solution: Aquatics
This 21,750 sf addition to the original aquatic center resulting in a fourth pool that acts as the training pool for the GAC. This pool provides 8 50-meter lanes and 11 25-yard lanes for training purposes. SKA is also the prime designer, structural, electrical and fire protection engineer for the fourth pool addition which completed […]
Ray’s Splash Planet in Charlotte, NC was built circa 2001 as an indoor waterpark. The ‘Blue Comet’ is a 3-story waterslide that serves as a main attraction to the waterpark. It is accessed by a 21 ft tall conventionally reinforced concrete stair tower with three intermediate landings and one top landing supported by reinforced concrete […]
SKA provided all mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, and structural design services and special inspections for a new aquatic center for the City of Greensboro. The 78,000 sf facility includes a 50-meter competitive pool, 10-meter platform diving well, warm-up/teaching pool and seating for 1800 spectators. The facility has wet classrooms, locker rooms, training rooms and […]
SKA was contacted to provide engineering services for replacement of the existing HID lighting fixtures serving the Greensboro Aquatics Center (GAC) main Competition Pool, Dive Well and Rec. Pool to LED lighting fixtures. The new LED lighting fixtures specified in the design documents shall utilize the existing light truss wiring system that is currently installed. […]
SKA provided structural repairs of the pool which included a complete replacement of the cladding of the west wall of the pool. The plaster walls were also resurfaced in areas where they had deteriorated and/or been damaged. In 2017, SKA conducted a structural investigation of the pool structure and an assessment of the existing pool […]
SKA executed the structural design for this 88,000 sf, two-story multi-use athletic and recreation center. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright associate Aaron G. Greene, the building features a gymnasium, natatorium with an eight-lane competition pool, classrooms, offices, climbing wall, racquetball court, and exercise space. The complexity of the building geometry offered exceptional structural challenges that […]
