Gravesham Borough Council has appointed Willmott Dixon for the pre-construction section of the brand new Cascades Recreational Centre in Gravesend thru an instantaneous award by means of the Pagabo framework.
Willmott Dixon is operating along challenge architect Area & Position and engineering marketing consultant AtkinsRealis to expand the technical design and specification for the brand new recreational facility, which is able to exchange an present getting old centre of the similar title.
Gravesham Borough Council decided on Willmott Dixon and its design staff following its structure of the within sight Cozenton Park Sports activities Centre in Rainham for Medway Council, which opened in 2024.
The brand new Cascades may have a 25-metre pool, a 17-metre learner pool, an aqua play and water flume house, in conjunction with a spectator viewing house. There can also be a sports activities corridor with six courts and tiered seating, a multi-level comfortable play zone, birthday celebration and group rooms and a café, all at the floor flooring.
The £43m challenge is being in part funded thru £17m from the federal government’s £20m levelling up fund allocation to Gravesham Borough Council.
All the way through the pre-construction section, which runs till August 2026, Willmott Dixon will adopt detailed website online surveys, logistics making plans and website online set-up works. The corporate will even habits an asbestos survey of Regan’s Bar forward of its demolition later this 12 months, whilst making sure the prevailing Cascades Recreational Centre stays operational right through structure.
The pre-construction contract positions Willmott Dixon to growth to primary contractor appointment in August 2026, with structure due for final touch in December 2028.
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