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New Sports Clubhouse – How to Design and Build One (Part 2)

‘’What shall we include?……….’’

You will by now have read part one, and hopefully implemented, the first stages of galvanising a smooth and efficient process for delivering a new sports facility – now you simply need to agree and design its contents. Should be easy really…….shouldn’t it?

For the most part the need for a new facility has been generated by a need to grow and provide greater levels of accommodation than that previously enjoyed by the club. However in order to reinstate the existing provisions – say 4 changing rooms and ancillary facilities – may infact need to occupy a physical footprint greatly in excess of the existing building…….and thus not really yield any growth at all, but why?

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Works progressing on New Rugby Clubhouse, Reigate

Since taking over as Project Architects in late 2009, to supplement our role as Project Managers, works on the new £2.5M Rugby Clubhouse for the Old Reigations the remedial works have been moving forward. The photograph below shows the oak trusses and ceiling of the interior of the new bar / clubroom.

Further details can be found on the project pages by clicking here.

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New Sports Clubhouse – How to Design & Build One? (Part 1)

“Let’s build a new Clubhouse……..!”

It seems such a simple proposal doesn’t it? Numerous sports clubs around the country are fast outgrowing their current facilities and are looking to expand and develop their existing clubhouse with a new building or an extension and remodelling of their existing one, as we have seen first hand with our involvement with Rugby Clubhouse projects.

This not only results in better accommodation but also gives the opportunity of making this facility available to a larger membership, something that both central and local governments are pushing for with their calls for more inclusive sport on various levels.

But where to go from this very simple idea? Sports clubs are often a committee-run operation and function through the hard work and involvement of many within the club structure, often given for free depending on the level of the club. Many of those involved will have no previous experience of building such a facility, or even building at all, yet now face the task of steering through a potentially vital building project.

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New Rugby Club House Appointment

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We are delighted to be able to confirm our appointment as the Project Managers for the construction of a new £2.0m Club House for the Old Reigatians Rugby Club, Reigate. The project has now started on site and is funded by The Peter Harrison Foundation and by The National Sports Foundation.

The project is due for completion in 2009 and will provide function and meeting rooms for the club alongside a gym and 6 new changing rooms all to RFU latest standards.

For plans and further details view the project here.