Trends in Aquatic Design have changed since we grew up using the local competitive pool for recreation and competition. Competitive pools have become more specialized and flexible for multiple simultaneous sports. Designing competitive pools for faster water now includes more features to help actualize the swimmer's potential. Recreational pool design has become free-form and may include interactive features only limited by our imagination. Our in-house Aquatic Design services include structure, filtration, recirculation and sanitation systems. Our services are structured to stimulate a competitive bidding climate by producing contract documents, which are not sole-sourced.
 
 
 

Bucknell University
Lewisburg,
Pennsylvania
The Kinney Natatorium pool designed in association with Ewing Cole Cherry Brott set multiple league records at the inaugural 2003 Patriot League Championships. This facility is a fully competitive 8 lane, 53-meter pool including two movable bulkheads, which allow for multiple simultaneous sporting events. The facility provides for one and three meter competitive diving, water polo, 25 & 50-meter racing and practice. Students and faculty also use the pool for recreation. Fully integrated timing and scoreboard systems are included.

Water Shapes, September 2003 [PDF]
 
  Cumberland Valley High School
Carlisle, Pennsylvania
The new natatorium pool designed in association with Ray Group Architects is a fully competitive 8 lane, 25-meter "stretch" pool including a moveable bulkhead, which allows for multiple configurations required for different aquatic events. The facility provides for one meter competitive diving, water polo, 25 yard and 25-meter racing and practice. Fully integrated timing and scoreboard systems are included.
 
  Dallas Middle School
Dallas, Pennsylvania

The new natatorium pool designed in association with Burkavage Design is a fully competitive 6 lane, 25-meter "stretch" pool including a moveable bulkhead, which allows for multiple configurations required for different aquatic events. The facility provides for one and three meter competitive diving, water polo, synchronized swimming, 25 yard and 25-meter racing and practice. Fully integrated timing and scoreboard systems are included.
 
  Hagerstown YMCA
Hagerstown, Maryland
The natatorium pools designed in association with Bushey Feight Morin Architects include a competitive 6 lane, 25 yard training and recreation pool. The facility also includes a separate three foot depth exercise/therapy pool. The pools feature, tile finished, cast-in-place concrete construction with integral gutters.

 
  Northern York High School
Dillsburg, Pennsylvania

The new natatorium pool designed in association with Crabtree Rohrbaugh Architects is a fully competitive 6 lane, 25 yard pool. The facility provides for one meter competitive diving, 25-yard racing and practice. Fully integrated timing and scoreboard systems are included. .
 
  Borough of Lansdale, Pennsylvania
Two municipal pool facilities were renovated and refined into specific recreational and competitive uses. Buildings were renovated to eliminate maintenance issues and create a more appropriate street presence in their residential neighborhoods. The project includes new zero-depth entry pools, a new training pool, a diving well addition, and water slides. The 25-yard, 50-meter competitive pool was reconstructed for proper competitive depth and length. The tot pools include tiled in-pool benches to encourage close interaction between parent and child. All five pools include new stainless steel recirculating gutter systems and high-rate sand filtration systems.
 
  Borough of Mansfield, Pennsylvania
A new municipal bathhouse and swimming pool facility was recently constructed due in part to the interest shown by several communities. We provided services, which began with writing grant applications to fund the feasibility study. This facility provides for diving, 25-yard competitive racing, training and recreational programming opportunities. Features of the design include adjustable sunscreen structures, a large wood bandstand, waterslide, Raindrop fountain and zero depth access.
   
  Shannopin Country Club
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Design sensitivity was required to design a new pool bathhouse and a concession addition to this prestigious 1923 golf clubhouse complex. By utilizing similar materials and appropriate scale we designed a new building directly adjacent to the Clubhouse with it's own identity, which doesn't compete or detract from the Clubhouse. Ramped integration of the concession, bathhouse and swimming pool deck levels allowed for the creation of a pleasant seating area with a view of the dramatic Pittsburgh skyline while enjoying the shade of an existing tree. The stone structure with exposed curved wood beams allows users to enjoy natural light through operable clerestory windows above.
   
  The Highlands
Wyomissing, Pennsylvania

This therapy pool was designed in association with Levengood Architects as part of a new retirement care facility. The zero-depth accessible pool provides the residents with the aquatic exercise and lap swimming component of the facility's overall fitness program. We also provided expertise regarding critical natatorium issues such as building enclosure design, materials, humidity and temperature controls.
   
   
Sesame Place
Langhorne,
Pennsylvania
We enjoy a continuing relationship with this Anheuser-Busch owned water amusement park and have provided consulting Aquatic Design services to renovate several of its water attractions' filtration systems. Bather safety, including biological concerns, is a top priority of park management, therefore the highest degree of water filtration reasonably achievable is designed into the systems.
   
   
Pennsylvania University
LaSalle University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
We have designed new high rate sand filtration systems to replace aging original systems for the above mentioned Universities. The performance of these existing competitive pools has been enhanced through properly flowing water distribution. Minor repairs were made to existing pool shells where the scope of work included full piping replacement. The level of automation varies per Project. The highest level of automation allows for functions to be reviewed at one location and may be accessed remotely via computer. Filtration replacement projects are currently being designed by our office for Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Allegany Community College, Cumberland, Maryland.
   
       
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