Not sure how much will get done today – it’s a cold, windy winter day. But yesterday, in more clement weather, six frame struts for the Sprung building were erected at Centennial Pool, and I got these photographs:
Here’s the frame going up, on January 16.Six frames have gone up – there are another eight to go.
You can get an idea of how big and spacious the building will be inside by comparing the height to that of the workers and equipment.
One panel of the Kevlar-coated, high-tech covering was installed before construction stopped, Wednesday, but not both components (inside and outside). Once covered, workers will be able to finish the interior despite the winter weather.
Here you can see the remnants of the old pool building – the mechanical room – coming down. More photographs will be posted as the construction continues, and weather permits.
I think most people in town are excited and happy about these structures and the speed with which they will be built. Had we gone with the traditional brick-and-steel buildings, we wouldn’t see completion for at least another year, if not longer. These buildings will be open by this spring – I expect kids will be swimming and skating within them before summer.
It’s quite exciting, isn’t it?
It is to me and to many residents of Collingwood. Within a few months, we will have a year-round competition-size pool there, with a new, warm-water therapeutic pool.