Plymouth Life Centre

The Plymouth Life Centre is a leisure centre in Central Park, Plymouth run by Everyone Active in partnership with Plymouth City Council. Its facilities include a family leisure pool, a climbing wall, an eight-lane indoor bowls centre, currently (2015) the only 12 court multipurpose sports hall in Devon, fitness suite, a 10 lane 50-meter Olympic standard swimming pool, an Olympic standard diving pool, along with dryside training facilities, sauna, steam room, showers and a multipurpose area for dance and martial arts.[1] The climbing wall facility is managed by High Sports.[2] The aquatic facilities are the largest facility in southern England and were used by several teams training for the 2012 Olympics.[3] The Life Centre replaces the Mayflower Centre and Central Park Leisure Pools.[4] It opened in March 2012 at a cost of £46.5m.[5]

Clubs Based At Plymouth Life Centre

The centre is home to the Plymouth Life Centre Indoor Bowls Club,[6] and to Plymouth Diving Club.[7]

Sporting records

Ben Proud: set the British 50 m freestyle record at Plymouth Life Centre. May 2014[8]

Featured on National Television

Lotto: 2013.[9]

The 2015 British Gas Diving Championships (British Diving Championships) [10]

Architecture

The main contractor was Balfour Beatty, and the Architect was Archial.[11][12]

Usage[13]

Building Awards

Built in Quality Awards Awards, 2013 : 'Best Community Building'[14][15] [16][17]

Michelmores Western Morning News Property Awards,2013 : 'Project valued at over £3million'

Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE),2013 : 'Major Project of the Year', 2013 :[18]

Gallery

Architects drawings were released in 2013[19]

The cladding for the building is glass[20][21]

Tiles[22]

Stainless Steel and Staircases[23]

Flume, Sauna Steam room and showers[24]

Drains[25]

Heating and low carbon technology[26]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/lifecentre retrieved 8th April 2015
  2. ↑ http://www.high-sports.co.uk/sites/plymouth/ retrieved on 8th April 2015
  3. ↑ http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/lifecentre retrieved 8th April 2015
  4. ↑ http://www.everyoneactive.com/Centre/Plymouth-Life-Centre/72/Facilities retrieved 19th October 2014
  5. ↑ "Plymouth's £46.5m Life Centre opens". BBC News. 22 March 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  6. ↑ http://www.plymouthlifecentreindoorbowlsclub.co.uk/ retrieved 6th April 2015
  7. ↑ http://www.plymouthdiving.com/about-us/ retrieved 8th April 2015
  8. ↑ http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/Proud-day-Proud-British-record-updated-Plymouth/story-21059534-detail/story.html retrieved 19th October 2014
  9. ↑ http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Life-Centre-display-feature-Lotto/story-19952296-detail/story.html retrieved 19th October 2014
  10. ↑ http://www.swimming.org/britishswimming/diving/british-diving-champs-2014/ retrieved 8th April 2015
  11. ↑ http://paulwestonarchitect.co.uk/Content/pdfs/PW-SportAndLeisure-CV.pdf retrieved 19th October 2014
  12. ↑ http://www.urbanrealm.com/news/2109/Archial_hope_to_make_a_splash_with_Plymouth_leisure_centre.html retrieved October 19th 2014
  13. ↑ http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/Life-Centre-s-ethos-help-people-make-changes/story-19568355-detail/story.html retrieved 19th October 2014
  14. ↑ http://www.labc.uk.com/south-west-building-excellence-awards-2013 retrieved 19th October 2014
  15. ↑ http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/newsreleases?newsid%3D315648 retrieved 19th October 2014
  16. ↑ http://www.cornwall.gov.uk/business/building-control-services/local-authority-building-control/built-in-quality-awards-2013/retrieved 19th October 2014
  17. ↑ http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Plymouth-Life-Centre-honoured-awards-ceremony/story-19269663-detail/story.html retrieved 19th October 2014
  18. ↑ http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/award-city-s-Life-Centre/story-19511282-detail/story.html retrieved 19th October 2014
  19. ↑ http://www.stadia-magazine.com/news.php?NewsID=28144 retrieved 19th Oct 2014
  20. ↑ http://www.sto.co.uk/en/projects/reference-details_40640.html retrieved 19th October 2014
  21. ↑ http://www.buildingproducts.co.uk/features/external-envelope-rainscreen-test retrieved 19th October 2014
  22. ↑ http://www.stratatiles.co.uk/library/case-studies/play/plymouth-life-centre/ retrieved 19th October 2014
  23. ↑ http://paulwestonarchitect.co.uk/Content/pdfs/PW-SportAndLeisure-CV.pdf retrieved 19th October 2014
  24. ↑ http://www.certikin.co.uk/pdf/plymouth.life.2012.pdf retrieved 19th October 2014
  25. ↑ http://www.lanesfordrains.co.uk/blog/lanes-drains-wins-big-new-plymouth-life-centre/ retrieved 19th October 2014
  26. ↑ http://www.vzdv.com/projects/the-life-centre-plymouth/retrieved 19th October 2014

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