SPLASH Jun-Jul 2015 Issue - 100

Swimming Pools / Leisure / Aquatics / Spas / Health

Issue 100

June/July 2015

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Housing awards The HIA building industry awards featured some pools and water features that helped the homes stand out from the crowd.

people who came to Singapore, to find out why they came and what they brought to the table.

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The partnership of steel and concrete Cal Stanley looks at the history of steel in concrete, and explains why reinforcing plays such an important part in concrete swimming pool construction.

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We reach the ton!

SPLASH! celebrates its one hundredth issue by considering the beginning of the publication and trade show and looking at the industry as it used to be.

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38 The stepping stone to a unified outdoor space Kim Kamarudin looks at the crucial decisions in the swimming pool design process that decide how the landscaping will help unify a project.

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Piscine SPLASH! Asia review We look at the third Asia event and talk to the

The commandos’ new training pool The Australian Army’s newly consolidated and upgraded Holsworthy Barracks features a new 4ML indoor training pool for the commando units.

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All aboard the US Navy’s competition pool The US Navy Academy’s renovation of its 4.2 metre deep diving pool and Olympic standard competition pool.

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Keep the cash flowing, it’s the lifeblood of business Anthony Davis asks why so many pool and spa businesses have cashflow issues and experience poor profitability – and tries to find some answers.

SPASA Awards The first stage of the awards season has commenced, and we detail the winners from Queensland, NSW & the ACT, and South Australia.

regulars News. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Industry moves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Pool DAs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Commercial news . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74

Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

Tenders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Expo news . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

New products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Global news. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

Ad index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

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The government started the courting process with a 1.5 per cent tax cut and followed it up with a generous instant write-off of multiple $20,000 business purchases, together with a plea to “spend, spend, spend.”

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The opposition thought they could trump a measly one-and-a-half per cent with a full five per cent. Nothing was mentioned about how it would be paid for, but with the new normal being that everything in the future will be rosier than a summer dress, then we’ve nothing to worry about, have we?

At least now that the doomsday rhetoric has been cast aside, we can only hope that consumers will come out of their shells – and bring their wallets with them.

On another matter, as you’ve no doubt noticed from our cover, this is our 100th issue. Everyone at SPLASH! is very proud at having reached this milestone, and on page 28 we detail a little history about the publication and its development, as well as taking a look back at the good old days with a few photos readers have sent in. While there are many people to thank, including our advertisers, I can’t let this opportunity go without personally thanking the people who have undoubtedly made SPLASH! the success it is. That is you, of course, our dear readers.

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Safety

NSW Coroner wants negligent pool owners to face incarceration In April, NSW Coroner Karen Stafford released her findings into the 2012 drowning death of two-year old Armidale boy Sebastien Yeomans.

Her key recommendation was to call for the establishment of a criminal offence for pool owners or those responsible for non-compliant residential swimming pools when a person dies following negligent maintenance of the fence or failing to use the barrier properly, such as not closing the gate.

She has recommended an offence similar to Negligent Driving Occasioning Death be imposed to apply where a person dies as a result of the negligence of a third party with respect to the maintenance or use of a private swimming pool.

Negligent Driving Occasioning Death currently carries a maximum sentence of 18 months for a first offence.

This is not the first time such an offence has been recommended. A similar recommendation was first made at a 2010 inquest into the death of two-year-old Jaise Taylor who drowned after getting through a non-compliant fence when the family was visiting her ex-husband’s family at their rental property at Port Stephens. The mother has said she is fully supportive of introducing criminal charges for pool owners.

Sebastien Yeomans drowned in 2012 after going through a damaged boundary fence and falling into a backyard swimming pool.

He died in hospital two days later in what the coroner described as a preventable tragedy.

Although the pool owner was charged with manslaughter, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) dropped proceedings after deciding there was no reasonable chance of a conviction. Coroner Stafford said she believed there would be no change in this conclusion unless there was a significant change in the admissible evidence, and 10

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did not refer the matter back to the DPP. The Coroner has also recommended an increase in the maximum penalty of $5500 for breaches relating to child-resistant barriers.

Lack of inspectors a factor

In handing down her findings, the Coroner said Armidale Dumaresq Council had not allocated sufficient resources to inspect all private swimming pools, meaning that non-complying pools may go uncorrected for years.

Tellingly, Armidale Dumaresq Council had received complaints about the fencing of the pool in question in the past, yet the fence remained unrepaired, after the owners of the two adjoining properties couldn’t agree on who should pay for the repairs and

the removal of tree roots that were causing the damage.

In her findings, the Coroner said the council should consider allocating a sufficient number of staff to properly implement its swimming pool inspection program, and should supply swimming pool inspectors with a device to take photographs to be stored with inspection records.

She also said the council website should make it clear to pool owners that the cost of constructing and maintaining boundary fences that also act as pool fences is the responsibility of the pool owner.

Foster care queried by parents

Meanwhile, parents of a 22-month-old boy Braxton Slager-Lewin who drowned in a Sydney swimming pool while

in temporary foster care have demanded answers relating to his care.

An autopsy report said the house he was placed in was described as “not safe or secure for young children placed under foster care”. The report also said police who attended the scene noted the pool fence did not have a self-latching gate.

Braxton’s parents, Vanessa Lewin and Johnny Slager, have spoken out for the first time about their son’s death on ABC’s 7.30 program, saying the death shows the foster care system is broken.

“It was a dirty, rotten $500 swimming pool that was green and should never have been left in a house that little kids were in,” Slager says. “I don’t understand, I’m very concerned about that whole situation. It’s not right and something has to be done about it, because it’s just wrong.”

Braxton was placed in foster care after first going to the Department of Family and Community Services for help. Slager intended to begin withdrawing from methadone and felt he needed some assistance caring for his son while that occurred.

He was then pressured to place Braxton in temporary foster care under threat of permanently losing custody. However, Slager says the department would not consider placing the boy with his relatives. Lewin felt incapable of looking after Braxton because of her own drug use.

The autopsy report says that after changing the boy’s nappy, the carer left Braxton with an eight-year-old boy while she had a shower and dealt with some washing. She then used Facebook until she noticed it was quiet and realised the sliding door was open. She went outside and found Braxton face down in the pool, later saying she could not recall whether the pool fence was locked or open.

Terry White

Comparing three-monthly data gives a reasonable chance to show trending figures based on the available pool DA numbers, and the March-to-May 2015 figures show a jump of 33 per cent over the same period last year.

Victorian industry regulator the Victorian Building Authority (VBA) and the Swimming Pool and Spa Association of Victoria have issued a joint warning to the industry to ensure they comply with building safety regulations when constructing pools or risk hefty fines – and to make sure that includes the temporary fence.

Retailers, builders and installers have an obligation to familiarise themselves with the building regulations and standards and ensure their customers are informed, especially about compliant safety barriers.

All swimming pools and spas with a depth of water of more than 300mm must have a complaint safety fence or barrier. This also applies to temporary or relocatable pools which equally pose a significant drowning threat to children, especially those under the age of five.

When it comes to installation in Victoria, only a builder registered in the Year old Year new categories of Domestic Builder Unlimited or Domestic Builder – Limited 1500 (Swimming Pools) is authorised to install a swimming pool or spa when the construction 1200 work is in excess of $5000. Where the safety barrier is not being constructed by the registered builder installing the pool or spa, and 900 the construction work associated with safety barrier is in excess of $5000, the safety barrier 600 or fence should also be installed by a registered builder.

A building permit is required to build a swimming pool or spa with a water depth of300 more than 300mm, as well as the safety fence or barrier. A building permit can be issued by a municipal or private building surveyor. The pool0 and will Sept not be untilFeb theMar certifi cate Junefence July Aug Octcompliant Nov Dec Jan April May of final inspection is obtained from the relevant building surveyor.

Only then should the pool12months-to-May or spa be used.

2014 12months-to-May 2015 VBA technical and 4000 regulation director Jarrod Edwards emphasises the importance for 3500 installers to maintain a temporary barrier during construction work, 3000 and to advise the consumer of their responsibilities before they leave site.

2500 “It is the builder’s2000 responsibility to provide a temporary barrier while construction is underway. Once the pool is installed and filled with 1500 water, it becomes the property owner’s responsibility to maintain the 1000 temporary barrier until a permanent barrier is installed, in accordance 500 with the building permit,” he says.

0 “It is this time, between the removalVICof a temporary barrier April May NSW QLD WA and theSA installation of a permanent barrier, that the risk to home-owners can be at its highest.”

Edwards says that pool or spa installers who failed to comply with their requirements outlined in the building permit risked fines of almost $74,000 for an individual or $369,000 for a company.

A step-by-step guide on swimming pool and spa installation and their safety barriers can be found on the VBA’s website at www.vba.vic.gov.au.

Over the annual figures, the twelve months to May comparisons show the market up by 16 per cent, with Queensland up 110 per cent, NSW 12 per cent, South Australia nine per cent, Victoria four per cent, and WA down two per cent.

Comparison Years-to-May

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The three-monthly comparison shows all states going up except South Australia which went down by two per cent. The Queensland recovery looks well on the way with a massive 465 per cent increase over the (very poor) figures this time last year, while NSW rose 25 per cent, Victoria by14 per cent and WA by six per cent.

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While these figures give an indication of the way the market is trending, they are not comprehensive and don’t include all pools built or even all DAs lodged. By some estimates, the total national numbers including all types of pools could be almost double these figures. They do not include pool projects that are approved as part of a new home, smaller projects under the cost threshold, renovations that don’t require a DA, or some aboveground pools. Additionally, not all councils are forthcoming with data or report on time; councils in some states such as Queensland and Victoria are particularly reluctant. For further information, call Cordell Information on 1800 80 60 60.

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Business

Tradies rates jump more than four percent A new report released by ServiceSeeking.com. au has found that of their top 10 most popular renovation industries, eight are more expensive than last year. The average price for an hour of a tradesperson’s time rose from $58.23 to $60.67, year on year (up 4.2 per cent).

ServiceSeeking.com.au is Australia’s largest services marketplace for consumers to hire tradespeople for any type of job around their home. As they have more than 1.6 million jobs listed, their data provides a strong indication of price trends in the Australian renovation industry.

“Australia is in the grip of a tradie skills shortage,” says Jeremy Levitt, ServiceSeeking. com.au CEO. “Fewer tradies are quoting this year than last, so the tradies with capacity end up charging more.”

Painters were the cheapest per hour at $41.66 while plumbers had the highest hourly rate with $78.40.

Victoria is still the cheapest state to renovate while prices in WA jumped 10.4 per cent, making it the most expensive state to renovate.

Contact: ServiceSeeking.com.au

Q3 2015 Avg Price ($)

Q3 2014 Avg Price ($)

% Diff

Q3 2015 Bid Count

Q3 2014 Bid Count

Building & Renovations

61.27

Carpentry

51.83

59.53

2.85

2,003

3,114

52.68

-1.64

2,550

Concreting

3,124

64.57

64.17

0.62

1,584

2,685

Electricians

71.72

69.40

3.23

5,624

7,563

Flooring

42.54

45.33

-6.56

408

778

Landscaping

67.01

61.71

7.91

2,282

3,103

Painting

41.66

39.08

6.19

2,745

4,461

Plastering

48.15

46.23

3.98

1,314

1,413

Plumbing

78.40

77.94

0.58

2,261

3,326

Tiling & Paving

42.91

39.34

8.33

1,431

2,706

Service

Price changes for top 10 renovation industries across Australia State

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Jail negligent pool owners, says Coroner A NSW coroner called for pool owners to face criminal charges, with a sentence of up to 18 months in jail.

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VIC

55.81

55.51

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5,820

8,892

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59.09

56.41

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6,470

10,389

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62.56

61.49

1.7

5,838

8,090

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SA

63.87

56.37

13.3

939

777

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WA

68.31

61.89

10.4

2,865

3,769

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State by state price comparison

Tax breaks for small business

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Budget

In an attempt to turn the sluggish economy around, the federal government has unveiled tax breaks for incorporated companies with a turnover under $2 million pa.

The company tax rate for these businesses will be reduced by 1.5 percentage points to 28.5 per cent from July 1, 2015. For unincorporated small businesses, there will be a 5 per cent cut to up to maximum of $1000 per year.

Q3 2015 Bid Count

Additionally, small businesses will be able to immediately claim an unlimited number of tax deductions for equipment and other items valued at less than $20,000.

Items that can be purchased include office furniture/ fittings, display screens or signage, kitchen equipment, air conditioners, tradesmen’s tools/machinery, work equipment, sheds/storage space and IT hardware (computers, printers etc) but not software.

Business groups have gener-

ally welcomed the budget, especially in sectors where small business plays a strong role.

HIA’s chief executive of industry policy, Graham Wolfe, has commended not just the cuts to small business tax rates and the accelerated depreciation allowance on new assets, but also says the $212 million allocated to a Youth Transition to Work program is positive initiative.

However, he is critical that $131 million of that money

was taken from training and education programs, which he describes as a backward step.

“There needs to be a greater focus on skills and training to nurture and develop the skilled labour force required to house Australia’s growing and ageing population,” he says.

He also says the HIA are pleased that an additional $235 million has been provided to the Australian Bureau of Statistics over the next five years to enhance their essential activities, which have come under fire recently.

Top five online news stories

The online stories that made the news over the past two months.

AstralPool buys Price Chemicals AstralPool Australia acquired Price Chemicals, the NSW-based manufacturer of swimming pool chemicals, headquartered in Somersby on the Central Coast.

Roy Morgan clarifies curious pool data Pool numbers were revised dramatically downward, closer to the accepted industry figure of just over one million pools.

Make more profit with proper pool pricing Cal Stanley explained that if you want to increase profits by increasing sales, don’t do it by discounting.

Changes to home building laws in NSW Important changes to contracts, licensing, insurance, disputes, defects and statutory warranties.

Upcoming events 2015 June 15-16

ARI Conference, Crowne Plaza, Hunter Valley

June 16-19

IAPPA Asia Pacific, the Hong Kong Exhibition and Convention Centre

Jun 21-23

SPLASH! NZ, ASB Showground, Auckland

June 25-26

Landscape Forum, Terry Hills, NSW

July 11

WA Austswim King Neptune Aquatic Conference 2015, Chisolm College

July 11-12

Austswim New Zealand Regional Conference 2015

July 14-17

Expolazer, Sao Paolo, Brazil

Aug 8-9

SPASA Victoria Consumer Spa & Pool Expo, MCEC

Aug 24-25

SPASA Convention, Homebush Bay

Aug 26-28

2015 ARV Industry Conference, Melbourne Park

Aug 28-30

Brisbane Home Show, BCEC

Sept 9

SPASA Queensland Golf Day, Gainsborough Greens

Sept 12-13

Pool Spa & Outdoor Living Expo, Claremont Showgrounds, Perth

Sept 13-16

Building Australia’s Future 2015 Conference, Gold Coast

Sept 25-26

Austswim National 2015 Soak It Up Conference

Sept 30-Oct 2 Taiwan Water Show, Kaohsiung, Taiwan Oct 4

Drowning Prevention and Memorial Day

Oct 7-9

12th World Aquatic Health Conference, Scottsdale Arizona

Oct 13-15

Watec 2015, Israel

Oct 13-16

Piscina Barcelona

Oct 27-30

Aquanale, Cologne, Germany

Nov 7-12

IPSPE trade show and convention, Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas

2016 Jan31-Feb1 Spatex 2016, Jaguar Exhibition Hall, Ricoh Arena, Coventry, UK Aug 17-18

SPLASH! Pool & Spa Trade Show, Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre, Broadbeach

Nov 15-18

Piscine Global, Lyon, France

These dates are subject to change and should be checked with the relevant organisation. Please send calendar submissions to chrismaher@intermedia.com.au

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Peeking at the ducks Messe Frankfurt’s ISH Fair held in Frankfurt last March proved to be an exciting event, bringing 198,000 visitors according to the organisers.

The fair covers everything from sustainable sanitation solutions, innovative bathroom design and energy efficient heating technologies combined with renewable energies to environmentally friendly air-conditioning, cooling and ventilation technology, and is considered the world’s biggest exhibition for the combination of water and energy.

Australian pump innovator New Fluid Technology (NFT) was there with their new SS pump, which is used on Euro giant Koller’s bathroom spas.

Brian Bambach of NFT says they had a simple but effective display.

“We had 50 small plastic ducks being forced down the other end of a bath with the same sized (800w) pump at either end, as well as power and amperage meters on the different pumps,” he says.

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“The SS/Koller spa pumps were very well received.

Koller had up to 20 sales people there speaking a variety of languages.”

Koller also took the SS spa pump to Moscow and won an award there.

The next ISH Fair is in Frankfurt in March 2017.

Expos

Get ready for SPLASH! NZ The fifth edition of the biannual SPLASH! New Zealand returns to Auckland once again. Being co-located with the very large residential and commercial construction and design shows, buildnz and designex, it will create a lively show with a cross-pollination between the three expos.

