New Addington Leisure Centre

London Borough of Croydon

  • Client

    London Borough of Croydon

  • Contractor

  • Value

    £33.7m

  • Completion Date

    March 2020

Civil Engineer: Enginuiti

Architect: GT3

Project Manager: Gleeds

The Challenge

The new multi-level site was designed to transform the western side of Central Parade in New Addington, Croydon to provide community spaces, state of the art sports facilities and eight new family homes running parallel with the swimming pool, separated only by a considered designed structural wall.

Local businesses needed to maintain ‘business as usual’ so Willmott Dixon undertook and deployed a extremely detailed logics phased plan.

The Solution

The new flexible space features two multi-purpose halls, a cafe, meeting rooms, offices and dressing rooms, with an option of licence applications for booked events.

The facility provides:

  • Community Halls
  • Community Cafe
  • Six lane 25 m pool with spectator seating for up to 150 people
  • Learner pool
  • Wet changing village
  • Large fitness gym incorporating a spin studio
  • Dry change facilities
  • Multipurpose studios (Fitness and community)
  • Indoor four court sports hall with associated changing facilities
  • Public realm upgrades

The Results

Overall, the project helped create over 75 jobs for local Croydon residents and was where Willmott Dixon held their first Building Lives Academy. This was an initiative to upskill young people in Croydon and provide them with valuable construction experience and gain qualifications within the industry.

The development has provided high quality leisure and community facilities which is a significant improvement on the previous facilities in the area.

The project won the RICS Social Impact 2020 award in recognition of the positive impact Building Lives has made on the community.

The team also helped facilitate the Christmas lights switch on in New Addington, not only donating funds to the charity but helped create their own Santa’s Grotto in the local community.

4

Apprentices

96.2%

SME Spend

17.7%

Added Value

9

Client Satisfaction

Client Testimonials

“This is a stunning new centre with first-class facilities for everyone in New Addington to enjoy and be proud of. It will make a huge difference to our local community, helping them to keep fit and stay healthy while giving them a new venue to enjoy with family and friends.“

Contractor Performance | Commitments

Fair

Regular payments and have payment periods not exceeding 30 days

Sustainability

99% of waste diverted

Safe

CCS Score 40

Legacy

RICS Social Impact 2020 award won in recognition of the positive impact Building Lives has made on the community.

Helped facilitate the Christmas lights switch on in New Addington. The team not only donated funds to the charity but helped create their own Santa’s Grotto in the local community.

Aftercare

Handover & Aftercare Contractor Promise

SCF Framework Manager

James Wright

Email: james.wright@hants.gov.uk

Phone: 07761 330560

Contractor Framework Manager

Guy Dawes

Email: Guy.Dawes@Willmottdixon.co.uk

Phone: 07989179444

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