Biro is a steel engineering organisation based in Vienna. Founded in 1854, the tradition-conscious company has amassed nearly 160 years of experience. Today, Waagner-Biro has more than a thousand employees working at some 15 locations in Europe, the Middle East and Southeast Asia. Waagner-Biro is one of the largest suppliers of stage equipment world-wide.

Waagner-Biro Bavaria Stage Systems GmbH Am Schönbühl 12 92729 Weiherhammer, Germany Phone +49(0)9605 92220 stagesystems.bavaria@waagner-biro.com www.waagner-biro.at

Weinberger is the leading company in the Rhine-Neckar area for screeding, floorcoverings (carpeting, linoleum, rubber and PVC surfaces), parquet, sports floors, net curtains, decorative fabrics, wallpaper etc. In the sports flooring sector, it is the right contact when it comes to special surfaces for outdoor ball games, floor systems for sports and multi-purpose halls, and special flooring for fitness centres/weight training rooms.

Eugen Weinberger GmbH & Co. KG Gutenbergstraße 41-43 68167 Mannheim, Germany Phone +49(0)621 338780 info@weinberger-raumdekor.de www.weinberger-raumdekor.de

WM ice technics in South Tyrol, Italy has been developing and building innovative ice-resurfacing machines for ice surfaces of all sizes for over 30 years. From design through to final assembly, series production takes place on the company’s own premises. Customer requests can thus be accommodated, and quality control remains assured. In addition, WM ice technics and its distributors provide extensive machine commissioning and maintenance services.

WM GmbH Breiener Straße 15 39053 Blumau, Italy Phone +39 0471 353 332 info@wm-on-ice.com www.wm-on-ice.com

Zeller´s qualified staff are the guarantee for creative, technically sound solutions. On their company premises of 14,000 m², Zeller uses the latest equipment and techniques in the production of the stainless steel elements for your swimming pool.

ZELLER bäderbau GmbH In den Seewiesen 49 89520 Heidenheim, Germany Phone +49(0)7321 93890 info@zeller-baederbau.com www.zeller-baederbau.com

Züko is designing and producing ice-preparation machines (ice resurfacer) . Züko is also proud of its large and efficient workshop. Here, not only municipal vehicles and equipment, which were bought at the ZüKo, but also foreign brands can be serviced.

Züko Deutschland GmbH Vogelherd 23 78176 Blumberg, Germany Phone +49(0)7702 477920 deutschland@zueko.com www.zueko.com

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