It also means attendees can see a much wider variety of exhibitions and seminars, while still focussing on the pool and spa industry.

All three events are free and trade-only.

Children are prohibited to ensure “tyre-kickers” don’t slow down the real business of matching up builders, retailers and other in the industry with suppliers and innovators.

Buildnz is a leading trade fair for the building and construction industry with a solid reputation for bringing professionals and innovators together to share ideas, showcase the latest products and

develop business relationships.

Designex is New Zealand’s foremost design, interiors, and lighting trade exhibition where interior designers, specifiers, architects, and others in the design sector encounter new materials, assess the latest trends and meet new suppliers.

The ASB Showgrounds (formerly known as the Auckland Showgrounds) are located at 217 Greenlane Road – about 10 minutes drive from the city centre.

Dates and times Sunday 21 June 9am – 6pm Monday 22 June9am – 6pm Tuesday 23 June9am – 4pm Contact: www.splashnzexpo.co.nz; www.buildnz. com; www.buildnz.com

The 2015 Country Pool Managers Conference was held in May at Tamworth Wests Diggers Club. The conference included a training session on preventative maintenance featuring Macaquatics, Prominent Fluid Controls, Alias, International Quadratics/ Pierce Pool Supplies and Tim Batt Water Solutions.

As well as the sessions and the exhibitors’ stalls, the conference organisers put on a free coach tour to a winery and the sites of Tamworth, sponsored

by Zelbrite, followed by barefoot bowls. The focus of this year’s conference was how to deal with the public diplomatically.

UK swimming pool and spa trade show Spatex, is reinvigorating its brand with a new slimmed down logo and a new website.

The decision was made as the brand turns 20 years old. Spatex 2016 will be returning to the Jaguar Exhibition Hall at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry for a special anniversary industry-wide event from Sunday 31st January to Tuesday 2nd February 2016. Contact: www.spatex.co.uk.

SPASA Australia will be holding the SPASA Australia National Convention on Monday August 24 and Tuesday August 25 with the Awards of Excellence dinner being held on the evening of the 25th. The venue is Sydney’s Olympic Park Showground with convenient accommodation available at the nearby Ibis, Novotel and Pullman hotels.

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The Blockinator Spa Tech Tips Replacing a twospeed pump?

Then make sure that after installation it runs in the correct sequence.

Two-speed pumps are used to minimise electricity costs and noise during heating and filtration cycles in low speed, while providing the power needed to drive the jet pumps in high speed.

If the low/high speed electrical connections to the pump terminals (or in the spa controller) are reversed, this will result in the pump working incorrectly at high speed during the filtration and heating cycles. Not only will this result in noisy operation and far higher running costs, it will cause the spa to overheat during filtration cycles due to the heat generated by motor and impeller friction.

A spa set for 35 degrees can easily exceed 40 degrees during a high speed filtration cycle.

If you have had a twospeed pump cord rewired you cannot rely on matching low/high speed colours as some manufacturers have used black for high speed, whilst others have used brown. You’ll also find USA colours with black and red.

The problem with incorrect low/high sequence has even occurred on brand new spas so you can never assume a pump’s wiring is correct.

For more information contact technical support at Australian Spa Parts 1300 736 025.

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Normally at SPLASH! we advocate that consumers only employ professional builders – especially when building a swimming pool! However, many pool builders with sufficient experience, enthusiasm and time may like to attempt to build a whole house.

In that case, this book from Keith Schleiger, better known as the foreman from renovation reality series The Block, could provide useful assistance.

Schleiger (AKA the Blockinator) is a carpenter, builder and foreman with more than 27 years of experience in the building industry. Now he has released a guide for the entire home building process from why you should consider being an owner builder, how to get started, who to hire and what to expect at each step of the way.

With index, glossary and chapter summaries, it offers an easy-to-read how-to guide that can be interpreted by men and women, equipping them with the knowledge to work alongside and manage all people involved, from architect to engineer and tradesmen to building inspectors.

Published by New Holland Australia, it retails for $29.99.

left hand column. There will be more information and a direct link in an upcoming free SPLASH! online newsletter. Go to splashmagazine.com. au to make sure you’re receiving the newsletter.

SPLASH! has a copy of the Be Your Own Builder to give away. Go to the SPLASH! magazine Facebook page and click on the Giveway tab in the Spas

Sekuloski offers to clear debts George Goce Sekuloski, who has been fined for importing and selling non-compliant spas as well as facing complaints about failure to supply products and honour warranties amongst other things, is now offering to clear his debts with anyone in the industry who has been affected.

SPLASH! published a warning about Sekuloski in 2010 and again in 2012, following advice from NSW Fair Trading that dealings with him should be avoided. He was selling spas, solar panels, generators, saunas and camping and caravan equipment through a variety of companies including Bulk Imports & Exports Pty Ltd (ACN 131 768 084); HTR Caravan and Camping Pty Ltd (ACN 154 876 954); and, Earth8 Construction Pty Ltd (ACN 154 876 963). Bulk Imports & Exports Pty Ltd has registered the following business names: Solar Energy Store International (BN98531802); EProducts (BN98449073); and Luxury Home Products (BN98418743), and was also known to trade under the names of: Solar Energy Store; OzEpicDeals; Eproductshop; Double-gear; Esales_superstore; Online-group; Solar Energy Store Australia; and Lhpnet-au.

In 2010 SPLASH! published a warning about Sekuloski’s business after he sold imported spas that did not meet Australian standards and was

fined $15,000 by Parramatta Local Court. Fair Trading received hundreds of complaints about his businesses and in 2012 they issued another warning, which SPLASH! also published.

SPLASH! has recently been contacted by his solicitor, Deborah Searle, who says that she has been instructed by Sekuloski to act on behalf of himself and his various companies.

Searle says that Sekuloski had extreme staff issues and blames past employees for many of his problems, alleging a number of their actions negatively affected his business and left him unaware of some of the complaints and court orders.

She says that Sekuloski has completely revised his management infrastructure and staff, and would like to offer SPLASH! readers a public apology and full refunds to anyone who had been affected.

While these actions are open to the interpretation he is “clearing the decks” prior to legal action

by Fair Trading, his solicitor adds that quite apart from any court case or any legal action being prepared, it is proper that he recompense anyone who is out of pocket.

Searle says if anyone is in that situation, they should contact her on the email address below to be recompensed.

Contact: deborah@searlelaw.com.au

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BSB supports mutual recognition Global news The US International Trade Commission has cleared the way for customs authorities to begin collecting duties on Chinese imports of a chemical solution used in swimming pool chlorine after finding that the dumped and subsidised shipments have damaged competitive US producers. In a 6-0 vote, the ITC’s commissioners ruled that US industry is materially injured by imports of calcium hypochlorite from China that the US Department of Commerce has found it to be sold at unfairly low prices and benefiting from illegal government support in Beijing.

Laticrete, the global manufacturer of premium installation and finishing systems for the building industry has been named Supplier of the Year by the Ceramic Tile Distributor’s Association (CTDA), in a ceremony in Orlando, Florida in April.

The US organisation, the Association of Pool & Spa Professionals (APSP) has announced a new draft standard for the plastering of swimming pools and spas. It covers the material and application for the plastering of cementitious finish coatings for in-ground swimming pools or other cementitious water-containment vessels and sets forth the identification and stipulation of non-structural cementitious finish coating materials for use in plastering, application and finishing based on common accepted trade practice.

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After months of speculation, the NSW Building Professionals Board (BPB) has published an E1 Mutual Recognition information sheet for registered swimming pool inspectors in other states or territories.

Mutual Recognition entitles people holding an occupational licence or registration in one state or territory to an equivalent licence in another state or territory provided the work is licensed in both.

At question has been how practical it would be for swimming pool inspectors from others states to check swimming pools in NSW considering the differences in the standards.

The BPB document addresses some of those concerns, and SPASA NSW & ACT has made a point of ensuring that anyone considering working under the E1 Mutual Recognition Pathway knows they must have an equivalent licence in their state or territory before they can apply, and then must abide by the locally accepted standards.

The BPB document highlights the fact that swimming pool laws in NSW are more complex than those in other states. In NSW, the Australian Standard to be applied during an inspection will depend on the age of the swimming pool, whether or not an exemption applies, and whether or not the swimming pool has been substantially altered or rebuilt at any time. For example, the Australian Standards used in NSW are AS 1926-1986, AS 1926.1-2007, AS 1926.2- 2007 and AS 1926.12012.

The BPB says it will closely monitor E1 certifiers to ensure the integrity of the certification system, and notes it has significant powers if it finds an accredited certifier has engaged in unsatisfactory professional conduct or professional misconduct, and can fine the certifier up to $110,000 and impose other conditions.

Contact: www.bpb.nsw.gov.au; or go to the QuickLink tab at splashmagazine.com.au

Protection

Retention scheme starts in NSW A new retention trust scheme for the construction industry is now underway in NSW. The new scheme applies to head contractors and their direct subcontractors for projects valued at more than $20 million and where the contract requires a cash retention.

The aim of the scheme is to protect subcontractors’ retention money in trust if a construction company becomes insolvent.

As well as administering and monitoring the scheme’s operation, NSW Fair Trading will be doing a full review

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You can find out more about the new arrangements at the Fair Trading website or use the QuickLink tab as splashmagazine.com.au.

Contact: www.fairtrading. nsw.gov.au

Tintometer gets the Queen’s nod The 130 year old company British company, The Tintometer Ltd, has received the honour of being presented with the Queen’s Award for International Trade: the highest distinction that can be bestowed upon a UK company.

It wins the award for growth in overseas earnings of 160 per cent over the past six years. Over the past 11 years, the family business has grown into an international group, with its headquarters at Tintometer GmbH in Dortmund, Germany. The company manufactures water testing instruments and chemical reagents, and also instruments for measuring colour, all under the Lovibond brand.

Alexander Becker at the Tintometer stand at the recent Piscine SPLASH! Asia trade show in Singapore. There is more on this show on page 50

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Opportunity

Ever felt like getting out of the rat race and living by the beach?

If so, check out this sea change opportunity on the NSW far south coast.

Current owner Lee Salisbury is putting the Sapphire Wetwork pool service and retail business up for sale, providing the new Tura Beach owner with the chance to swap the daily city grind for an ocean view and a small town lifestyle ideal for a family.

This business has never been offered for sale before, and Salisbury says her multi-award winning pool service and retail business has a local market stronghold, a strong and secure service run, a modern and well-branded retail store and still has

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Seaside pool business on offer

potential for further growth.

Current annual turnover is over $700,000pa. A freehold sale is available or a lease can be negotiated.

The owners are asking $385,000 plus stock at value.

Contact: Call Lee Salisbury on 0427 672 762, or visit www.sapphirewetwork.com.au.

Regulation

Registered builders protected in Victoria The owner builder pool construction rules have been clarified by the Victorian Building Authority, with the result being a nett benefit to the registered VBA practitioners, says SPASA Victoria.

The clarifications place further restrictions on the activities of bogus “owner builders” within the pool and spa construction/renovation sector, says Brendan Watkins, CEO of SPASA Victoria, who adds that SPASA has been

meeting quarterly with the most senior VBA directors, and over the past 12 months has been in very frequent contact over issues such as fibreglass construction barriers, volume owner builders proliferating the industry, pool kits, improved consumer communications and extending the duration of building permits.

Contact: SPASA Victoria on (03) 9501 20240; www.vba.vic.gov.au

Industry moves Brett Gaunt is the new NSW sales manager for Maytronics. Gaunt is based in NSW and brings more than 15 years of extensive pool industry experience and knowledge across wholesale sales and technical management throughout retail, pool building and distributor channels. He is well known in the industry, having held roles as NSW branch manager, national sales manager and sales director for both Waterco and Zodiac Group Australia. Most recently, he developed a technical focus on swimming pool robotic cleaners. Contact: brett. gaunt@maytronics.com; 0475 965 919.

Distribution

Maytronics sets up SA branch has grown significantly over the Maytronics is establishing a past five years, with more and branch in South Australia in more dealers and end users seeconjunction with Pool Power, ing the value of this advanced the distributor behind the pool cleaning technology. success of the Dolphin pool Mark Gregerson, Pool cleaner range in that market.

Power owner and managing Pool Power is the largest director says that for many independent wholesaler in the years they’ve provided their SA and has distributed the encustomers with a complete tire robotic pool cleaner range Pool Power owner and managing package with high quality for since Maytronics moved director Mark Gregerson with Maytronics managing products and local service. into Australia in 2011. director Dan Kwaczynski “This will continue,” he Maytronics will now supply says. “Even more so with the the market with the Supreme addition of the Dolphin X series that will become and S Series range of Dolphin robotic pool cleanpart of the Pool Power product mix.” ers, while Pool Power will supply the market with Pool Power will continue to provide Maytronthe Swash and new X Series range. ics logistics and service support, but Maytronics “This is a great change for the South Australian will recruit its own sales team and will supply the market, now dealers get the absolute best of both Supreme & S Series range direct to dealers. The worlds – full line supply through Pool Power or arrangement will commence in June 2015. focused approach through Maytronics,” says Dan Contact: sales@poolpower.net.au; grant.

Kwaczynski, Maytronics managing director. brooks@maytronics.com He says that the market for robotic pool cleaners

Adrian Van Der Zant has been appointed the new Queensland merchandising representative for Spa Electrics, bringing with him a wealth of experience to provide support for the company’s Queensland customers.

Contact: adrian@ spaelectrics.com.au; 0448 106 472

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Austral’s continuing lineage In Brief Ian Bevan wants to retire, so he’s put Australian chlorinator and valve manufacturer Aquamaid up for sale, together with the pool service business.

The company has been trading since 1974 and is now on the market with a good lease and high profile service shop. The sale is on a walk-in walk-out basis.

Aquamaid makes salt chlorinators, PVC ball valves and check valves and has a large customer service list.

It is also the sole Australian and New Zealand agent for SiderCrete’s Sider-Oxydro pool surface finish and Fibalon filter media. The business is in a high profile location with a good lease.

Ian Bevan can be contacted on 0418 288 722.

Gene Lawless is a pool and spa service tech in Sydney, looking to progress to a sales rep/territory manager/business development manager/trade sales role.

Contact: gene@poolsidesanssouci.com.au.

Underlining the importance everyone learning CPR, a three-year-old girl was saved by a passer-by with knowledge of resuscitation on the Gold Coast in February. According to reports, he heard the screams of adults over the backyard fence, and when he investigated found they were the family of a little girl who had been found on the bottom of the Runaway Bay pool.

He performed CPR on the girl and continued doing so until the paramedics arrived, at which time they took over. The girl was transported to the Gold Coast University Hospital in a stable condition.

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In our last issue, SPLASH! published a piece on Austral Pool Solutions’ 40th anniversary gala.

Unfortunately, we mistakenly referred to the owner Jon Richardson as Jon Anderson! Astute readers alerted us to the fact that the lead singer of progressive rock band Yes had not taken over Austral, but the company was still run by the son of founder Bill Richardson.

Austral Pool Solutions is Western Australia’s biggest distributor of Australian brands for the pool and spa industry. It was established in 1975 providing pool pump and filtration equipment by current owner Jon Richardson’s late father, Bill, and Olympic champion Tom Hoad.

Jon Richardson, pool brand star

Jon Anderson, rock band star

Appointments

Access board role for AIS chief Elena Gosse, CEO of Australian Innovative Systems (AIS) has been appointed to the Board of Access Community Services Limited.

Access is one of Australia’s leading community based, not for profit organisations providing settlement, employment, training and youth support services to migrants and refugees in Queensland.

Access CEO, Gail Ker said the organisation was thrilled to welcome Gosse, whose journey

as a Russian immigrant to CEO of a successful Queensland company, makes her a stand-out addition to the Access Board.

“Elena’s story is compelling – from arriving in Australia as an immigrant not able to speak a word of English, to gaining TAFE and tertiary qualifications and then rising up through the ranks of AIS to lead the company as CEO to its highest level of business success.”

Contact: www.accesscommunity.com.au

Safety

Warnings after excavation incidents WorkCover in NSW and Workplace Health and Safety Queensland (WHSQ) are both warning people in the construction industry to be careful with excavations, following a series of recent incidents – two sadly resulting in death.

WHSQ is investigating the fatal incident which occurred on March 25 at a residential landscape site in Cornubia near Logan. An excavator operator was killed when he jumped from the excavator as it rolled over.

WHSQ urges people involved in excavation to consider the effectiveness of your safety management systems in preventing an incident like this from occurring at a workplace.

In February, two Sydney workers were admitted to hospital after a five-metre deep trench caved in on them, in an incident which early findings indicate could easily have resulted in the deaths of both workers.

General manager of WorkCover’s Work Health and Safety Division Peter Dunphy says it is absolutely critical that such high-risk work be carefully planned, safety precautions put in place and conditions continuously monitored during excavation work.

