A vital and essential tool for commercial pool operators, The Code of Practice from the Pool Water Treatment Advisory Group (PWTAG), covers swimming pool management and the need to establish and maintain pools and is available free of charge, writes Allen Wilson.
Commercial Swimming Pools
News updates from the commercial swimming pools sector, including local authority pools, health club pools, hotel pools, school pools, holiday park pools and water parks.
During the 2012 London Olympics, British Swimming reported a 90 per cent increase in its website traffic, but as to whether that interest translates into an increase in children learning to swim remains to be seen.
Hundreds of schools across the UK are allowing pupils to swim in sub-standard swimming pools unaware of the risks including the dangers of entrapment.
Sport England has also announced a one-year investment in the ASA’s plans to tackle the decline in the number of people swimming regularly seen since 2006. £3.5 million of investment will help the ASA
Commercial pool specialists, Alba Pools, has recently completed the refurbishment of the swimming pool at Kimbolton School. Key to the successful transformation was the installation of a new Alkorplan lining system to the pool tank, fitted by a specialist team from Aquaflex. Originally opened in 2000, it took several years to realise there were fundamental […]
In the world of swimming and sports centres the growth of excellence in community facilities has been driven by a few key players. At the forefront of the design and delivery of some stunning buildings – including the Olympic Aquatics Centre – is the number one company, S&P Architects. With dozens of prestigious projects under their belt throughout the UK and Ireland it is difficult to comprehend the size of their operation, with regional offices in London, Nottingham, Glasgow and Dublin. They are soon to open an office in Birmingham. At the helm of today’s company, founded by two architects in 1982 – Peter Sergeant and Mark Potiriadis – is a man who admits he is hardly ever in the same office two days running.
Holiday centres across the UK have one feature which appeals to all visitors – swimming pools. But not just any old pools – today’s holiday makers expect nothing short of excitement
A Swimming Teachers’ Association survey has revealed a quarter of public pool users do not take a shower before entering the water, with women being the biggest offenders. The survey, of more than 2,000 swimmers, also revealed that one in four people have urinated in a public swimming pool, with one in ten confessing they had done it deliberately; men aged 18-34 years were cited as the worst culprits this time. STA is one of the world’s largest swim teaching and lifesaving organisation, and delivers the highest quality training across four key business areas – swimming teaching, lifesaving, first aid and leisure management.
Starting as separate businesses but exchanging ideas, experiences and problems over many years, the merger of two leading pool companies has seen the creation of the Caw Trading Group – fast becoming one of the biggest forces in the UK pool and spa sector.
Visitors queued outside and enthusiastically joined in a countdown to the opening of the much-anticipated Inspire: Luton Sports Village this summer
