Anthony Glasgow, Bursar at the school began
researching the different building systems
available and quickly established that with
the available budget a traditional structure
would not create the space they needed, so the
focus turned to a tensile structure which could
deliver exactly what the school wanted within
their budget. The school visited a number of
tensile structures, one being Soccer World in
Dundee which had been built by Collinson a few
years earlier. The visit highlighted the superior
quality of the facility along with an excellent
level of robust detailing; the team from
Strathallan came away confident that Collinson
were the market leader of Tensile structures
and appointed them as main contractors for
the design and build of their sports facility.
“
The Challenger facility
is a very cost effective
structure, ideal for what
we wanted to create, we’ve
gained so much indoor
sports space for our
money, we’re delighted
Anthony Glasgow, Bursar
”
The site earmarked for the new facility meant
relinquishing one of the best grass hockey
pitches in the area so the management team
needed to be confident that the new indoor
facility would bring as much, if not more value
to the schools sports facilities.
The design team at Collinson worked with
the school to achieve the optimum layout
and incorporate all the key requirements
and the old hockey pitch is now the proud
home to a 3 court Challenger structure, with
sports surfaces marked out for 3 full size
tennis and netball courts, a massive four
and a half times bigger than the schools
old indoor facility.
The Challenger building system is renowned
for its efficiency, the clear span; steel
superstructure is covered with a tensioned
PVC membrane, requires minimal foundations
and can be quickly erected. The school opted
for a white roof which allows light to permeate
the building, flooding the courts with natural
light, giving the effect of playing outdoors
without the weather implications whilst also
making savings on energy bills.
Internally the playing area has been specifically
designed in three sections giving the school
versatility to use different areas of the facility
at the same time for various sports which
ultimately can allow 6 teams to take part in
a different skills sessions should the weather
stop outdoor play.
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