“It is also important that the business owner or site manager collaborate with workers to fully assess any potential risk before any excavation work starts,” he says.

“There will be times when additional measures are needed because the conditions assessed earlier may have changed due to unforeseen circumstances, such as water seepage.”

Dunphy is particularly concerned as the latest serious incident followed a fatality last December where a worker died after a three-metre deep trench collapsed.

“In that instance, it appears that the soil had become unstable on both sides of the trench due to recent wet weather. As worksites are affected by natural occurrences such as rain, these should always be considered when planning any work – even if the rain fell days before,” he says.

“The sides of a trench must be adequately supported from the risk of collapse by shoring, benching or battering, or by any combination of these.

“The bottom line is that businesses need to ensure trenches are safe from collapse at all times.”

Contact: www.worksafe.qld.gov.au; www.workcover.nsw.gov.au

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Home of the Year: Gransden Construction, Western Australia Home of the Year Custom Built Home: Gransden Construction, Western Australia Display Home: Metricon Homes, South Australia Renovation/Addition Project: Spacemaker Home Extensions, Victoria Apartment of the Year: Giorgi Exclusive Homes, Western Australia Apartment Complex: Mirvac Docklands, Victoria Townhouse/Villa of the Year: BCG Constructions, Victoria Awards

HIA national awards announced The 2015 HIA-CSR Australian Housing Awards were unveiled at a prestigious awards ceremony at the Gold Coast Convention & Exhibition Centre. The awards showcase the talents of the nation’s top builders and designers and the winners are selected from state-based finalists, with awards in 21 separate categories.

MAIN: Planbuild Homes from Queensland won the Australian Project Home of the Year, boasting quality finishes, attention to detail and a dramatic swimming pool with spa RIGHT: HIA-CSR Australian Home of the Year is the top accolade, and this year it has been presented to Western Australian builder Gransden Construction, featuring an indoor-outdoor design and a stunning deck-side pool BOTTOM: Crown Group from NSW won the Australian Outdoor Project of the Year, combining natural elements including great use of water

Townhouse/Villa Development: Strongbuild, NSW Spec Home: Stonehaven Homes, Victoria Project Home: Planbuild Homes, Queensland Kitchen Design: JAG Kitchens, South Australia Kitchen of the Year: JAG Kitchens, South Australia Bathroom Design: Brindabella Bathrooms, NSW Bathroom of the Year: Bubbles Bathrooms, Victoria Special Purpose Housing Project: Strongbuild, NSW Outdoor Project: Crown Group, NSW Apprentice: Adam Cocks, South Australia Business Partner: Rebecca Rossi, Western Australia Professional Small Builder/Renovator: Ronald Young & Co Builders, Tasmania Professional Medium Builder/Renovator: Latitude 37 Group, Victoria Professional Major Builder: Henley Properties Group, Victoria

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ABOVE: Rebar limits shrinkage

Rebar and the swimming pool:

The relationship between steel and concrete

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nce again, this article is mostly for newcomers to the concrete swimming pool construction industry. For those of you who have been building concrete pools for many years, I hope this just reiterates what you already know.

First, let’s have a little history (with some thanks to Wikipedia). Although concrete was first pioneered and used by the Romans more than 2000 years ago, it didn’t

“Rebar in concrete only works as intended when it is completely encased within the concrete. There should be no voids anywhere near it.” have steel reinforcing until 1853 when Francois Coignet used it to build a four-storey Parisian house. The first patent for the process was granted to another Frenchman in 1877 who used wire mesh and concrete to make flower pots. GA Wayss, a German civil engineer bought the patent rights for Germany in 1879 and was the first to use reinforced concrete for commercial structures.

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with the concrete and became the first person to build reinforced concrete bridges in North America.

Concrete

Concrete has always had very good compressive strength. As a solid block it was always very strong and the continued existence of unreinforced concrete from the Roman era is testament to that. Try and crush it and it will withstand an enormous weight stress. Try and stretch it and it will crack under a fraction of that stress. Because concrete alone has very little tensile strength, its use in structures that required spanning over a space was not achieved until about 125 years ago.

Steel reinforcement

Standard building steel reinforcement (rebar) is designated as N bar with a yield strength of 500MPa. Pool steel is softer so it can be manually bent to shape, is designated S bar with as yield strength of 250MPa and is only available in 12mm diameter bars. The yield strength of steel is the pressure applied lengthwise up to the point when the steel will permanently deform or stretch. A strength of 250MPa is plenty for most private swimming pools. However, particularly when building pools out of ground and straight-sided pools longer than 14m in length, N bar is better.

Concrete and rebar

New concrete always wants to shrink, even more so when not cured.

Deformed rebar limits shrinkage by isolating the “shrink” part to the concrete between rebar spacing only. The concrete still shrinks, but it is controlled by the rebar and made into a myriad of small, mostly surface cracks instead of several large ones.

When an engineer designs an in-ground pool, the walls are designed as a retaining wall to control the soil pressure on the outside of the pool. He doesn’t assume it will flex longitudinally but flex from the cove where the greatest pressure will be felt. The design does not take the partially offsetting internal water pressure into calculation at all. Thus the steel placement in the pool wall is designed such that when the earth pressure is applied, the concrete will be in compression and the steel in tension.

If this is hard to grasp, think of a second-storey house floor slab.

When constructed, the rebar is always set very close to the formply on the bottom with typically only a 20mm concrete cover on the underside. The span and its own weight make it want to bow in the centre. The steel will try and stretch and the mass concrete above it will try to compress. Working together, the slab doesn’t bow at all.

The absence of steel mesh near the surface, however does explain the often substantial shrinkage cracking on the surface.

The same principal goes for a pool wall that is out of the ground.

The concrete could be 250mm thick with one layer of rebar on the water side with 50mm cover and, from a strength point of view, it will work fine. However, a second layer of rebar close to the outside of the wall is added to control concrete shrinkage.

Concrete shrinkage is greater when the pool length is greater and this can be controlled by decreasing the spacing of the longitudinal bars. I hated installing expansion joints in pools due to the work involved to do it properly and their propensity to leak years later. By using additional reinforcement lengthwise I successfully built many 25m pools without such joints. On one occasion using special tension rods, we sprayed a 33m pool in one go with no expansion joints needed.

Some of you may have noticed that the engineering design for a rectangular out-of-ground pool will indicate that, at the corners, the horizontal outside bars turn to inside bars and vice versa. This is because the engineer sees the corner as a weak point in the structure and swapping the bars removes that weakness. Many pool builders ignore this subtlety, but can get caught out if the engineer does an inspection. (Yes, I know there are still many parts of the country where no inspection or certification of the rebar is required.)

Spraying the concrete

Rebar in concrete only works as intended when it is completely encased within the concrete. There should be no voids anywhere near it. To prevent voids, AS2783 requires that where steel laps, then the lapped bars shall be separated by 50mm. It also prevents bars greater than 16mm from being used with sprayed concrete. I shudder to think what goes on when a pool builder installs 40mm or 50mm pipe within the concrete and ties it to the rebar.

I am unable to find a similar bar separation requirement in the more technical AS3600 “Concrete Structures” but this standard also doesn’t seem to have any reference to sprayed concrete.

While on this subject, plastic bar chairs with the flat base should never be used in the construction of a sprayed pool as they will always leave voids.

I trust this gives some improved understanding of the relationship of concrete and rebar and why engineers design the way they do. ■

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For these articles Cal Stanley draws on his 30 years’ experience and success in pool construction, having run award-winning pool company Neptune Pools in Western Australia for three decades. He currently works as a pool consultant and delivers hydraulics courses for the swimming pool industry. Contact: neptunepools@westnet.com.au.

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hile we don’t normally like to blow our own trumpet too much, we couldn’t let our 100th issue go by without saying something.

This became particularly relevant as we discovered many people in the industry didn’t realise the genesis of the SPLASH! brand or its history.

To add to the flavour of the article, we’ve included some images of “the old days” sent in by our readers. Some may precede the first SPLASH! publication, but we still feel they are in the right spirit of looking back at the industry as it was.

The early days

The SPLASH! brand began with a thin magazine, put together in the Brisbane home of Carol and Kevin Benger in 1997.

The Bengers ran Master Pool Care, a “mom and pop” pool shop in Clayfield, with Carol managing the shop and Kevin taking care of the servicing. Business was booming, making time a precious commodity, but Carol felt something had to be done about

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some of the issues affecting their business and the industry.

The most urgent of these was the chemical registration fees administered by the National Registration Board (NRA).

Carol, known for her determined spirit, felt that the industry was not united and didn’t have a voice that could stand up to what she saw as price gauging by the NRA (and later the APVMA).

This was in 1996 and early 1997, when the first version of the Swimming Pool & Spa Association of Australia Ltd was being put into liquidation after it suffered considerable financial losses on a national convention in Hawaii and uncontrolled office equipment leasing.

“SPASA at the time was in turmoil, each state was doing its own thing and there was noone to take on the issues that faced the industry.

So I said to Kevin, let’s start a magazine.”

Kevin’s response was: “You’re mad!”

But with a style characteristic of Carol, not only did she do it but she leapt the stepping stone of publishing a newsletter and went straight to a full blown magazine. She had

some assistance from her sisters Lea Edwards (who sadly passed away last September) who was a partner in the business and handled the accounts payable and receivable, and her other sister Dawn McCallum who also helped with the bookwork and later the trade shows.

In due course, the Benger children Sam and Jane would also lend a hand.

The SPLASH! name came from the acronym Swimming Pools Lifestyle and Spa Hi Tech. [This acronym was revised under Intermedia to become Swimming Pools/Leisure/Aquatics/Spas/Health to better reflect the direction of the publication.]

“I left school at 14, had no idea how to use a computer, let alone put a magazine together” says Carol. “But I had a passion to see the industry grow and become more educated. It is our many supporters – those who advertised, those who contributed articles, those who subscribed and those who exhibited and attended our trade shows – who deserve the accolades for the success of SPLASH! in its early years (and still today). At one stage, we were circulating to more than 36 countries around the world.”

LEFT: The Benger family with Carol, Kevin, Sam and Jane MIDDLE: Since retiring, Carol has spent considerable time and effort assisting kids in Zimbabwe, after becoming aware of their situation though members of the African swimming pool industry. Here are some of the kids in their classroom

ABOVE: An article from the third edition calling for changes at the NRA RIGHT: Aqua Technics’ old facility in McDowell Street. Since those early days, they’ve changed their name to Aquatic Leisure Technologies and moved five times, while Lew Beale was joined by son and daughter Ben Beale and Lynley Papineau who now run the business

BELOW: Some of the more recent covers

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FAR LEFT: A tongue in cheek ad from 40 years ago, courtesy of Ed Sinn ABOVE: A Cascade pool in New Zealand being dug by hand in 1972

SPLASH! had always had an international element, drawing on the goings-on in other markets to inform local readers.

For example, the problems facing the local industry with chemical registrations were also being faced in the United States, and when Carol discovered President Clinton was about to table a bill on the issue, she called the White House.

“One day Kevin came into the shop to pick up some chemicals,” she says. “I was on the phone – waiting, waiting, waiting. Eventually Kevin asks, who are you talking to? I say, the White House. He stutters, the White House in Washington? How much is this costing me?!”

Whatever the cost, it was worth it, as they sent Carol a copy of the legislation, and that helped inform further articles on the topic, and even more intense lobbying.

Her success can be best summed up by the fact that their fighting on this issue was instrumental in the passing of an act of federal parliament that led to the dissolution of the NRA and the establishment of the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) with new guidelines put in place.

The other arm of the business was the trade show, which grew from a table top show at a services club into the bi-annual show first held at the Gold Coast International Hotel.

“From those early days, Intermedia has taken the show and magazine to new heights and put a stamp on our industry internationally,” she says. “I am so proud of what Intermedia has accomplished and offer heartfelt congratulations!”

The Intermedia Group

While the Bengers had done an admirable job in creating and growing SPLASH!, it had reached a point where a professional publisher could modernise the

LEFT: By 1976, flares were all the rage in the NZ pool industry

publication and a professional event organiser could grow the trade show arm.

The Intermedia Group, publisher of 28 business to business titles, bought the magazine and show in 2005 under the businesses Intermedia and Interpoint Events and began putting its own mark on the brand. Sadly Kevin passed away in March 2008, but had said he was thrilled with the way the publication and show were progressing under the new owners.

Simon Cooper became Intermedia’s publisher of the magazine and as managing director of Interpoint, he also organised the trade shows. One of the first things the new team did was to introduce an online component, including social media, a newsletter and a visually impactful website. This was part of Intermedia’s three-pronged strategy to bring people together – print, face-to-face and online.

SPLASH! continued to highlight areas of concern in the industry while remaining impartial, objective and independent. The policy of no advertorial in the magazine was formalised as one way of ensuring the editorial sticks as close to the facts as possible.

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the SPLASH! Environmental Awards.

At the same time, the trade show grew – expanding first into New Zealand and then to Singapore.

The flagship event on the Gold Coast continued to get bigger and better – winning the award for best show of any kind in Australasia.

Bursting at the seams, it will now move to a bigger venue in 2016.

“From its birth in the kitchen of Carol and Kevin Benger’s home, SPLASH! has grown to become the leading pool and spa publication and the largest trade show in Australasia,” says Cooper.

“The magazine has been a finalist in the Publishers Australia Bell Awards, while the trade show has taken out the highest honour in the Exhibition Association Awards for the best show in Australia/New Zealand,” he says.

“Under the editorial leadership of Chris Maher the magazine has built an authoritative reputation for delivering impartial and objective

ABOVE: Andrew Simons of LoChlor at a trade show with a uniquely dressed friend RIGHT: An Onga and Sta-Rite catalogue from 1990, a bit more risqué than is generally accepted nowadays

news. In addition, the SPLASH! Environmental Awards have achieved international recognition.

The online component takes our news to a wider audience, including attendees from trade shows in New Zealand and Singapore. SPLASH! is indisputably the leading integrated media platform in Australasia for the pool and spa industry in print, digital and face-to-face.

“Underpinning this success has been the support of the industry.

Karen Jaques has drawn together the leading product suppliers and whether it’s advertising or exhibiting she provides marketing support and an unprecedented level of customer service.”

While the SPLASH! team is thrilled at reaching this milestone, no-one is letting up with the one constant – trying to make each edition better than the one before.

And while everyone is excited at having reached 100, they are all looking forward to further milestones down the track. ■

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Thank you The SPLASH! team would like to thank the people who made the magazine, website and trade shows possible.

That of course, is our audience, advertisers, sponsors, contributors and exhibitors. Without our readers, the magazine would simply not exist; and without the visitors, the shows would never succeed. And without our loyal supporters in the industry who exhibit and advertise, we wouldn’t be able to bring anything to our audience.

So thank you!

ABOVE: Another early brochure suggesting that if you own a spa, you’re likely to be beset by beautiful and available women, courtesy of Key Pool Equipment LEFT: This is actually a pic of current Pool Doctor owner Peter Legaz – on the knee of his father, 36 years ago

Also, we’ve received many congratulatory notes – so many we haven’t got room to reprint them, but they include kind words from Focus Products, Pentair, Aqua Action, Evolution Products, Australian Innovative Systems, Aqua Technics, Lo-Chlor, Cooke Industries, Hychlor and the Pool Doctor. A number of people from overseas have contacted us with congratulations, including our good friends at the New Zealand Master Pool Builders Guild, The Hong Kong Water Treatment Association, Blue I Technologies, and Brian Van Bower from Genesis.

All congratulatory wishes were gratefully received.

Pentair congratulates SPLASH! Magazine on it’s 100th issue.

SPLASH! continues to support the Pool Industry by continuing to be up to date, topical and relevant.

From the team at Pentair we wish you well for the next 100 issues and more!!!

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Keep the cash flowing, it’s the lifeblood of business

By Anthony Davis

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hy is it that so many business in the pool and spa industry have cashflow issues and experience poor profitability?

There are two critical issues that are poorly developed and almost never documented in many businesses: your credit policy and your debt collection procedures.

This article will address both of these issues in some detail and at the same time make you realise that issues affecting cashflow start a long time before you need to get paid.

principle of action adopted by an organisation.

Credit policy, therefore, is the time period you allow your customers to pay for their purchases, the form of payment (cash, credit card, cheque, Bpay, PayPal etc.), discounts offered for early payment and charges applied for late payment.

Customers need to understand the agreed delay and method by which you expect to have the credit you have given them to be paid. It is the lack of a clearly stated credit policy that causes the greatest level of debt collection issues and poor cashflow in many businesses.

Be sure you understand why you offer credit. Just because the rest Cashflow is more than just money in and money out of your industry offers credit, doesn’t mean you have to. If you build a Start by looking at the illustration of the working capital cycle on page 36. desired reputation for your business you can set your own credit policy.

