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-metre 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]

Following the announcement that Gyms and Leisure Centres could open on the 25th July, Plymouth city council announced that following investigations by themselves and the contractors, Balfour Beatty, urgent repair work needed to be done to the building. This would include stripping the pool and changing rooms back to the base concrete and laying new waterproof layers. The life centre will remain closed until April 2021 whilst the work is undertaken

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]

Lotto: 2013.[9]

Splash: 2014

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]

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. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 30 December 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) retrieved 8 April 2015
  2. http://www.high-sports.co.uk/sites/plymouth/ Archived 16 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine retrieved on 8 April 2015
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 30 December 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) retrieved 8 April 2015
  4. http://www.everyoneactive.com/Centre/Plymouth-Life-Centre/72/Facilities retrieved 19 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 6 April 2015
  7. http://www.plymouthdiving.com/about-us/ Archived 28 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 8 April 2015
  8. http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/Proud-day-Proud-British-record-updated-Plymouth/story-21059534-detail/story.html retrieved 19 October 2014
  9. http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Life-Centre-display-feature-Lotto/story-19952296-detail/story.html retrieved 19 October 2014
  10. http://www.swimming.org/britishswimming/diving/british-diving-champs-2014/ Archived 3 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 8 April 2015
  11. http://paulwestonarchitect.co.uk/Content/pdfs/PW-SportAndLeisure-CV.pdf retrieved 19 October 2014
  12. http://www.urbanrealm.com/news/2109/Archial_hope_to_make_a_splash_with_Plymouth_leisure_centre.html retrieved 19 October 2014
  13. http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/Life-Centre-s-ethos-help-people-make-changes/story-19568355-detail/story.html retrieved 19 October 2014
  14. http://www.labc.uk.com/south-west-building-excellence-awards-2013 retrieved 19 October 2014
  15. http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/newsreleases?newsid%3D315648 retrieved 19 October 2014
  16. http://www.cornwall.gov.uk/business/building-control-services/local-authority-building-control/built-in-quality-awards-2013/retrieved 19 October 2014
  17. http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Plymouth-Life-Centre-honoured-awards-ceremony/story-19269663-detail/story.html retrieved 19 October 2014
  18. http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/award-city-s-Life-Centre/story-19511282-detail/story.html retrieved 19 October 2014
  19. http://www.stadia-magazine.com/news.php?NewsID=28144 retrieved 19 October 2014
  20. http://www.sto.co.uk/en/projects/reference-details_40640.html retrieved 19 October 2014
  21. http://www.buildingproducts.co.uk/features/external-envelope-rainscreen-test%5B%5D retrieved 19 October 2014
  22. http://www.stratatiles.co.uk/library/case-studies/play/plymouth-life-centre/ Archived 20 December 2014 at Archive.today retrieved 19 October 2014
  23. http://paulwestonarchitect.co.uk/Content/pdfs/PW-SportAndLeisure-CV.pdf retrieved 19 October 2014
  24. http://www.certikin.co.uk/pdf/plymouth.life.2012.pdf%5B%5D retrieved 19 October 2014
  25. http://www.lanesfordrains.co.uk/blog/lanes-drains-wins-big-new-plymouth-life-centre/ retrieved 19 October 2014
  26. http://www.vzdv.com/projects/the-life-centre-plymouth/retrieved%5B%5D 19 October 2014

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