[ Case Study: LEISURE ]
David Lloyd Leisure
East Acton Lane
Following on from the successful list of delivered health club projects for Virgin Active, David Lloyd approached us to build a new leisure club at East Acton.
Client: David Lloyd Leisure
Location: East Acton Lane
Value: £5.9 million
Sector: Leisure
Size: 400,000 sq ft
Duration: 31 weeks
Contract: JCT 2011 Design & Build
Project Manager: Cluttons
Architect: Hadfield Cawkwell Davidson
MEP Consultant: Hulley & Kirkwood
About the project:
The project consisted of demolition and alteration of an existing leisure facility including vertical and rear extension with significant structural work to support it. A full internal strip out, remodel and fit out was undertaken to transform the existing Park Club into the new David Lloyd facilities. This included full new mechanical and electrical installations, plus external pools, spa garden and refurbishment of the existing car park.
Early appointment of the architects and engineer HCD, who
were familiar with the David Lloyd standards and requirements, gave us a great advantage in completing the design at such an early stage. Particularly considering the time factor as the Club was scheduled to be opened 6 months after the project commenced. David LIoyd signed up 4000 new members for this Club during the works, therefore achieving the opening date was a non-negotiable key factor for the client.
Due to the constrained programme duration, we proposed
overlapping construction of the building envelop and the
fit out stages. The early appointment of the structural steel
subcontractor helped develop the steel frame design using BIM modelling at early stage, which assisted in procuring the steel in time to meet the programme milestones.
We also worked very closely with David Lloyd undertaking
value engineering workshops to meet the project budget and
provide the client with the new facilities in line with the David Lloyd standards.