While your cycle might vary from the one illustrated, all businesses If you expect to be repaid within a certain time, then create a policy and in the pool and spa industry have a cycle. ensure that your customers agree to it before you deal with them. RememThe most important point for you to realise from this illustration ber, when you buy retail you pay immediately! and your subsequent analysis of its impact To see how a credit policy can improve on your cashflow, is that there are many business, consider this real life example steps that you can manage before you get to “Issues affecting cashflow from one of our clients. A business owner the final step of “getting paid”. changed his practices to now take credit start a long time before card details with each order. When the It all begins before the sale you need to get paid.” job has been completed, the credit card is Of course it starts before you make the sale! processed. The result of this action has reYou have to determine: duced his debtors from $80,000 to $20,000.

• What you and your pool or spa business Recovering $60,000 has given him a greater chance to take advantage are worth of other business opportunities as they arise.

• What are your terms of trade You should also consider the range of government initiatives designed to • How you intend to get paid assist you to get paid, especially dealing with sub-contractor arrangements.

• Who you choose to deal with (customers and suppliers) Now let’s look again at the working capital cycle.

• And those you choose not to deal with!

All of these decisions should precede the sale (though sadly, they are seldom given any real consideration). If they have been considered Purchases result in creditors however, then when you make the sale, you are able to enter a contract We’ve looked at your customers, but what sort of relationship have you on terms agreeable to you. developed with your suppliers?

But perhaps the single most important decision you have to make it When you start out in business you might think you are too small to determine your credit policy. to negotiate with the larger suppliers. But suppliers always have special opportunities. A great saying to remember is, “if you don’t ask, the answer is already no!”

Credit policy I was recently told by a product salesman that their pricing had Credit is the ability to repay. In commercial terms, credit refers to the a 10 per cent buffer built in. If requested, they could negotiate approval for delayed payments for purchases. A policy is a course or June/July 2015

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Other important parts of purchasing are getting what you ordered and paying for what you get. This demands good systems for things like: purchasing order policy and procedures; receiving procedures, quality controls and theft controls.

Creating stock and inventory control

The working capital cycle

other advantages for their company in return for a discount of up to 10 per cent. He estimated that only five per cent of the people he dealt with ever asked for a discount.

Many times I have seen organisations “over buy” certain products because they lack any type of purchasing controls. When the supplier offers you a deal that is “too good to be true” it usually means that your stock level goes up and your cashflow goes down.

What controls do you have on cash purchases? One client investigated the cash purchases made by his team, only to realise that part of most purchases ended up in the employees’ homes. A good control system fixed this cashflow leak.

Just as in the example of cash purchases above, you need to consider how well you control the stock you purchase or manufacture. Trades are well known for weekenders, where your team members help out friends on the weekend. While you have little control over what your employees do in their own time, you have an obligation to control what happens to your stock in such circumstances. You don’t want it to become part of a “foreign order” as these arrangements are sometimes called.

Every piece of your stock they use affects both cashflow and profitability.

If you define stock as anything you convert into dollars, you will see that it is more than just the items you purchase.

In creating stock, whether it is a physical item or a service provided, you need to be in total control of the productivity and the material usage associated with that activity.

Again, any variations from the costed expectations affect your cashflow and profitability.

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indebtedness as agreed when you made the sale.

The sad part for many is the delay in getting an invoice to a customer. This results in the customer perceiving that payment is not really an issue and therefore they delay their payment.

I once had a client whose work was over 12 months old but had not been invoiced. His chance of ever getting paid was very slim! His delay was due to his belief that he was the only person capable of pricing the work.

I explained to him that even someone else in his organisation priced and sent the invoice and it was 10 per cent wrong, he would at least get paid for 90 per cent of the debt – as opposed to zero percent currently as no invoice has been raised at all!

Your credit policy should determine just how you expect to be paid.

A great place to start is by taking a deposit. Perhaps new clients pay the initial transaction in full in advance and then are given a credit account.

Remember there are many opportunities to make it easy for people to pay you. There are electronic systems today that ensure you can issue an invoice immediately the work has been completed. The advantage of this is twofold: it communicates a sense of urgency; and it gives your client a chance to query the information immediately.

But with all of the best systems, if the client doesn’t pay you, you need to implement your debt collection procedures.

Trying to impose credit terms after you have provided your product or service is like closing the gate after the horse has bolted.

Even with a very strong credit policy, there will always be an opportunity to use a debt collection system. There must be an accounting process to know all debts are being paid on time.

The tougher you are at policing and implementing your debt collection system, the less likely your customers will exceed your credit policy. Your system must be well documented and must commence the day the credit policy is broken. In some circumstances, it might begin before the due date if the industry you are in or the type of customers you deal with require this to happen.

One of our clients contacts the accounts payable department of a large customer on the 20th of each month to ensure the required invoices are included in the end of month payment batch. If they are not, he now has several days to get replacement invoices to the accounts payable clerk and is paid at the end of this month rather than waiting until next month.

Your system should include phone scripts, letters, letters of demand and if all else fails your use of a collection agency. It should also contain “what if ” scenarios and allow for part-payment or a regular repayment program. Another useful tool is to restrict (not stop) continuity of supply until the old debt is repaid.

As always, your feedback on this article is welcome. ■

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Anthony Davis is the principal at Brightwater Business Coaching. He is offering a complimentary business health check valued at $495. Simply complete his Survey Monkey form, available at the Quick Links tab at splashmagazine.com.au. Contact: bizplan@brightwater.com.au

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Paving: the stepping stone to a unified outdoor space

By Kim Kamarudin

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rucial decisions in the swimming pool design Enabling customer creativity process include what form the landscaping South Australian-based Best Bricks and Pavers manuwill take, what materials will be used, and how factures traditional bricks, pavers, bullnose, coping and they will combine to complement the wet areas large format pavers and supplies and even lays them so the whole poolscape becomes a uniform, attractive, all around the country. Established in 1993, Best is a comfortable and highly useful space. family-owned and run operation with more than 100 Hard landscaping options – that is, landscaping staff that prides itself on creating products to suit an that is not of the plant variety – may include the use individual customer’s creativity. of materials like sandstone, limestone, quartzite, slate, Operations coordinator Alan Howard-Jones says the marble, granite, basalt, ceramic, clay, concrete, pebbles company can make products to suit individual styles and fine aggregate. There are and needs, or to duplicate a also many forms, types, colours look seen elsewhere. and styles of brick pavers. With “For example, a manager so many options available, we was in Melbourne recently and “Swimming pool and asked the following manufacsaw a great looking café floor spa surrounds are far turers, landscape designers and with lots of colour and visual more sophisticated installation experts to offer punch. He took a photo of it their advice. and we were able to create a than ever before.”

Peter Glass, managing direcpaver that mirrored the look of tor of Peter Glass & Associates that flooring.”

Landscape Architects, advises He says that is something that the choice of material and finish needs to be conthey are more than happy to do for customers, if they sidered in the very early design stages of a project. This have a particular look they wish to recreate. is to ensure size, thickness and other characteristics Since its establishment, Best employees have travof the paver material can be taken into consideration elled and researched throughout the United States and when resolving levels and surface drainage.

Europe – especially Italy – in order to adopt production Glass adds that swimming pool and spa surrounds practices and technology that can be deemed world-class. are far more sophisticated than ever before.

They produce as many as 15,000 line items at the “As landscape architects and pool designers who ad40,000m2 manufacturing facility and head office in dress the often-demanding high end of the market, we Wingfield, South Australia. The site actually boasts have to keep up to date with the very latest in finishes two different plants, one that manufactures traditionand equipment,” he says. al bricks and pavers and has the ability to produce “From every point of view, it is critically important 2500sqm of product each day; the other, a circular press to ensure the materials and finishes are suitable for the plant producing 1000sqm of large format pavers and purpose intended. And as the range of materials, finishterrazzo tiles each day. es and prices is almost endless, the selection process is Howard-Jones says the plant machinery is relatively that much more difficult. automated but still requires monitoring by trained “As a result, some design parameters need to be set craftsmen to ensure the product is being manufacto assist with the selection of the most suitable material tured as it is supposed to be, that output is correct, and and finish for each specific project.” inspected for quality control purposes.

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He says the process involved in the design and manufacture of its large format, bullnose and coping pavers is quality assured to ISO9001.

“During manufacture our two circular press plants use the press method to bind two layers of concrete material together to create the finished paver,” he says.

“The base of the paver is normally a light-grey colour.

This side of the paver is not typically seen because it is what is lying against the sub-base. The second or top stage of the paver is where the colour or oxide is added with different aggregates that make up the final product.

“However, for pool pavers we take into consideration that when swimming you are at eye level and can therefore see the side and sometimes part of the bottom of the paver. Customers do not want to see a light grey bottom half of their paver. With this in mind we specifically manufacture both stages of this product the same colour.”

He says that all their bullnose, coping and large formatted edging pavers can be custom-made for their customers.

“The manufacture of bullnose products requires closer attention to detail involving a craftsman using machinery to grind off the edges and is closely monitored to ensure all the pavers are the same.”

Howard-Jones says they have always manufactured bullnose coping, and it has been very popular for many years. They introduced the large format straight edge version, which they combined with their honed finish two years ago in response to customers asking for something different. This product is now just as popular as the bullnose products.

The honed range involves polishing the top of the pavers to give it a smooth finish that reveals the aggregate in the pavers. For the large format edging for around pools, Best hones the edge and base of the paver to reveal the

ABOVE: The aim is to create a unified, useful and beautiful space LEFT: Midland Brick Promenade classic pavers and bullnose in limestone

Questions to consider when selecting paving Here are some questions landscape architect Peter Glass recommends considering: • What is the proposed method of water sanitation and its level of corrosive effect on stone, clay or other materials?

• What materials and finishes will the project budget allow?

• What is the slip resistance factor of the material or finish i.e. does it meet applicable Australian Standards?

• Is the material or finish too rough, dangerous or uncomfortable underfoot; or is it too smooth and may pose a potential slip hazard?

• Will the material require pre-sealing and post-sealing, if so how fre-

quently and what impact will this have on the overall cost?

• Is the poolside area exposed to full sun? If so dark coloured material may absorb too much heat and become too hot to walk on or a light coloured material could reflect too much light and result in too much glare.

• Is the poolside area in a lot of shade or adjacent to tall trees? This may create problems with staining, discolouration and algal growth on some of the less dense natural stones and other light coloured non-ceramic tiles and pavers.

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aggregate so the smooth finish can be seen from the top, side and bottom when swimming in the pool.

Best’s coping comes in four finishes: regular bevel or straight-edged; weathered or shot-blasted for a textured, non-slip finish; honed or polished smooth to reveal the striking aggregates within; and the black series which has been both honed, then applied with weathered finishes.

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ABOVE: Bullnosing can be used to make planter boxes RIGHT: These Best Bricks and Pavers quad bullnose (400x400x40) stepping stones also show how bullnose pavers can be used for more than just coping

In comparison, WA-based Midland Brick provides customers with a host of new and old favourites ranging from conventional clay pavers to the most popular large square formats, like Stylestone 400x400mm and Promenade 300x300mm.

The Promenade range comes in nine colours and features clean lines and a 2mm bevel on the paver edge.

The 60mm thickness makes them ideal for landscape applications; from driveways and garden paths to grand courtyards and patios. Matching bullnose products provide continuity for pool surrounds and garden steps.

Midland Brick retail sales manager Sheree Jones says the company has a proud 70-year history in Western Australia, and has an important part to play in the ever developing state.

“Today Midland Brick leads the way in developing new products that have been tested and trialled to the most stringent Australian standards to give you the very best range and quality,” she says.

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She says that with outdoor living and entertainment being such a major part of our lifestyle, it’s important to consider the type of landscaping and finishes for outdoor areas.

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“Colours, texture and quality of materials are so important as you plan. Pavers are probably the most cost effective and practical way to achieve the right look.”

The porosity of stone

Another factor is the impact pool and spa chemicals may have on pavers. Natural stone tends to hold up well beside swimming pools but the salt resistance depends on how close the stone is to the water and how frequently it gets inundated.

Domain Paving founder and director Sam Tarabay says that no stone is completely “salt safe” because all stone is porous and absorbs water, however some stone performs better than others.

Granite and quartzite perform well as pool coping while sandstone needs to be selected carefully because of variable porosity and density.

Tarabay suggests the use of penetrating, water repellent sealers that form a barrier to prevent the entry of moisture into the stone but warns that even the best sealants do not make the stone totally impermeable. He says penetrating sealants are designed to allow water vapour to move into and out of sealed surfaces and that any salt that penetrates the under-surface of the stone will remain trapped.

“Sealing with a penetrating sealer, though not always recommended, will help protect vulnerable areas but will only perform well if properly applied and re-applied annually,” he says.

“Some salt water pool owners prefer to leave the stone around their pool unsealed choosing to hose down areas after use. In theory, this may work well as the salt is soluble, however it would be almost impossible to remove all the salt and whenever salt crystallizes in any porous hard surface, even concrete – damage to its structure is inevitable.”

Assaulted by salt

Melbourne-based The Pool Paving Specialists construction manager Adrian Woods agrees that sandstone around pools must be sealed with advanced protection to protect and maintain the stone.

Woods says there most stone is fine to use around the traditionally chlorinated pools, but some precautions are needed for some stone when using salt-chlorinated pools. For example, high-grade bluestone and limestone typically does not react to the salt in the water if the correct pH levels are maintained.

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He says sandstone had received an unfair reputation for being an inadequate stone for use around pools treated with salt-chlorination, and that while corrosion can occur in sandstone, particularly with sandstone that is highly porous and contains high levels of silica, it is possible to apply preventative measures.

“If you choose a salt-water system this does not preclude the use of sandstone as pool coping,” he says.

“If you want to use sandstone around a salt-water pool, the stone must be adequately protected with a premium anti-salt sealant.”

Some suggest paving should be protected from salt water with a sealer up to two metres from the pool edge. Of course sealers require periodic renewal so professional advice is recommended. Other paver cleaning suggestions include dry brushing, steam cleaning, low and high-pressure water jet blasting, chemical cleaning, and wet and dry grit blasting.

When considering clay or masonry products around pools and spas it is important to be aware that when these products are subjected to a lot of salt, deterioration will occur over time.

Howard-Jones says Best products are suited for use alongside saltwater pools due to the quality of the design mix, and density of the product from the pressed manufacturing process, which prevents salt from penetrating the paver surface. Another common natural occurrence in clay and concrete paving is the development of a white haze of calcium carbonate on pavers around swimming pools, called efflorescence. He says Best combats this occurrence with the addition of an organic chemical additive known as priolene in the manufacturing process which helps prevent efflorescence.

Glass’s advice is not to consider using materials around a salt-chlorinated pool if the manufacturer and/ or supplier will not confirm in writing that those materials are suitable for use in such environments.

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Piscine SPLASH! Asia draws strongly from the region

he 2015 edition of the Piscine SPLASH! Asia swimming pool and spa trade show was held in Singapore in May. The organisers were pleased with the event, especially the first day when attendance was the highest ever for a single day at the trade show.

“The overall consensus from visitors and exhibitors was that the show was definitely a success,” says Interpoint managing director, Simon Cooper. “One of our major aims was to attract more visitors from the South East Asian countries, and that certainly came to fruition, with exhibitors thrilled at the number of visitors from their target countries in the region.”

This is the third edition of the SPLASH! Singapore pool and spa trade show, and the second co-branded with Piscine and co-organised with French organisation, GL Events.

As in previous editions, visitors came in numbers from Singapore and adjacent Malaysia (supported by the Malaysian Swimming Pool Association), but there were also a large number from Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines and Thailand. Additionally, attendees flew in from Laos, Myanmar, India, Sri Lanka, Qatar, Brunei, Bangladesh, the Maldives, China and Japan, as well as from Australia and Europe, with a total of 28 countries represented.

The show has been described as four continents converging, and that was still the case in this show, except that some hardy visitors even travelled all the way from Brazil, bringing South America into the mix.

There were 65 international companies exhibiting from Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, the USA, Canada, France, Germany and the UK as well as other countries from Europe and Asia. Many of the stands had a noticeably higher quality presentation, with time and energy put into large and attractive exhibition spaces. There were dedicated pavilions for UK and German contingents, with exhibitors coming from 18 countries.

The consensus from visitors was that, despite the show being more modestly sized than the big European and American shows, it had a wide variety of exhibitors and a range of new and interesting products on display, many previously unseen in this market.

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Hugh Smith, the Asia Pacific director of Pentair Aquatic Systems and platinum sponsor of the trade show, says he was pleasantly surprised at the draw on the first day in particular.

“The level of client we had was very good, and we were pleased to see some architects and engineering firms come through. It was really a good time to introduce some new products and broaden the offering, and overall we were very happy with how it turned out.”

He says this was an excellent opportunity to promote some of their more imaginative accessories to the South East Asian market.

