The Lammas Leisure Centre at Sutton in Ashfield, replaces the existing facilities at both the Sutton Pools Complex and Sutton Leisure Centre which resulted in a commission for commercial photography and architectural photography.  A total of 500 tonnes of steel have been used in the construction of the £15m plus complex, that has a 25m, six lane competition pool, a learner pool with fun water, an 18m by 36m ice rink and a six lane indoor bowls hall.

 

In addition, it has two squash courts, a four badminton court sports hall, a fitness suite with approximately 90 stations, a créche for Centre users and a multi use dance/meeting space which can be divided in to smaller individual spaces all finished to a high standard in colourways that reproduce well in commercial photography and architectural photography.  There are also associated changing facilities, refreshment vending and sports equipment sales.

 

The new facility will have 186 car parking spaces, 9 spaces for motorcycles and about 20 spaces for cycles. Areas of the car park can also be used for coach parking when teams come for swimming galas, etc.

 

One of the major concerns of the Council during the construction of this new facility was with regard to the environment.  The Council, along with the principal contractor McAlpine, have introduced a number of initiatives.  These include:

 

• Recycling waste materials generated during the construction process;
• Sourcing materials from renewable resources wherever possible;
• The use of “grey” water if practicable;
• Installation of a heat recovery unit to reduce the cost of gas/electricity;
• The use of special glass either to retain heat [e.g. swimming pool] or to reflect heat [e.g. ice rink] to control the

    temperature of particular areas as appropriate.

• A combined heat and power unit is being installed to reduce the amount of gas/electricity used by the facility.

 

The installation of a combined heat and power unit has also reduced the amount of gas/electricity the facility requires.