CPD Specifier May 2015 issue September 2014 | Page 27

Roofs Refurbishment scheme makes a splash in Cleethorpes The location for Cleethorpes’ 1980s-built leisure centre couldn’t be better. Sitting on the seafront in the popular resort town, the building makes the most of views of the shoreline with full height windows that connect the pool areas inside with the sea and the beach outdoors. TIME TO UPDATE After 30 years’ of use by both the local community and holiday makers, the local authority asset was in need of a facelift and an upgrade, inside and out. After successfully applying for Sport England Funding towards the cost of converting the old-style, singlesex changing rooms to a more family-friendly unisex changing village, the centre’s operating company ‘Lincs Inspire’ decided to make the most of the required four month shut down period