“This market’s very project-oriented,” he says. “A large percentage of those projects are condominiums, and those types of projects have now started incorporating lots of effects from children’s pools to lighting effects and additional features apart from the standard swimming pool. We were promoting a lot of the new water lighting effects: colour bubblers, laminars, waterfalls and water features. So for us to be able to show and offer the accessories that bring a little bit more fun and imagination to the project, I think it’s a great opportunity.”

Smith says the show brought clients from all over the region.

“I like the show because I get to see all my clients, and they came from Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines and the Maldives. That in itself is great demographics, because we were able to pull into Singapore from the whole region.”

Smith says he caught up with a client from Cambodia, where the industry is starting to take off. “He’s been doing a lot of project

work there and there’s a lot of businesses going on, driven largely by tourism up in Siem Reap and down the south in Sihanoukville and the islands. Also, we’ve been developing customers in Hanoi, which is interesting because business activity has always been driven by Ho Chi Minh City, but we’re starting to see a little bit more happening in Hanoi now.”

He also says the show is an excellent venue for spending real time with clients.

“It’s another opportunity for me to see these folks in a relaxed setting, talk about new products and projects they’re working on.

And it’s kind of nice, because they get excited telling you about what they’re doing.

“Singapore seems to be a nice location.

You’ve got the facilities, the background is beautiful, you can eat cheap or eat expensive, there’s things to see and do like the aquarium and waterparks. How we improve on it will be interesting to see.”

Highlights

An innovation this year was the concept of free speed meetings. While it sounds a bit like speed dating for the business community, it actually turned out to be a great way to ensure visitors got to speak to the people they wanted to make contact with.

The speed aspect is that the meetings were set up in 20 minute blocks, enabling enough time for some serious discussion without tying up the whole day. The speed meeting program was one of the successes of the event, with more than 200 meetings set up. Although there was a dedicated space allocated for the meetings, most people opted to meet at the exhibitors’ stands.

Another success was the private site visit to the SEA Aquarium on Sentosa Island. This is one of the world’s largest aquaria, home to more than 100,000 marine animals from across 800 species. The aquarium’s centrepiece is the Open Ocean Habitat, viewed through a viewing panel measuring 36 metres long and 8.3 metres high. Building and maintaining aquaria are different disciplines to building and maintaining swimming pools, but they have many similar considerations especially in

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the hydraulics field and with water filtration and treatment, as well as the construction of contained watertight spaces.

The tour was enlightening and very well received by the 48 attendees who spent a couple of hours on Wednesday morning at Sentosa.

Another highlight of the show was the inaugural presentation of the Pool Vision Awards, followed by complimentary drinks and snacks.

It was well attended by exhibitors and visitors who, as well as seeing the innovative designs by the winning architects and builders, enjoyed a very merry evening. Most moved on to other venues, including the famous restaurants in the “super trees” in the gardens by the bay.

2. Hugh Smith, Asia Pacific director of Pentair Aquatic (left) says the show brought clients from the whole region.

3. One of the vertical habitats at the SEA Aquarium on Sentosa Island, where delegates were treated to a private tour.

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The seminars proved very popular this edition of the show because of the targeted content, and also because they were held in a separate section of the show floor, whereas in 2013 they had been held on a different floor of the convention centre.

This proved to be much more convenient for the visitors, and encouraged prolonged post-seminar discussions to spill out onto into the exhibition hall.

One of the most popular sessions was Dan Kwaczynski from Maytronics talking about drowning detection technologies for public swimming pools. This very well attended seminar had everyone enthralled as he detailed some of the new safety technologies available to pool managers.

Sim Choo Kheng from Sim Leisure Group let the attendees in on his unique knowledge of waterparks in cross-cultural emerging markets, explaining the history and drivers. He took a no holds barred approach, with humble suggestions of how improvements can be made and how the industry can do it right.

Elena Gosse from AIS explained the working of water disinfection by electrolysis.

Although this method of disinfection has been around for 180 years and is very popular in Australia, it is still gaining ground in other markets. She explained how the technology works along with its benefits.

Hugh Smith from Pentair Aquatic Systems explained how to avoid suction entrapment, and gave a detailed overview of the codes and standards referenced by the VGB and ANSI/ APSP-7.

Others included a seminar on vitality pools from Fluidra, a discussion on UV treatment led by Anne Julia, a look at the new trends and innovations in waterparks by Serghei Arabadji of Atlantis Pool, and a plan to transform a pool into a wave pool in three easy steps by Nghi Tram from the Wow Company.

Gary Pogharian, director of engineering at Wild Wadi Water Park, also delivered a highly instructive workshop and tour relating to waterpark maintenance and safety.

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4. Chin Tuan Quek (left) and Darajit Daud from the Singapore Institution of Safety Officers (SISO). As part of Piscine SPLASH! Asia, they attended a tour of a waterpark facility and sports complex, followed by a seminar on waterpark safety by Gary Pogharian, director of engineering at Wild Wadi Water Park.

SISO has an agreement with Sports Singapore to provide safety officers for the South East Asian Games and as a large number of the sports involve water, it was considered important for the work safety and health officers to gain some understanding of safety around water.

Chin Tuan: “We thought it would be good to organise a workshop that really delved into safety in terms of swimming pools and water slides. We brought together a group of our SISO members as well as staff from Sport Singapore, which is a statutory body in Singapore. They hosted the technical visit to one of their complexes, followed by a technical workshop and a couple of hours of speed meetings with exhibitors. We have about 130 to 150 members who have volunteered to help out with the SEA Games to ensure the safety and do the risk assessment for more than 20 venues.

It’s been very interesting.

In fact, we had so many questions we started running short of time!”

Darajit: “A large proportion of the delegation are in the traditional safety branches of construction and manufacturing, so water safety is something we might see in our daily activities – such as working above water – but what we saw today to do with water sports and theme parks was very informative and very interesting.”

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5 5. Thanusak Phungdet, managing director of the largest locally owned pool business in Thailand, JD Pools (centre): “I was here two years ago, but this time it’s perfect. The big surprise for me there were so many customers from South East Asia, more than before, and many big exhibitors. I think it’s better than two years ago. I think maybe in two years’ time it will be stronger still. I am happy. I also plan to go to the Gold Coast next year.” JD Pools makes liner and fibreglass pools as well as running a pool shop network with 19 franchises all over Thailand. Additionally, they supply chemicals to the market through an agreement with Australian company, International Quadratics, and also have arrangements with Maytronics, Pentair/Onga and Spa Electrics. At the show, JD shared a large stand with four partners including Norwegian heat pump manufacturer Proteam, pool cover manufacturer Pool Lock, and Israeli pool liner manufacturer Haogenplast.

6 6. Elena Gosse, CEO of Australian Innovative Systems (AIS), with AIS distributor Pool Ranger’s Michael Griffin, says the show provided the opportunity to meet their Asian customers face to face, while promoting new and existing products to the Asian market. “We found that the amount of interest generated here exceeded all our expectations. We had six people working the stand and we didn’t have any time to sit down. We received feedback from new and existing customers about the direction of the company, and how suitable the products are for this market. I am extremely happy with the amount of interest, especially in the AutoChlor Midi. Producing up to 150 grams of chlorine per hour, it closes the gap between the residential and commercial models, and in the Asian market the customers are all very budget sensitive, so these systems can give them what they want at a competitive price, especially for residential complexes where the bather load is not that high. Also, Chrome gained a lot of interest. This is the best technology but the price is competitive, because the cell won’t last as long as our classic models. So if you look at it like when you buy a printer nowadays. The cartridge is half full but the product is good. So it gives property developers or first home buyers the chance to buy high technology but save at the first stage, then when they buy a replacement cell that will be in full operation. The quality of visitors was just amazing. We had prospective customers from Asia of course, but also from Brazil, Italy, Turkey and even Mongolia, which we didn’t expect to see at Singapore. ”

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7. Richard Lachance (left), Hayward’s international vice president, with Australian general manager Tony Sharpe. He says Hayward has been in Asia for nearly 25 years and considers it a very important market. Hayward has been operating an export business through IMG in South East Asia, but plans to expand both the business and the portfolio of products on the back of recent acquisitions outside the core pump and filter products. These include chlorinators, heat pumps, gas heaters and most recently The Pool Cleaner suction cleaner company Poolvergnuegen, which provides direct competition to Zodiac. “I think it’s been a good show. The attendance on the first day was excellent, we made a lot of new contacts, and we were glad we had Tony Sharpe from the Australian team, Brian Lobo who covers the South East Asian market and also Bob Demartini who is our general manager for IMG on hand. The expansion we’re looking at is for the second tier markets – we’ve been focussed on Indonesia and Thailand and these types of markets of course, but now we’re looking at Vietnam and other markets to expand.

And we’ll want some more staff. We seem to have less feet on the street than direct competitors like Pentair or AstralPool, so recently we’ve started expanding our sales force to attack the

market with a more local presence.

We’ve been servicing this market since 1991 through the IMG model which is basically an export model, and we’ve now grown to a scale where we need to have more local presence.”

8. Xavier Pavon from Fluidra was pleased with the traffic on the first day. “Most importantly we had some leads coming from regional countries like Indonesia, Vietnam, Sri Lanka and the Maldives. We are very happy with the new leads. Of course we met our regular customers from Singapore and Malaysia, but we were very keen to meet new prospects and I think this show was wonderful for that. Overall, it met our expectations. Basically, the visitors were interested in new technology, environment friendly products, energy saving, water saving, and also looking for system designs.

Some of them wanted us to interact with them in terms of designing systems for them, like a service provider. We put them in touch with our agents, or where we don’t have agents we can get in touch directly with them and help them choose the right equipment and its size. In countries where the pool market is not very well developed yet there is the need for these services.

Of course, they do the installation, but we’ll help them to this extent.”

9. The Malaysian Swimming Pool Association had a stand at the show and was visited by about 40 members and their staff. President Soo Ngee Chew says that they also signed up new members and had a large number of enquiries for international companies to become members under the supplier category.

“It was very successful event,” he says.

10. Dan Kwaczynski from Maytronics says that Asia is a growth market and as such they were interested in promoting their Dolphin robotic cleaners to the region.

“There’s lots of potential. There was a good show here a couple of years ago and it’s got better this time. On the first day we had a good mix of visitors and it was busy all day. There was lots of demand and lots of enquiry from distributors, builders, service techs and engineers.

A bit of everything really, so it ticked all the boxes for us. We’d definitely do it again.” Kwaczynski also gave a very well received presentation, and says it made a difference having the presentations in the hall, as it made it a lot easier for visitors to go and have a look.

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11. One of the exciting things about this edition of Piscine SPLASH! Asia was the number of media representatives who turned up from around the region, especially Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand. Here Indrawati Moeripto from Griya Asris landscaping magazine interviews an exhibitor.

12. Serghei Arabadji from Turkish waterpark company Atlantis Pool, who has partnered with Polin Water Parks for more than 50 years. They started with wave pools but now have increased the product range with lazy rivers that use a mixer pump system placed inside the river floor, removing the need for complicated hydraulics to power the river – so instead of using 200kW it would only require 40kW. Another method is shown here – the Surf Valley model of a superefficient water park, which uses the energy from the surf pool pumps to power the rafting river.

13. Emily May from Elecro says the company is making its first steps into the Asian market, and while they have a distributor in China, the rest of Asia doesn’t tend to go to the Chinese show, so they came to Singapore. “When we saw the size of the show we weren’t expecting a great deal, but we were surprised – Wednesday was an incredible day and we had a helluva lot of traffic, very diverse visitors all over. We’re really satisfied. They were interested in our solar and the UV products for residential pools mainly. We had a lot of enquiries from Vietnam, Thailand and also Japan.”

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14. Gregory McNamara from Heliocol Solar says he didn’t stop all day at the show, he was so busy.

“Wednesday was absolutely fabulous. We picked up 22 leads for people who want the Heliocol agency, ranging from Italy, Germany, and all over Asia, India, Indonesia, Burma, Singapore, Vietnam. It was the best day I ever had at a show. I ran out of business cards by 12 o’clock!” His fiancée Karnjarna Sudprasert can be seen in the background.

15. Linda Carroll from Horner Express Worldwide (with Ryan), who has been at all three Singapore shows, says they didn’t stop all day. “We literally haven’t left the stand all day. There’s three of us this time, thank goodness, and we’ve need every one. We did a lot of promotion to our own customer base and we’ve been absolutely thrilled at how many people came, and also had some new prospects come by, for which we’re very pleased. The speed meetings worked out very well – we elected to have them come to the stand, which was another sure way to get people to come by. We had people from all over, from Qatar, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, Singapore, Malaysia, India, Australia. We go and visit the customers anyway, but it’s great having the product here that they can touch and see, and they can meet more members of our team. We put the speciality chemicals at the front of the stand and they certainly captured attention, but they also liked some of the novelty products. We have a little bit of everything for everyone – it looks a bit like Aladdin’s cave, but I think that’s attracted people as well.”

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16. The Jacuzzi Duck by Sunrans Pool and Spa Company proved to be very popular with some of the children who accompanied their parents to the show. This little lass enjoyed it so much, even without water in it, that she cried when her parents (from Interpoolspa) tried to get her out. Made in Guangzhou, they retail for about $AU600.

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17. Linda from Davey was promoting two products in particular: the ProMatic, which is a salt chlorinator which incorporates the control panel with the cell units, instead of being in two separate units. The other item attracting interest was the Silensor water-cooled pump, famed for being extremely quiet.

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18. More than 200 speed meetings were organised between visitors and exhibitors, with most opting to meet at the exhibitors’ stands.

19. Hexagone were promoting their underwater AquaBike which is very safe and stable as it is made from water-filled polypropylene, and can come in a variety of colours – so they call them AquaBike Vitamins.

20. Pentair’s laminar lights and lighting water features attracted a lot of attention.

21. The story of Sharon and Ajeet from AJ Crystal Pools (right) demonstrates the success of the expo. At the very first SPLASH! Asia at Raffles in 2011, they bought the floor stock from Hexagone. Now, four years later they are handling Hexagone products, and have travelled to France to learn more about the robotic cleaners. They have expanded, are now a listed company and are buying robots to clean Olympic swimming pools.

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22. Gerard Tor (left) explaining some of the benefits of Waterco products.

23. One of the products Waterco was promoting is the Chemflo chemical feeder, and Liz Hollingdale and Ann Davis from Pool Controls were at the show in part to support the product, which is the result of a partnership between the two companies. “We’re good friends with Waterco,” says Hollingdale.

“We live right next door to their WA offices, and it’s great when you can work with a potential competitor and they become a customer and a friend rather than battling it out.” Bruce Sinclair from Pool Controls also did a presentation on the product.

24. Mike Connolly from Waterblade was working with Ecosurface Asia distributing AquaBrite and looking for applicators. It is a 0.5mm polyethylene finish, thermally applied to new pools on a rendered surface or as a refurbishment over fibreglass or concrete surfaces.

“We recently did the architect’s show in Bangkok, where there was like 300,000 people through the show, but the enquiries here have been as good. It’s not just pools there, but we got some interest, and here it’s been extremely good.”

25. Alan Lewis has taken Speedy Breedy under his wing, and immediately found a great deal of interest in the product at Piscine SPLASH! Asia. The product originally started in Cambridge in England, where research was undertaken to identify pathogens in blood.

Eventually it developed into industrial applications including checking the ballast water in ships, and in drinking water to test for e.coli and pseudomonas. Since then, the idea has been commercialised into a “portable lab” so that institutions such as waterparks or aquatic centres can test their water for a range of pathogens without delay. It may take a week or even more for lab tests to come back, but the Speedy Breedy can have the results on-site within hours. “A water park can now afford to test twice a week – and not only test the water, but respond to the results during the night.” It works by measuring the carbon dioxide released by the pathogens as they run out of oxygen, and the method has been proved to come up with practically identical results to full lab tests. It can test for all pathogens but is likely to be mostly used for e.coli, pseudomonas aeruginosa and legionella. “I’ve had some interest from one of the senior officials in the Singapore health department. As they have seven offices, seven Speedy Breedies could cover the whole island. I’ve also had interest from consultants and some parks in Malaysia. Seven serious approaches so far.”

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26. Kenny Sim, Joe Wong, Jimmy Lew and Brian Lew are contractors from Spatex who came across from Johore Bahru to learn about new products and were successful in getting some new ideas about the industry.

28. Carolin Hohmann from Guz Architects in Singapore after receiving the Pool Vision Award for Residential Pools.

27. Visitors came from 28 different countries, with South East Asia most strongly represented.

29. Vipakorn Thumwimol from Plandscape in Thailand, after receiving the Pool Vision Award for Commercial Pools. She is also the incoming president of the Thai Association of Landscape Architects.

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30. The visitors were particularly interested in robotic cleaners.

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31. Chlorination and disinfection systems were also sought after at the show.

32. Size matters. One of the things visitors were particularly keen to understand was the correct sizing of pool equipment.

