Hey, I would like to get some advice and ideas for building this pool.
The proyect is very advanced already, but there are many things that are not finished.
So, we are planing on building 2 pools
1) Main pool:
25 x 16.5 meters
minimin depth: 1.35 meters
Max depth: 2.00 meters
2) Second pool
4.5 x 16.5 meters
Depth: 1.20 meters
I already read the FINA rules
www.fina.org/.../index.php
But there is this one rule I missed the first time I read it:
"Lanes shall be at least 2.5 metres wide, with two spaces of at least 0.2 metre outside of the first and last lanes"
We actually planed 8 lanes, 2.0 meters wide, and 0.5 metre outside of the first and last lanes.
This is very much the only thing that wont comply with the rules, I don't know if it's worth it to change the design to 20.4 x 25 meters since it makes it a lot more expensive.
Also, I would like to hear ideas about locker rooms, we are planing on building 4 of them, 2 for adults and 2 for childrens, with diferent showers and lockers.
We have some dificulties planing the access control system since the locker rooms will be also used by people that won't have permited access to the pool.
That's about it, any suggestions, ideas, or things you would like to change in the pool your are currently swimming are very welcome.
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Overall, I guess my biggest piece of advice is have plenty of deck space if you'e planning to have events at the pool. Also, have locker rooms large enough to fit 2 teams. I've seen beautiful pools with locker rooms designed for 1 team or less. Once you get 40-50 guys in it, it's claustrophobic. I suppose if you have adult and child locker rooms, during meets where the pools are used you could designate a locker room to each team (assuming only 2 teams).
My local pool has 5 locker rooms which I find very useful.
1) Girls'
2) Boys'
3) Womans'
4) Mens'
5) "Family/Handicapped" (meant mostly for mothers changing children, but also handicapped who need assistance getting changed).
I think you have a couple options for access control. No easy solution though.
1) Put the poolside openings of the locker rooms together in a hallway leading toward the pool. Have staff member at a desk at the end of the hallway before the pool to check the membership of each person attempting to enter. This of course requires a person to work the desk and a way of the swimmer to show their credentials (ID that they have to carry in or a computer system to search for the person by name, which would be tedious).
2) The other option I see would be to have keycards, RF fobs, barcodes to unlock the doors. This doesn't really allow 100% security as people can slip through the closing doors. If the people have an ID to get in the building in the first place, use this ID to also allow them into the pool area. Obviously this is a more expensive and complicated option. People won't necessarily want to bring their keys/cards with them into the pool.
To get into the gym area of one of the college pools I use there are these "turnstiles" where you tap your ID card and then you walk through (theres no bar, just sensors). If you don't tap, an alarm goes off. It's kinda like a lot of subway stations use minus the doors or metal bars.
If you have the luxury of having locker rooms specifically for the pool and you can control the access at the beginning before the pool locker rooms, that'd be easier than controlling it after the locker rooms. That ways swimmers can take care of the security before they get in the locker room (they can put away their ID or w/e) or the person checking the credentials might be able to be dedicated to more tasks like working the front desk.
I guess access control would provide you interesting and fairly accurate statistics on pool use.
Overall, I guess my biggest piece of advice is have plenty of deck space if you'e planning to have events at the pool. Also, have locker rooms large enough to fit 2 teams. I've seen beautiful pools with locker rooms designed for 1 team or less. Once you get 40-50 guys in it, it's claustrophobic. I suppose if you have adult and child locker rooms, during meets where the pools are used you could designate a locker room to each team (assuming only 2 teams).
My local pool has 5 locker rooms which I find very useful.
1) Girls'
2) Boys'
3) Womans'
4) Mens'
5) "Family/Handicapped" (meant mostly for mothers changing children, but also handicapped who need assistance getting changed).
I think you have a couple options for access control. No easy solution though.
1) Put the poolside openings of the locker rooms together in a hallway leading toward the pool. Have staff member at a desk at the end of the hallway before the pool to check the membership of each person attempting to enter. This of course requires a person to work the desk and a way of the swimmer to show their credentials (ID that they have to carry in or a computer system to search for the person by name, which would be tedious).
2) The other option I see would be to have keycards, RF fobs, barcodes to unlock the doors. This doesn't really allow 100% security as people can slip through the closing doors. If the people have an ID to get in the building in the first place, use this ID to also allow them into the pool area. Obviously this is a more expensive and complicated option. People won't necessarily want to bring their keys/cards with them into the pool.
To get into the gym area of one of the college pools I use there are these "turnstiles" where you tap your ID card and then you walk through (theres no bar, just sensors). If you don't tap, an alarm goes off. It's kinda like a lot of subway stations use minus the doors or metal bars.
If you have the luxury of having locker rooms specifically for the pool and you can control the access at the beginning before the pool locker rooms, that'd be easier than controlling it after the locker rooms. That ways swimmers can take care of the security before they get in the locker room (they can put away their ID or w/e) or the person checking the credentials might be able to be dedicated to more tasks like working the front desk.
I guess access control would provide you interesting and fairly accurate statistics on pool use.
