Splash out and throw yourself into some serious aquatic fun at the newly developed QEII Park Recreation and Sports Centre – a world of excitement for the whole family.
The new centre – which cost around $38 million – is a replacement for the old family favourite that was severely earthquake damaged and demolished in January 2016.
The project has been spearheaded by Apollo Projects Ltd, one of New Zealand’s leading design and construction company’s, offering total turnkey solution to complex developments.
With expertise in controlled environments, Apollo Projects Ltd is an acknowledged specialist in the design and construction of sports and aquatics centres in both the private and public sectors.
Built on the same site as the former QEII Recreation and Sports Centre, the new facility will be comprised of modern aquatic and comprehensive fitness facilities, giving something back, not just to the eastern suburbs, but to all of Canterbury.
Leading- edge technology will drive and monitor everything from water toys to pumps, pool water treatment, chlorine production on site and environmental quality such as air temperature and humidity—much of it remotely.
Featuring a sports pool that can be raised and lowered in depth at the push of a button, a hydrotherapy pool, a family play pool that flows into a lazy river, a toddlers splash pad, exciting water toys, water slides and jets, the new aquatic complex promises something for all the community from the very youngest to the young at heart, and even for those who are just wanting to sit back and relax.
Apollo Projects business development manager, Iain Ansell, says the 25m x 25m 10-lane sports pool will have a movable floor over half its length, enabling variable depths and a wide range of options for staff when programming activities.
“By bringing the floor up on one side you can have a shelf that might be at 1.2 metres deep partitioned off and used for aqua-robics or swimming lessons, or flippa ball. When in full-depth mode at 2m it will support deeper water activities such as competitive swimming, water polo or aqua jogging.”
Learn to swim lessons will be delivered in a purpose-built learn to swim pool.
The new aquatic complex promises something for all the community from the very youngest to the young at heart.
And is there a big hydroslide? Absolutely – the 120-metre Aquaspehere will be a big splash in the complex, where riders on an inflatable raft get washed into a sphere, bank around the walls, then dropped back into the slide for high octane twists and turns – the ultimate adrenalin rush for hydroslide junkies.
The aquatic complex is complemented with a sauna, spa and steam room facilities.
The fitness centre includes an expansive gym/ weights room, a dance/fitness studio on a wooden sprung floor and a separate spin room for bike classes.
The aquatic complex is complemented with a sauna, spa and steam room facilities, while the fitness centre includes an expansive gym/weights room, a dance/fitness studio on a wooden sprung floor and a separate spin room for bike classes.
Delivered on schedule, and on budget, the completed project is the first project delivered on what will soon be a very busy site.
“Apollo Projects is very proud of this special project and what has been delivered for the community,” says Iain.
“Projects of this size and scope are not without their problems along the way, but the nature of a design-build project, and the way we work as a team with council, consultants and some fantastic sub-contractors, allows us to solve problems quickly and efficiently and keep things moving. It really has been a fantastic team effort.”
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