33. Aashay Sankapal from Imake Pools came all the way from Mumbai in India.

“I enjoyed the show. There were a lot of good players here. I did expect it to be a bit bigger, but a lot of the industry was covered so I was quite impressed. The exhibition doesn’t have to be big, as long as it covers all the topics. So I would rate it very good.

I found a lot of interesting thingssuch as solar pool cleaners, and I was keenly looking for accessories for liner pools, and skimmers of different types. I found them and also all different types of cleaners, and some very interesting concepts, so I was happy. And I was keen to see JD Pools and meet the people on the stand.”

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34. Jason Smith (right) with Andrew Newman, says Leisure Pools had a really good time at the show, and found it a positive start for them in Asia.

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35. Michael Chapman from Classic Pools was pleased with the number of enquiries from Malaysia and Thailand in particular. “There doesn’t seem to be the exposure to aboveground or modular pools in their countries, and they’re looking for a lower priced entry point to build up to the concrete pools. We’re looking for distributors, but this is our third time here, and in the past couple of shows we also picked up a few smaller clients who take a container or two of pools per year, and that builds up and they grow over time into bigger clients as they become more familiar with the product and more confident in it. We come back here because it’s a good investment for us.”

36. DS Naidu (right) from Proact Chemicals in Singapore with CM Poon: “We want to understand more about how quality water management is promoted in Australia and the US, as we feel that is something lacking in this part of the world. At this show we created some points of contact with the local market.”

37. Alvin Ng brought three “water protective” products to the show. First, was the 18V Nemo underwater drill for working in pool water.

A new version of the Nemo was launched at the show, specifically designed for the pool industry. The original Nemo could go to 50m, but that was overkill for this industry, so now

this new version goes to five metres and is considerably cheaper. Next was the Hydrophobic coating that can protect porous surfaces, metals to prevent oxidising, and even tiles to prolong their life, but most likely will be used on outdoor furniture. Third was PlastiDip which is a rubber protective film that can be sprayed or painted on surfaces to make them slip proof.

38. Pierre Lacroix from Aquazzi, a French brand dating back to 2000 with 80 dealers in Europe.

“About five years ago we started in Asia, with our headquarters based in Bali. Two years ago we came here to SPLASH! and now we are here with Aquazzi Singapore. We are getting a lot of customers now with hotel projects. Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia are our focus. The show was very positive, we’ve been very busy all day, much better that two years ago, and the speed meetings were very well organised.”

39. Xavier Garcia says Flexinox Pools is very popular in Europe and South America, but wants to expand into the Asian and Australian markets. “We manufacturer stainless steel accessories, manufactured in Spain, and we are very specialised only in stainless steel.

We had some very interesting meetings here with people from Malaysia, Taiwan, Hong Kong and from Australia. It was a very interesting show and we will likely come again.”

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40. Bao Le (right) and Thai Tran from Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam came to the show to see Pentair, as they distribute their products. “We also saw many new things, from Australia, from China, everywhere. I have a lot of catalogues to look at when I get home.”

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41. David Mansfield and Colin Nash from Ascon came to check out what was on offer and soak up the Singapore style.

42. Steve Stigers (right), senior international sales manager for Watkins, manufacturer of Hot Spring Spas (with Doug Shen) says they are trying to solidify their position in the health and wellness space, following their recent acquisition of Endless Spas.

“But we’re here in Singapore to try and grow our business in the South East Asian market.

It’s obviously nowhere near the North American or European markets or the Australian market for that matter, but we see it has a lot of potential. We’ve had a reasonably successful show with a couple of new potential dealers in a few countries.”

43. Adam Lloyd from International Quadratics (IQ) says it was a great show with plenty of international visitors.

“I spent some quality time with our suppliers and future customers.” IQ has signed a deal with JD Pools to supply pool and spa chemicals for their retail network, as mentioned above.

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44. David Hamouni from Weltico, a French company established way back in 1973. He found there was good interest in his products, especially the unique LED lighting designs.

45. Lindsay McGrath from BioLab took the opportunity to come to a different part of the world to work on the business. “Even before the first day started we had secured new opportunities, both in Australia and in Asia, and while these things happen behind the scenes, the show facilitates that. It’s a great opportunity for any business.”

46. Darren Lim (right) with Lim Joo An from Masters Pools in Malaysia came to the show for the first time, and says while it wasn’t as big as the American shows they’d been to previously, he found it interesting. “We found a lot of new products, they were very innovative. The one that was very interesting for me was the pool wall system.”

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47. Victor Gil Valcassel from SolidPool found many people were interested in his pool wall system. “The concept was interesting for many people. We have some leads that may become distributors in Thailand, Vietnam and Myanmar.”

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48. Esam had previously been to Piscine Global in Lyon and came all the way from Qatar to see the show and visit some of his suppliers, and says he found some interesting items relating to water slides and water treatment. “It’s a smaller show than in Europe, and concentrated for the Asian countries. But the people here were more helpful and I feel very comfortable with them. They were very helpful when they realised I’d come all the way from the Middle East!”

49. Marco Schneider (right) from 40 year old German company Midas came to Singapore to have a look at the Asian market. “We are really big in some markets but not here. We are a full supplier of filters, pumps, all equipment, and we have the only four-inch six-way valve worldwide. The first day was the best day, we had a lot of meetings and an exchange of opinions and discussions on the Asian market.

It’s much different here. For example you have the heat pump but not for heating, for cooling!”

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50. Christoph Ott from Speck Pumpen came to find some new partners. “We found some interesting people here and some good quality contacts from Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia.”

51. Frederick Wong (right) from Venus Enterprises, pool builders and maintenance providers from Singapore. “I enjoyed the show very much. I’ve been looking for pool cleaners and pumps. We’ve been in business for more than forty years, and it’s always interesting to see what’s new in the market, and see the new manufacturers. We saw four companies that had what we were looking for.”

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52. Joel Stern from Stern Pools says this was a much better show for him that the previous one.

“I gave out more brochures and had more leads in the first morning than in the whole show last time. I’ve already got two really strong leads for distributors in Thailand and Malaysia, two different markets we don’t currently operate in.”

53. Faustino Casto says Herboner Pumps is one of the leaders in pumps for water parks, and came to make some new contacts. “We have special pumps with many patents.

We made four or five good contacts in Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia.”

54. Peter Ho from Icarus Pools and Landscaping in Bandar Sewi Begawan says the Brunei market is very small with a population of only 400,000 people in the whole country, and only three or four pool builders. He mainly builds residential formed concrete pools with a liner but some also with tiles, sanitised with dosed chlorine or sometimes salt chlorination and he is now getting into ozone, too. He maintains some commercial pools as well. Most of the pools are built for the rental market, for corporates operating in the oil industry. “I hoped the show would be a little bit bigger but there aren’t many shows in the region so I make a point to come to any I can, and Singapore’s a good place because it’s so close. I saw some new construction methods that were interesting at the Procopi stand.”

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55. Gautier from Akvo Spiralift was showing his intriguing moving floor system. This system is unlike other methods because the lifts can fit into small spaces beneath the floor, due to the unique system of interlocking perforated sheet springs. “It enables the double use of the same space. And you can also adjust the height, so the children can have a twenty centimetre deep pool, or use an aquagym, then use for a full depth pool.

I was here to meet potential resellers, but the concept is not well understood here, so I was breaking new ground, a bit like a missionary. I had success in Hong Kong, but next step will be Australia. A lot of people showed interest, and they may materialise as resellers in a year or two.”

56. Nghi Tram from the Wow Company says the first Wave Ball was sold in 1992 and they have become a popular way to turn a swimming pool into a wave pool. “The manufacturing is in Belgium, but we have sold some in Malaysia, Philippines, Japan, Korea, China and the US and Africa. It’s cheaper than a traditional wave pool because you don’t need to build a whole technical room, and the maintenance is easier. We had a lot of visitors. I hope it’s like two years ago where we gained a customer at the end of the show. It’s about to be signed now – it’s a big investment so it can take a while to go through. We had some interest from Singapore and Malaysia and a lot more from Vietnam than before.”

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58. Doug Fulham from Chadson came back for the second time. “We love it up here and we’ve got a lot of customers too. I think there’d be about 200 Chadson filters in Singapore alone, put in over a 25 year period. We’ve seen as the currency has changed, so have the sales. One new product we have is the heavy duty pre-pump strainers, made in America.”

59. Fabien Saussac from Filtranov was looking for distributors in Asia and found some good interest from Malaysia and also Singapore. “We make monobloc filtration units so it can be installed on any kind of pool, new or renovation, and you don’t need to make any holes in the structure of the pool, and no technical room. The filtration is by cartridge and the pump is in the back section.”

60. Vincent Thomas from Proserv Asia, with Crystal Fountains of Canada’s advanced lighting software which controls the lighting sequencing, enabling fountains to turn into an amazing light show.

61. Krishnan Sharma is a HR consultant with many clients in the Singapore swimming pool and spa industry, and was pleased he came to the show to acquaint himself more with the industry. “It was very interesting.”

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Pool Builder of the Year: Queensland Family Pools Pool of the Year 2015: Pool Fab Swimming Pools People’s Choice Pool: Pool Fab Swimming Pools Domestic concrete freeform up to $50,000 Gold: Pool Fab Swimming Pools; Silver: Burleigh Pools Traditional or geometric up to $50,000 Gold: Pool Fab Swimming Pools; Silver: Cascade Pools

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Domestic pool renovation up to $25,000 Gold: Mad Pool Interiors; Silver: Mad Pool Interiors Pool renovation over $25,000 Gold: Jagun; Silver: Jagun Domestic classic pool Gold: Majestic Pools & Landscapes; Silver: Majestic Pools & Landscapes

Traditional or geometric over $100,000 Gold: Pool Fab Swimming Pools; Silver: Majestic Pools & Landscapes

Portable spa/sauna/hot tub Gold: Freedom Pools; Silver: Noble Pools

Traditional or geometric up to $40,000 Gold: Freedom Pools; Silver: Freedom Pools Traditional or geometric $40,000 to $60,000 Gold: Compass Pools SEQ; Silver: Placid Pools Traditional or geometric over $60,000 Gold: Compass Pools SEQ Domestic lap pool Gold: Pool Fab Swimming Pools; Silver: Pool Fab Swimming Pools Domestic courtyard plunge pool Gold: Majestic Pools & Landscapes; Silver: Majestic Pools & Landscapes

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Domestic lighting feature Gold: Majestic Pools & Landscapes; Silver: Majestic Pools & Landscapes

Traditional or geometric $50,000 to $100,000 Gold: Pool Fab Swimming Pools; Pool Fab Swimming Pools

Domestic composite fibreglass pool freeform up to $40,000 Gold: Narellan Pools; Silver: Freedom Pools The Pool of the Year winner by Pool Fab Swimming Pools

Domestic water feature Gold: Pool Fab Swimming Pools; Silver: Majestic Pools & Landscapes

Creative Gold: Majestic Pools & Landscapes; Silver: Majestic Pools & Landscapes Technical/engineering domestic Gold: Compass Pools SEQ; Silver: Majestic Pools & Landscapes Technical/engineering commercial: Gold: Cascade Pools; Silver: L&V Projects Pools Sustainable pool concrete construction: Gold: Placid Pools; Silver: Placid Pools Sustainable pool composite fibreglass Gold: Placid Pools Terry Nicholls (QFP) – Construction Supervisor of the Year Doug Galvin (Environ) – Construction Salesperson of the Year

Domestic vinyl-lined inground concrete pool Gold: Aqualon Interiors; Silver: Aqualon Interiors

Astral Pool Australia – Supplier of the Year Jayne Orth (Astral) – Industry Trade Representative of the Year

Domestic aboveground modular pool Gold: Classic Pools; Silver: Classic Pools

Sunbather Pty Ltd – Sustainable Product Award Sunbather Pty Ltd – Innovative Product Award

Domestic spa pool combo Gold: Majestic Pools & Landscapes; Silver: Pool Fab Swimming Pools

Bayside Poolmart Shops – Pool Shop of the Year Tess Shembri (Bayside Poolmart) – Retail Salesperson of the Year

Spa pool stand-alone Gold: Freedom Pools; Silver: L&V Project Pools

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For every 8ºC below 21ºC, portland cement and epoxy based materials take twice as long to cure

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Conventional portland cement tile setting beds, thin-set mortars, grouts and cement plasters are often permanently damaged when subject to below freezing temperatures immediately after installation.

The water content of a mortar turning into ice often results in portland cement gel structure rupturing with significant loss in strength, flexibility and durability. Subsequent repairs to the damaged work and resulting site delays are extremely costly.

There is a simple rule to follow when the temperature is low during installation: the 8ºC Rule – for every 8ºC below 21ºC, portland cement and epoxy based materials take twice as long to cure.

Liquid latex fortified mortars, screeds and plasters

The use of Laticrete 4237 latex additive in thin-sets and Laticrete 3701 mortar admix in thin-sets, grouts, plasters, stuccos and other portland cement mortars allows work to continue in cold weather without costly delays or damage.

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Rapid setting latex fortified mortars The use of a premium rapid-setting thin-set mortar will also help to accelerate the setting time in cooler temperatures. Laticrete 335 Rapid is ideal for this application. In addition, the use of Laticrete 101 Rapid Latex Admix mixed with unmodified Laticrete thin-set mortars, medium bed mortars and other suitable Laticrete bagged mortars allows work to take place and can quickly return newly tiled areas back to service in cooler temperatures.

Shipping and storage

For best results, always ship and store installation materials at temperatures above freezing so they will be ready to use when needed.

If Laticrete liquid latex admixtures and liquid membranes are ever frozen, allow them to thaw completely before use. Allow the products to come up to room temperature of approximately 21ºC. Stir contents thoroughly before use or before mixing with thin-sets, grouts and other portland cement mortars.

Laticrete and Latapoxy liquid pouches stored in cooler temperatures should be warmed by submerging the unopened pouches in warm water until the material is sufficiently tempered.

Acclimatise waterproofing membranes, crack isolation and sound control products to their respective usage temperature range prior to use.

Store all polymer-fortified thin set mortars

and grouting products in a warm area for 24 hours prior to use.

Protection

Due to the slow rate of portland cement hydration and strength development at low temperatures, protect installations from traffic for longer than normal periods. Keep all traffic off finished work until fully cured. For example, installations which will be subjected to vehicular traffic should cure for seven days at 21ºC prior to vehicle traffic.

Allow extended cure time, based on the 8º Rule, for installation in cooler temperatures.

It is important to note that large format tiles and stone will also require longer curing periods in cooler temperatures. Suitable protection should be included in the scope of work.

For example, the Tile Council of North America (TCNA) of the TCA Handbook for Ceramic Tile Installation under the heading “Protecting New Tile Work” states: “Builder shall provide up to 19mm thick plywood or OSB protection over non-staining Kraft paper to protect floors after installation materials have cured”. In addition, extended cure periods will be required for applications that include multiple layer build-ups (e.g. mortar beds, waterproofing, sound control, crack isolation, epoxy grout, etc…). Each component must reach a proper cure prior to installing the subsequent installation product.

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2015 AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE

The 2015 Awards of Excellence is the swimming pool and spa industry event of the year for SPASA NSW & ACT. Finalists and industry came together on the 13th June at Le Montage in Sydney to enjoy sumptuous food, great entertainment and celebrate – the best of the best.

SPASA would like to congratulate all award winners and finalists as well as thank our sponsors for their loyal and continued support.

For a full list of Pool and Spa Award Winners for 2015, go to www.spasa.org.au

Award Pools Group Pool Builder of the Year - Concrete Brad Baxter Capital Fibreglass Pools Pool Builder of the Year - Fibreglass Simon Gainey Pool Shop of the Year Dural Poolsmart

Pool & Spa Technician of the Year Adam Camilleri – Pristine Pool & Spa Service

Sales Representative of the Year (Retail) Garth Jackson – Triton

Most Innovative New Product Smarter Sticks by Bioguard

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SPASA NSW & ACT 2015 award winners Residential concrete pools traditional to $50,000 Gold: Award Pools Group

Spas and hot tubs Gold: Azure Pools; Silver: Jade Swimming Pools

Fibreglass Pool Builder of the Year: Capital Fibreglass Pools

Residential concrete pools traditional $50,000 to $100,000 Gold: Premier Pools

Renovations up to $25,000 Gold: Award Pools Group

Concrete Pool Builder of the Year: Award Pools Group

Renovations over $25,000 Gold: Award Pools Group; Silver: Award Pools Group

Pool & Spa Technician of the Year: Adam Camilleri, Pristine Pool & Spa Service

Innovative Gold: Freedom Pools & Spas Riverina; Silver: Aquastone Pools & Landscapes

Sales Representative of the Year (retail): Garth Jackson, Triton Pool & Spa Inspections

Water Features Gold: Freedom Pools & Spas Riverina; Silver: Local Pools & Spas

Pool Shop of the Year: Dural Poolsmart

Residential concrete pools traditional over $100,000 Gold: Premier Pools; Silver: Freedom Pools & Spas Riverina Residential fibreglass pools up to $40,000 Gold: Bombora Pools & Spas; Silver: Azure Pools Residential fibreglass pools over $40,000 Gold: Local Pools & Spas; Silver: Freedom Pools & Spas Riverina

Premier Pools traditional concrete over $100k winner

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Lap Pools Gold: Award Pools Group; Silver: Essential Pools

Most Innovative New Product: Smarter Sticks, BioGuard Commitment to Education & Training: BioLab

Freedom Pools & Spas Riverina innovative winner

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Winter is coming!

