BAM set for £26m Dover leisure centre

Aaron Morby 8 years ago
Share

Dover District Council has named BAM Construction as its preferred contractor for the pre-construction phase of the new £26m Dover District Leisure Centre.

This follows a competitive tender held towards the end of 2016 procured through the Southern Construction Framework.  Contract terms are currently being finalised.

The council plans to demolish the town’s 40 year-old swimming pool and build the leisure centre in neighbouring Whitfield where it will be centrally located to provide the only lane-swimming pool serving Dover, Deal and Sandwich, and the surrounding rural communities.

Plans have been drawn up by Nottingham-based GT3 architects. If all goes to plan construction of the new larger leisure centre will start in October.

At the heart of the centre would be an eight-lane 25m county-standard competition swimming pool with spectator seating for 250 people, as well as a learner pool with a moveable floor to allow for varying depths of water.

Other facilities proposed include a four court sports hall, two outdoor artificial five-a-side football pitches, a clip ‘n’ climb climbing wall, a 120-station health and fitness gym, two squash courts, three multi-activity studios, one spin studio, a sauna, steam room and cafe.

DOVER 3D - Pool interior 4-rev 3

Externally there will be 3G artificial pitches for five-a-side football, and a minimum of 250 parking spaces.

BAM Construction has a strong track record of building leisure and sporting facilities including the new sports centre at the Duke of York’s Royal Military School.

Latest news

M&S Marble Arch rebuild approved after three-year planning fight

Plans were delayed when Michael Gove backed carbon campaigners
5 hours ago

PM pledges to fast-track 150 infrastructure schemes

Fresh promise to speed up planning decisions on infrastructure and house building
9 hours ago

Buyers report boom in commercial work

Construction bucks slowdown in general economy
12 hours ago

Plans in for £250m Stockport 8 housing-led scheme

Work to start on phase 1 by the end of next year
12 hours ago

Galliford Try tops monthly contracts league

Contract awards slow down in November
15 hours ago

Erith explosives set demolition record at Sizewell

Watch blast at former nuclear turbine hall: Video
15 hours ago

Vistry to build 950 homes next to Olympic Park

Developer signed for £600m Pudding Mill Lane scheme in East London
15 hours ago

Inflatable formwork used for 45m tall cement silo

Ground-breaking dome silo inflated at Tilbury Docks
15 hours ago

Briggs & Forrester sells maintenance arm

100 engineers to move over to new owner
1 day ago

£2bn Edinburgh ‘West Town’ scheme approved

7,000 homes to be built at 205-acre site
1 day ago

Rayner approves Lancashire super prison

Communities secretary overrules planning inspector for 1,700 inmate prison.
2 days ago

Wates boss returns after collapse of his own contractor

Paul Nicholls was head of the failed Real construction group
2 days ago

Trio secure Birmingham deal to retrofit 3,000 homes a year

Specialist contractors to install insulation, efficient heating and solar panels
2 days ago

Costain confirms £400m HS2 tunnels win

Work to start early next year on tunnel and lineside mechanical and electrical systems
2 days ago

First nuclear reactor installed at Hinkley: Video

Watch precision operation at Somerset site
2 days ago

Winner named for £14m Harbourside revamp

Local Irvine contractor to transform beach front
2 days ago

New Fair Payment Code goes live today

Latest bid to get subcontractors and suppliers paid within 30 days
3 days ago

Lincolnshire concrete supplier files administration notice

Ever Readymix Concrete & Screed operates three depots and a fleet of 20 trucks
3 days ago

Graham lands first deal on Liverpool’s largest brownfield site

Contractor bags infrastructure package on 10.5 hectare site
3 days ago

Bouygues UK boss to step down

Fabienne Viala to leave after eight years at the helm
3 days ago

Galliford Try scoops £87m brace of London jobs

Firm will redevelop a prominent corner building on Sloane Street in Chelsea
3 days ago

New HS2 boss Mark Wild starts amid prep for final TBM drives

Former Crossrail CEO starts with a sharp focus on controlling costs
3 days ago

Ten consultants land Thames Water major upgrade places

Firms will share £400m of fee work over next five years
3 days ago

Rayner ultimatum to fix all unsafe tall buildings by 2029

Recladding work must start on all 18m+ resi buildings by 2027
3 days ago

ISG administrator finds just £35m to pay down £1.1bn debt

Failed firm was set to report £148m blackhole from legacy jobs
4 days ago

Redesign needed on Colas “bridge to nowhere”

Technical challenges continue as £38m scheme faces further delays
4 days ago

Skanska UK shakes-up boardroom team

Four new board appointments as two directors step down
4 days ago

Ultra rich clamour for Mace super prime resi scheme

Topping out at £2bn 1 Mayfair scheme where homes start at £35m
4 days ago

Watkin Jones wins £48m St Helen’s affordable homes deal

Firm to build nearly 300 homes for housing association
4 days ago

Barratt sets start date for High Barnet station scheme

Latest scheme to be delivered by the £1.9bn West London Partnership
4 days ago

Contractor services