B+W are delighted to be working alongside Metnor Construction on this brand new £20m state-of-the-art Sports Centre in East Hampshire. The new centre will be run by Everyone Active with the aim of providing local people with a variety of opportunities to be ‘more active, more often’. The centre will offer modernised, updated facilities to cater for a vast array of sports, activities and leisure interests. Our scope of works will include the new 25m Main Pool and Learner Pool filtration systems, as well as the construction of the pool shells. The Main Pool will benefit from hi-tech touch-pad timers and starting blocks, while the Learner Pool will have a moveable floor allowing the depth to be altered to cater for a wide range of age groups depending on the required purpose of the pool. Alongside the swimming facilities, the new Alton Sports Centre will also offer a 130 station fitness suite, group cycling studio, 6 court sports hall, two multi-use studios – one of which can be set to 38oC to offer Hot Yoga classes, a climbing wall and 3G football pitches. David Love, Everyone Active’s area contract manager, said: “We are excited to get the project underway and give more opportunities for people in Alton to improve their health and wellbeing by getting active.”

Havering Council, in partnership with the sports and leisure management operator SLM will run the new, state of the art, Hornchurch Sports Centre. The new centre will be built where the overflow car park is for the current centre and will offer an 8 lane, 25m swimming pool, a much larger diving pool, four tennis courts and an expanded gym. B+W are delighted to be working alongside Main Contractor Metnor on this project. We will be responsible for the filtration systems of both the main and diving pools. Both pool swill be constructed using our Myrtha technology. The diving pool also benefitting from a moveable floor which will enable the pool to be multipurpose and serve also as a children’s pool.

The Chow Tai Fook Finance Centre in Guangzhou is a 530m tall mixed-use skyscraper, currently within the top 10 of the world’s highest. It also boasts the world’s fastest elevators which can operate at an incredible 76kph. Located in the Zhujjang New Town, Financial District of Guangzhou, the building is part of a trio of structures, with the 439m tall IFC in one direction and the 604m tall Canton Tower in another. The building was completed towards the end of 2016, with many of the elements within already operating such as the Grade A K11 Office Space and K11 Art Mall. Set to open in 2019, the 5* Rosewood Hotel Guangzhou will occupy the top 16 floors and podium of the building. Home to over 250 guestrooms and 350 residences the hotel will also provide multiple food and beverage outlets. All areas of the hotel will showcase spectacular views across the Guangdong Province, one of the most populous places on the planet. B+W were initially contracted to provide the Engineering Consultancy for the Spa and Pools. However, this contract was converted to a design and build package to enable the progression of the installation. Our scope will consist of Male and Female Hot Pools, Cold Pools, Salt Saunas and Steam Baths within the Spa. We will also be responsible for the Children’s Pool and Vitality Pool located in the main wet area. At over 430m high, this is will be the highest installation from ground level within the B+W Spa Portfolio.