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One thing is for sure: you must decide if you want to close your spa down or keep it running so you can enjoy it during the winter.

Depending on what you decide, there are several steps you need to take to protect it so the cold doesn’t damage it, which could result in very costly repairs.

To close or not to close

Many people particularly enjoy using their spa during the cold winter months as there is nothing more exhilarating than sitting in a nice warm hot tub under the crisp night air, or even while the snow falls around you.

However, when it is colder outside, your hot tub will take longer to heat up meaning your energy bills will rise.

If you don’t plan on using your hot tub in the winter, you will want to be sure you properly drain it before it gets too cold. Most hot tub damage during the cold months in cold climates is caused by freezing damage due to improper draining/winterising of your hot tub. This damage can end up costing you far more than simply running it during the winter months.

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If you do elect to keep using your hot tub during the winter months, there are a few things you should do to prepare for the cold weather.

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be quite difficult and, as you can probably imagine, is no fun at all. Changing the water and cleaning your hot tub before the cold sets in can help you ensure your hot tub is in the best possible working order so you don’t have to spend a lot of time outdoors caring for it.

Invest in a good cover Most of your temperature losses will occur at the surface of the water. Before winter hits, check your hot tub cover carefully and make sure that it is in tip top shape. If not, repair it or replace it. If you don’t, you could end up spending way more than you bargained for on your energy bills.

Floating thermal blanket On top of a high quality cover, a floating thermal blanket that sits at the top of the water can be a great way to reduce your energy costs during the winter months.

Check your water levels Periodically you should check your water levels, especially if you haven’t used it for a few weeks. If the water level drops too low your pump and heater could shut down resulting in frozen water and possible damage.

Closing for winter

If you decide that you won’t spend much time in your hot tub over the winter, you can save quite a bit of money by not heating and circulating the water. However, you can’t just close the cover and forget about it. You need to take the time to properly drain and dry out your hot tub before it gets too cold. If you don’t, you could end up with an expensive repair in the spring.

Flush and drain your hot tub First, you must flush your system and drain

all the water. During the cold winter months, you can’t have water in the hot tub that is not circulating and heated as it will freeze and could damage your tub or the plumbing.

Air blower If your hot tub or spa has an air blower, you need to take the time to drain it of water as well. Shut off the heater and run the blower for about 30 seconds to push all the water from the system and dry it out.

Remove the filters Closing your hot tub for the winter is a good time to pull out and clean the filters. If they are worn out, now is the perfect time to replace them. Clean and dry them and put them somewhere safe during the winter.

Loosen fittings After you have drained your hot tub, there could still be water in many of the plumbing fittings as well. Loosen these fittings and allow all the water to drain out of them. If you have a gas heater, shut it down per your manufacturer’s instructions and drain the water from any valves and fittings to be sure it is dry.

Blow your jets You need to be sure there is no water in the jet system as well. Using a wet-dry vac, blow air through each jet to make sure all water has been blown from the system.

Final clean up Mop up any water that has been left behind in the hot tub making sure that the inside is completely dry. Once it has been dried, consider giving it a good cleaning before putting your cover on and locking it for the winter as it will make opening the hot tub in the spring much easier.

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SPASA SA AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE 2015 A showcase of extraordinary designs by South Australia’s leading pool and spa builders and in appreciation of outstanding talent in the retail and supplier/manufacture sectors of the industry, the SPASA SA Awards of Excellence is presented by the state’s peak industry body, the Swimming Pool & Spa Association of South Australia.

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Residential pre-engineered above ground vinyl-lined pools Gold: Classic Pools; Silver: Classic Pools; Bronze: Classic Pools

Residential concrete pools traditional $50,000 - $100,000 Gold: Urban Oasis; Silver: Freedom Pools; Bronze: Urban Oasis

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Residential concrete pools traditional over $100,000 Gold: Urban Oasis; Silver: Urban Oasis; Bronze: Urban Oasis Residential fibreglass pools to $40,000 Gold: Rainwise; Silver: Rainwise; Bronze: Freedom Pools Residential fibreglass pools over $40,000 Gold: Riverscape Landscaping & Pools; Silver: Donehues Leisure

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Residential pool and spa combination – concrete Gold: Freedom Pools; Silver: Urban Oasis; Bronze: Freedom Pools

Renovations up to $25,000 Gold: Adelaide Classic Pools; Silver: Adelaide Classic Pools Renovations over $25,000 Gold: Mermaid Pools Innovative pool and/or spa Gold: Urban Oasis; Silver: Urban Oasis; Water feature Gold: Urban Oasis; Silver: Urban Oasis; Bronze: Mermaid Pools

Best pool by a country member Gold: Riverscape Landscaping & Pools

Lap pools Gold: Elite Pools; Silver: Urban Oasis; Bronze: Urban Oasis

Display Pools Gold: Australian Outdoor Living

Sustainable pools Gold: Donehues Leisure

Commercial pools or spas up to $250,000 Gold: Freedom Pools

Best in situ portable spa Gold: Five Star Spas; Silver: The Pool & Spa Shop

Commercial Pools or Spas over $250,000 Gold: South Pacific Pools

Pool of the Year Award – Judges Choice Gold: Freedom Pools;

Silver: Donehues Leisure; Bronze: Urban Oasis Sustainability Award: Product Gold: BioLab Pool Tonic; Silver: BioGuard Smarter Sticks Innovation Award: Product Gold: BioLab Pool Tonic; Silver: Astral Pool - Viron Equilibrium Chlorinator System; Bronze: BioGuard Smarter Sticks Best Retail Pool Shop Gold: The Pool & Spa Shop Edwardstown; Silver: The Pool & Spa Shop Lonsdale; Bronze: Splashdown Best Spa Retailer Gold: Five Star Spas; Silver: The Pool & Spa Shop Edwardstown; Bronze: The Pool & Spa Shop Lonsdale Sales Person of the Year – Retail Ross Starkey, Rainwise

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“Black bomb” sees country pool evacuated In June, an item suspecting of being a “black bomb” was found in the renovation construction site at the Lithgow Aquatic Centre.

An evacuation order was given and swim-suited patrons were moved off the premises.

Workers on the construction site and a nearby workshop were also evacuated, and the adjacent rail line was closed as a further precaution.

As the drama ensued, emergency services arrived and the roads were closed around the centre.

A spokesman for the Chifley Local Area

Command told the Lithgow Mercury that bomb squad officers had been called to the site, while a Fire and Rescue spokesperson said the device was a canister filled with black powder, and was suspected to be what is referred to in emergency circles as a “black bomb”.

It appears that the device had been in the pool premises for some time but had not been discovered until the new construction. Once the device was removed by the bomb squad, the rail line and roads were reopened.

Awards

Layana with Thai luxury spa award While Lilianfels won the Australian World Luxury Spa Award (see p75), the Thai award went to Layana Resort and Spa. Stefan Heintze general manager of Layana Resort and Spa says he is incredibly honoured to be recognised as the Best Luxury Destination Spa in Thailand.

“Ever since we renovated Linger Longer Spa in 2013, we have been striving for this distinction.

I am so proud of everyone on our team, as they have given their utmost dedication to the hard work and innovation necessary to continuously improve upon our already award-winning standards.”

The Layana team are already investing in new infrastructure and innovative spa services to further improve the offering. In June, work began on a second swimming pool at the resort

as part of a newly designated wellness zone. Guests can linger before or after their treatments around the beautiful new pool area or join morning yoga sessions to enliven their bodies.

Layana’s Linger Longer Spa is equipped with six treatment rooms, three double treatment rooms with outdoor Jacuzzi, one single room, one salt room and a Thai massage room.

The Blue Mountains resort was awarded Best Luxury Resort Spa for Australia

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Lilianfels wins luxury spa award Long renowned for high-end pampering of its guests, the multi awarding-winning Lilianfels Resort & Spa has added yet another award to its collection.

The Blue Mountains resort was awarded Best Luxury Resort Spa for Australia in the World Luxury Spa Awards in recognition of the spa’s outstanding achievement in service delivery during the past year as voted by guests and industry consultants.

The 14 spa awards categories presented on a country and global basis are part of the World Luxury Hotel Awards, a recognised global organisation acknowledging luxury hotels for their world-class facilities and service excellence.

Escarpment Group general manager Ralf Bruegger offered congratulations to spa manager Roxanne Campbell and her team

of “spa angels” who work hard to ensure the guests have an indulgent and relaxing experience.

“It is very rewarding to know that guests have been so impressed by their treatment and our staff at Lilianfels that they have taken the time and effort to vote for us,” he says.

“Every award achieved by our teams across our four Blue Mountains properties sets a higher benchmark for us to aspire to.”

The World Luxury Hotel Awards aim to encourage and raise service standards within the luxury hotel industry. Luxury spas such as that at Lilianfels can self-nominate, be nominated by guests or industry experts in order to take part in the World Luxury Spa Awards. Nominations are evaluated by a selected global panel of independent spa consultants located in 144 countries.

In Brief Royal Life Saving is celebrating two anniversaries: the centenary of the Tasmanian society and the Golden Jubilee (50 years) of the Northern Territory society . Tasmania celebrated its milestone with guest of honour Governor Professor Kate Warner at the Royal Yacht Club; while the NT’s guest, patron John Hardy, hosted a function at Government House . The NT crowd reminisced, remembering the early days of swimming lessons conducted in crocodile proof cages in the McArthur River . They also presented awards to recognise the fantastic work of the organisation’s volunteers .

Pump noise is causing all sorts of problems for the pool managers and residents of Burnside in South Australia . News Corp reports that neighbours Bill and Linda Dickson and Marielle Turner have been kept awake at night and inconvenienced during the day by the high pitched noise from the filtration system . They say the noise started when the swimming centre reopened in February following a $6 .8 million revamp and the pumps were replaced with more powerful units . Of most concern is the claim that the noise occurs all hours of the day and night, not just when the pool is open .

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Industry moves

Swim schools gain accolades Global news New York City and Santa Barbara in California outlawed long breath holding in public pools four years ago, and that is now being seen as a potential model for other cities . The hazard recently drew a national spotlight when the US Centers for Disease Control published a study on dangerous underwater breath-holding behaviours . The study says New York City’s ban on long breath holding, passed with little fanfare in 2013 after the Staten Island deaths of a Navy SEAL hopeful and his friend, could serve as a model for other cities in the US . This year, two Navy SEALs died in similar circumstances in Virginia . Olympic star Michael Phelps has also come out urging coaches to stop the risky practice of marathon breath-holding workouts .

The Henan Yinji Xuanyuan Shengjing Culture Tourism Co celebrated the first day of construction of the Yinji Xinmi Waterpark in Henan, China with a ground-breaking ceremony on May 20 . The mayor, local officials, park owners and WhiteWater representatives joined together to mark the first day of project construction . Scheduled to be completed in spring 2016, Yinji Xinmi Waterpark will be one of the first destinations in the world to unveil a No Boundaries park, WhiteWater Attractions’ newest innovation which combines climbing walls, an adventure trail, ropes course and zip lines .

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Each year Swim Australia’s awards dinner on the Gold Coast individually identifies outstanding achievement within the industry across a range of prominent learn-to-swim fields.

“The awards dinner provides the perfect platform for our registered swim schools of all sizes to broadcast their achievements on a national stage,” says Swim Australia CEO, Ross Gage.

“Winners and runners up, all benefit from hearing other schools’ ideas, stories and successes, and how they too can better perform for both their industry and customers alike – because when it involves water safety, it’s serious business,” he says.

Hosted by former elite swimmer and Swim Australia’s PR and media manager, Jasmin Forsyth (nee Geisel), this year’s 200 guests were treated to special appearances from Olympic gold medallists and world record holders, Kylie Palmer and Sophie Edington, as well as famous father/daughter/elite-coach/ swimmer duo, John and Tessa Wallace.

Through a successful raffle and silent auction, the event also raised $7500 towards three prominent Pool of Causes chari-

April’s awards night enabled swim schools and their supporters to broadcast their achievements on a national stage

ties, helping various children and families in need – Bears of Hope, Little Heroes Swim Academy and the AWSOM Project.

The winners were: Outstanding Supporters Award • EnergyAustralia • Vorgee Australia • Zodiac Group Australia • Bryce Ott from Nutshell • Sports Marketing and Management • Rackley Swimming Special Supporters Award • John Vorgias from Vorgee Australia Outstanding Community Service Awards: • Aqualogan Laurie Lawrence

Swim School • Aquabliss Training • Northern Stars Swim School • AWSOM Project Best Swim School Promotion • In The Deep Swim School Best Swim School SwimSAFER Promotion • Paul Sadler Swimland Best SwimSPORT School • Rackley Swimming Best Swim School Team Builder • Swim Fit Buderim Best Swim School Innovation • Carlile Swimming Best Swim School Marketing • John Wallace Swim School Best SwimECO • Beatty Park Leisure Centre

Industry moves

Waterplay announces new managing director Lisa Neilson Waterplay Solutions has appointed Lisa Neilson as the company’s new managing director . This leadership position will provide enhanced support to all Waterplay operations and marks a pivotal step in guiding the future growth and development of the organisation .

Over the past seven years Neilson has cultivated di-

verse and detailed company knowledge, managing several departments of the Waterplay Group from sales and marketing to media relations, corporate communications and project support . In her new role as managing director, she will continue to provide hands-on leadership in building, implementing, and overseeing all of the firm’s systems, processes, workflows, and procedures .

Prior to Waterplay, Neilson worked extensively in the fields

of business management and client relations, and brings an expertise in strategic planning to her new appointment .

“I’ve had the great fortune of wearing many hats at Waterplay, watching the organisation as a whole grow and define its position in the aquatics industry,” says Neilson . “As managing director I’m more excited than ever to lead the team in our mission to enrich communities across the world through water play .”

Waterparks

Tiiiimbeeer!

A new ride has opened at Calaway Park’s Timber Falls in Calgary, Alberta in Canada .

Visitors take a journey through three interactive themed buildings as they queue up to the Timber Falls Sawmill . Riders will feel the rush of three high velocity drops and a zig-zag river section as they traverse the highly themed adventure .

Non-riders can join in the action from the Timber Falls view area where spectators have access to two explosive water cannons .

“We are excited to bring Timber Falls to our guests .

Being our first themed ride, not only does it thrill our guests with high velocity

drops, it interacts with them in the entertaining, fast moving queue line,” says Bob Williams, general manager, Calaway Park .

Manufactured by WhiteWater Attractions with general construction by Canada’s Kostam Design Inc, the new Log Flume will improve the park’s water consumption by retaining 95 per cent of the water used to operate the ride .

Ever since the award-winning park opened its doors in 1982, Calaway Park has built a well-deserved reputation for excellence by offering the best attractions and strives to offer affordable, environmentally conscious and family-fun entertainment .

The new log flume will improve the park’s water consumption by retaining 95 per cent of the water used to operate the ride

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LGA

Annette Kellerman gets two millionth visitor Marrickville Council’s Annette Kellerman Aquatic Centre (AKAC) reached a considerable milestone in visitor numbers in June.

Kellie Guenther was the lucky two millionth person to come through the turnstiles, and she was immediately congratulated by Marrickville Mayor Mark Gardiner and handed a complimentary three-month membership.

Guenther has been a regular user of the gym since the birth of her first child. Now the mother-of-two also makes use of the creche facilities while she is working out.

AKAC celebrated its fourth birthday in December last year.

“Two million visits is a huge milestone for AKAC and for Marrickville Council,” says Gardiner.

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Marrickville Mayor Mark Gardiner provided lucky two millionth visitor Kellie Guenther with a complimentary three-month membership

steps our community has taken towards fitness, leisure, health and well-being. Not only that but I am really pleased to say that AKAC has many special programs specially designed for

children and the elderly.

“Four and a half years in and we are still making improvements, growing programs, and delivering the best experience to our residents that we possibly can,” he says.

“While AKAC is a vibrant facility that caters to large number of people, our Fanny Durack Aquatic Centre in Petersham is the more relaxed outdoor centre with a slower pace. Between the two, our Marrickville community has some of the best aquatic centres in Australia and the best of both worlds.”

AKAC also has excellent green credentials, which reduce energy and water consumption, minimise greenhouse gas emissions, and set new environmental performance targets for all indoor aquatic centres.

