Northampton School for Boys
November 2014
£4.5m
25m x 13m, 6 lane, 2m deep competition swimming pool with 13m x 9m movable floor.
Design and specification of the pool water treatment and movable floor; site monitoring of installation and commissioning.
pHp Architects
Goodrich Consulting LLP
BCAL Consulting
Building Services Design
Devin Consulting
A new building on the Northampton School for Boys site providing the school with new gym fitness suite, events space, a dance studio, wet & dry changing facilities and a pool providing regional training and competition facilities with spectating gallery. Circulation within the pool takes account of the movable floor. The water treatment system incorporates PAC flocculation, medium rate filtration on sand, photo-oxidation using ultraviolet, heating, pH control and residual disinfectant control using on site chlorine generation. VSDs control pump flows linked to an electronic flow meter. Movable floor provides a range of water depths for different training activities.