The sustainable features include natural ventilation, daylight harvesting, solar panels and rainwater harvesting. The centre also feeds excess electricity produced by the cogeneration unit and solar panels into the local power grid.

Contracting

Upcoming tenders Murweh Shire Council Management and operation of Charleville Swimming Pool.

Qualified parties are invited for the management and operation of the Charleville Swimming pool, commencing 1st July 2015.

Contract Duration: 3+1+1 years Tender: SP1/2015 Contact: Persons requiring further information may contact Council’s Director of Environmental & Health Services, Richard Ranson on (07) 4656 8355. Tender documents may be obtained from the Murweh Shire Council offices or via the website www.murweh.qld.gov.au Closing: Tenders must be submitted to council no later than 4pm Monday 22nd June 2015.

Corangamite Shire Council Management of Corangamite Shire recreation facilities for a period of 18 months

commencing the 1st of October including: • Six outdoor swimming pools, • Timboon Sporting Centre, • Camperdown Stadium, • Rodney Grove Aquatic Centre (Cobden), • Council’s Educational Gymnastics.

Contact: For enquiries contact: Linda Murfitt (03) 5593 7100 For more information and documents: www.corangamite.vic.gov.au Closing: Close: 25th of June 2015

City of Ballarat Pool and aquatic services panel Pool and Aquatic Services Panel including public pool maintenance and specialised aquatic services to carry out minor capital works and pool renewal projects Tender: 2015/16-5 Closing: 24th June 2015 at 12pm Contact: Phillip Masterson (03) 03 5320 5553

Documentation and further information is available from: http://www.ballarat.vic.gov. au/ac/tenders.aspx

City of Ballarat Design and construct a teenage focussed aquatic play space, Eureka Swimming Complex Request for Tender: Tender No. 2014/15-86 Closing: 24th June 2015 at 12pm Contact: Matthew Dent (03) 5320 5848 Documentation and further information is available from: http://www.ballarat.vic.gov. au/ac/tenders.aspx

Cobar Shire Council Management of Cobar Swimming Pool Contract commencing October 2015.

Closing Date: Thursday, 2 July 2015 at 2:30pm.

Documentation/Further information: Sandra Finnegan (02) 6836 5888 Email: Sandra.finnegan@cobar.nsw.gov.au

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Commandos get advanced disinfection for training pool

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he Australian Army’s newly consolidated and upgraded Holsworthy Barracks in Western Sydney features a raft of new facilities including the relocated School of Military Engineering.

In all, 13 defence units and four defence facilities are relocating to the new purpose-built, best-practice base.

As part of the upgrade, Crystal Pools built a new 4ML indoor training pool for the commando units, with the water treatment supplied by Trisley Hydraulic Services.

The advanced on-site bulk liquid chlorine generator, the Wallace & Tiernan OSEC-NXT, was installed to handle the disinfection, along with UV. Wallace & Tiernan aquatic market distributor Tim Batt says that the OSEC-NXT takes advantage of the fourth generation of their innovative membrane type technology.

“It automatically produces liquid chlorine at a consistent 2.5 per cent strength into a bulk tank which is dosed to one or more pools as required,” he says. “From

12kg to 60kg per day of neat available chlorine can be produced – enough for most aquatic centres.”

He also says that the system has the lowest salt and energy consumption of any system, meaning less salt in the water with water quality equivalent to a chlorine gas pool.

“Lower chloride levels in the pool also mean less corrosion risk,” he says. “Cooling water can go into the balance tank, saving on heating energy costs. Salt tablets are used in preference to granular salt and all salt is used up in the process, so there are no waste products.”

The system also features fully automatic operation, controlled by tank level sensors and a touch screen user interface to keep it simple, as well as communications for remote diagnostics.

“More units of this state-of-the-art system are expected to be installed this year in Australia.”

Contact: 0438 889 268; timtbws@bigpond.com; www.tbwsaquatic.com.au

ABOVE: The commando training pool.

LEFT: The Wallace & Tiernan OSEC-NXT advanced on-site bulk liquid chlorine generator CENTER: Salt tablets are used in preference to granular salt RIGHT: The pool also features UV disinfection

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All aboard the US Navy’s competition pool

By Ron Treister

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he United States’ military academies each have specific, unique traits distinguishing themselves not only from each other, but from the rest of the country’s higher-education institutions. The US Naval Academy has been educating and training individuals who primarily patrol the waters, internationally, since 1845.

It is currently the highest-ranked public liberal arts college in the US. For an institution that trains its students to be capable in water, there obviously is a strong and competitive intercollegiate swimming and diving team.

The Academy already boasted pools that were among the top in the states, but with teams which consistently win Patriot League titles and rank in the top 25 nationally, there were needs for facilities that reflected and encouraged continued success in the water. The USNA needed to renovate its existing competition pools. By doing so, two of the grandest pools in the country became an integral part of the school’s venerated “water tradition”.

True competition pools are much different to your average high school or community pool. For example, diving pools must possess specific dimensions in order to be safe and operational. The newly-designed USNA diving pool has a depth of over 4.2 metres, and the racing pool measures 50 metres in length.

Without question, this grandiose project was no in-and-out pool renovation.

“The pools sit 50 metres below sea level,” says Kurt Weber, sales representative for Laticrete International. “With the campus located on the Chesapeake Bay, there were plenty of concerns and challenges in keeping water from running off into the pool foundations while construction took place. There were even days when construction had to be shut down during the Hurricane Sandy 82 SPLASH! June/July 2015

period for fear that there could be some residual effects.

“The pool was so deep, it was astonishing. It’s not very often you look down into a pool and see 12 metres of scaffolding rising up towards you!”

The pool renovations had to take place within a pre-existing steel structure so everything had to be exact.

“This was clearly a high-profile job,” says Eric Pucilowski, Laticrete regional sales manager. “Anytime you are working on a military facility, you are going to be under a microscope and scrutinised the whole time.”

Typically when building a pool, a key concern is keeping the base and shell completely sealed so the water does not leak out. But in this case, the construction team had to worry about water leaking in.

While working below sea level is not a new task for highly-skilled construction and installation specialists, it still can’t be taken lightly as any leak or crack can potentially cause major structural and/or cosmetic problems.

Profast Commercial Flooring was the company in charge of installing all the tiles on the project, and the professionals from that firm found optimal ways to deal with these water issues.

“We installed over 9700 square metres of 1x1 mosaic tiles as well as 9700 square metres of thick mortar bed on the walls and floors of the facility,” says Kevin Killian, Profast president. “When you have a project that big, you need to know you’re going to have installation products that work. Laticrete materials are trustworthy and have a great reputation. They worked well not only for our tile installations, but for sealing and water-proofing.”

The installation system Profast used was a traditional one, and they were guided through the process by Weber.

MAIN: The US Naval Academy is the highestranked public liberal arts college in America BELOW: The newlydesigned USNA diving pool has a depth of over 4.2 metres

Laticrete has worked with the architectural firm which provided the renovation design, Counsilman-Hunsaker, many times.

“Counsilman-Hunsaker is one of the leading aquatic design firms in the country,” says Art Mintie, technical service director at Laticrete. “They work on demanding and unique aquatic applications that require high-performance installation materials to ensure that finished projects perform to their demanding standards. This project had some unique challenges to work through. Laticrete, Counsilman-Hunsaker, Profast Commercial Flooring and other parties on the project, together were able to work through the issues and complete the installation correctly.”

The system used was specifically designed to meet the needs of this project, as there were a few variables that needed to be taken into account. “Not only were there challenges having the deep pool below sea level, but there was also a hydronic, infloor heating system installed, so we needed to take that into account,” says Weber. “We used Laticrete 3701 fortified mortar bed inside the pool’s shell.

Hydro Ban was selected to address waterproofing issues, and Laticrete 254 Platinum was called upon to bond the tiles to all substrates. Then, the pools were grouted with Laticrete Permacolor.”

Because there was a hydronic in-floor heating system, the installers had to be extremely careful with all materials being applied over it, including the tiles. First, a thin configuration of mortar bed was placed over it. Then they applied Hydro Ban over top of that to perform both as a waterproofing and anti-fracture component. With the tiles installed over top surface, the heating system was able to work to its maximum potential while assuring that neither the tile installation nor overall sealing process were compromised. n

BELOW: The pools sit 50 metres below sea level, providing some unique challenges

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new products

Aquatic fun and games

Water games just got tougher, thanks to SR Smith’s new commercial grade Swim N’ Dunk basketball games, featuring the 76cm setback RockSolid game .

This new extended reach game will work well for pools with overflow or parapet gutters . Its 64mm commercial grade stainless steel square

post and rim are vinyl-coated with SealedSteel for extra protection, and the patented RockSolid anchor virtually eliminates frame movement .

A removable unit with optional safety anchor cap, it conveniently ships in one box . A 46cm setback model is also available .

Contact: srsmith .com/au; (07) 3812 2283 .

Easy facility bookings

Developed by enterprise software provider Jonas Leisure, the new Envibe leisure management software streamlines the customer-facing processes for bookings, courses and admissions at aquatic, recreation and leisure centres in Australia and New Zealand .

Jonas Leisure general manager Mike Henton says Envibe is a fast and user friendly .

“Tasks that would take staff multiple clicks on other systems take just one on Envibe .

It also makes signing up easier for the customer, whether it’s for a session at the local aquatic facility, a booking at the recreation centre, or reserving a council park for a wedding ceremony .”

Henton says Envibe offers all of the features expected from a leading leisure management software solution including tools to assist with management of members, bookings, group fitness, courses, admissions, and reporting tools to help managers monitor the performance of their business .

Contact: mikehenton@jonasleisure .co .nz; +64 27 467 7050 .

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Are You Wasting Time Testing Pool and Spa Water?

New Swiss safety system

“It takes me only 60 seconds to do 9 different tests.”

Integrated Pool Products (IPP) has been awarded the rights to sell and represent the Blue Fox pool safety system in Australia and the USA .

IPP says Blue Fox is a revolutionary new and patented aid for the active and passive prevention of drowning, designed and manufactured in Switzerland .

Using programmable bracelets, the system in active mode can simultaneously monitor all swimmers using pre-set triggers as a combination of depth and time below water . Children and adults are set up with different alarm thresholds and different colour armbands . In passive mode the system reacts to an object that falls into the pool . This is also set to trigger automatically should you forget to change from active to passive after a period of time .

The system can work in both residential and commercial pools, and integrate with existing alarm systems .

Contact: salesaus@integratedpoolproducts .com; 07 5464 4155 .

If you are cleaning test tubes, crushing tablets or waiting for reagents to react then the answer is probably yes. That’s the old way of doing things.

The new way is LaMotte’s WaterLink Spin: A gamechanging photometer that takes little effort and just 60 seconds to accurately and comprehensively analyse a water sample and produce a treatment report.

At the same time as it improves the standard of your water testing, WaterLink Spin will free your employees to spend more time with your customers, and take the frustration of ‘cocktail waitress’ water testing out of their days.

Updated PoolCleaner

Lincoln Pool Equipment says The PoolCleaner, which has been available in Australia since 2007, is now the largest selling turbine cleaner of its type on the market .

They say it has established itself as the best value for money, most reliable and durable cleaner available, delivering strong margins for retailers, in addition to very satisfied consumers .

In 2013 it had its warranty increased to three years full, plus three years pro-rata, due to almost non-existent warranty claims being made, which further increased its popularity .

The new updated version has several new features including stainless steel wheel bearings to reduce wheel friction and improve turbine torque; and an energy saving throat insert that allows the cleaner to operate at low speed when using a variable speed pump .

Contact: (03) 9580 9016

WaterLink Spin uses LaMotte’s famous DataMate water testing software which is cloud-based so you can monitor water testing at remote locations from a central office.

For more information email Vendart Pty Ltd on sales@vendart. com.au or call our technical sales desk on (02) 9450-0466.

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new products

Changing logistics of grout colour

Laticrete has released Permacolor Select, which they say is a paradigm shift in both grout performance and in the logistics of grout purchase and inventory .

Permacolor Select separates the coloured pigment from the highly engineered Permacolor Select base . You can then select the size and colour, while eliminating excess inventory cost, inventory space and hassle traditionally associated with grout . It is available in 40 lifestyle colours plus top competitor colours .

The new Trident

Waterco’s new Trident Eco robotic pool cleaner has been specially designed to save water, energy and chemicals, while coming at a lower cost and being very economical to operate . It is the newest addition to the Trident range of pool cleaners, which include the Trident and Trident Pro .

“The Trident range delivers superior cleaning efficiency, particularly when it comes to finer filtration collection,” says Waterco’s George Flory .

“The main points of difference with the Trident Eco are that it is more economical to operate, it thoroughly cleans all floor surfaces in the pool and is very lightweight so users can easily remove it from the pool .”

Laticrete says it can reduce grout pallet space requirements by 80 per cent and reduce grout inventory value by 50 per cent

Software controlled and guided so it can achieve maximum pool coverage, the Trident Eco learns the layout of your pool each time it is run through its cleaning cycle .

Contact: sales@laticrete .com .au; 1800 331 012

Contact: www .waterco .com .au

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Aero-space designed cleaning Swimkleen “PoolCleaner”

As mentioned earlier, The PoolCleaner is one of Australia’s most popular cleaners . Now the new version has been rebranded for Swimart and Waterco as the Swimkleen ATV .

It features stainless steel wheel bearings and the energy saving throat insert allows operation at low water flow, which makes it perfect for use with a variable speed pump at low speed . This way of operation can save pool owners a great deal on energy use and costs .

Contact: www .waterco .com .au

Adam Shelley from Waterco says their new Blue Square Q360 in-floor pool cleaning system’s aero-space engineered design has less moving parts, propelling water more effectively and ensuring the maximum possible flow rate to the jets with minimal restriction and back pressure .

The system includes 360° 14 point rotation in-floor mounted cleaning jets which rise successively to sweep debris from the pool floor and steps, becoming virtually invisible when lowered to become flush with the floor .

Available in three nozzle sizes: high flow (floor jet), low flow (step jet) and dual flow (dual port option), the cleaning jets come in five colour choices to allow pool owners the flexibility to co-ordinate with their pool’s finish .

Contact: www .waterco .com .au

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new products

Semi-commercial disinfection

Australian Innovative Systems’ (AIS) commitment to continuous innovation saw two new products launched in May 2015 at the Piscine SPLASH! Asia Trade Show in Singapore .

The new AutoChlor Midi Series joins AIS’s already extensive range of advanced chlorine generators for use in salt, fresh or mineral water .

The new Midi Series is a range of automatic, inline, salt or mineral water chlorinators suited to semi-commercial use or pools where large variations in bather-load are experienced such as private swim schools, residential community pools, retirement and aged care facilities, gymnasiums, sports centres and boutique hotels . Employing the same, award-winning AIS technology already operating in large scale theme parks, resorts and hotels worldwide, the AutoChlor Midi is designed for locations where a commercial scale system would be too large and a residential scale system would be inadequate .

Contact: www .aiswater .com .au

Ecoline Home in top 25 smartest products

Ecoline Home has scored a spot on the National Smart 100 List . These awards, announced in May, recognise innovative products that are Australian in origin and have a highly commercial application .

AIS scored a very respectable 30th place on the overall list, which includes services, and 24th of the list of products alone .

Affordable inline disinfection

The second advance AIS launched at Piscine SPLASH! Asia was the new Chrome inline salt water chlorine generator for residential pools .

Chrome is designed for the customer who demands the latest in technology, superior performance and contemporary good looks at an affordable price . It is perfect for first home buyers or investors . A key feature of Chrome is that it takes the guess work out of keeping pool water clean . An easy-to-read control panel automatically tells when salt levels are lower or higher than desired and chlorine output can then be increased or decreased with the simple turn of a dial .

AIS’s chlorinators conveniently produce chlorine onsite and inline as water flows through the system via the process of electrolysis, meaning users can achieve clean and clear water without the need for chemical storage and dosing .

Contact: www .aiswater .com .au

The winter warmer

Just because it’s cold outside it doesn’t mean you need to stay indoors .

Escea’s outdoor gas heaters and wood fireplaces allow you to enjoy the fresh air while adding warmth, sophistication, ambience and a dramatic focal point to any outdoor gathering .

The Ecoline Home chlorinator uses electrolysis to enable ordinary Australians to use tap water in their swimming pool, without the addition of any chlorine or salt . It operates on TDS levels as low as 1200ppm (rather than 5000ppm which is required for most salt chlorinators) .

The Escea EF5000 is a beautiful gas fireplace designed for quick convenient heat at the touch of a button . The innovative design offers simple installation as no flue is required . Because this gas fireplace is Zero Clearance rated, it can be installed straight into any timber-framed or masonry cavity . Designed to withstand the harshest weather conditions, every nut, bolt and screw is 100 per cent stainless steel .

Contact: www .aiswater .com .au

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