A groundbreaking ceremony was held recently and sitework is underway for the new $12 million Upper Valley Aquatics Center project owned by Sports Venue Foundation. Engelberth Construction, Inc. of Colchester, Vt. is building the new two-pool, 38,000 s/f complex located in a 38 acre sports park near the intersection of I-89 and Rte. 5.
Governor Jim Douglas, town manager Hunter Reisberg, and land donor Andrea Ciardelli were on-hand to participate in the ceremony. The facility will serve both competitive and recreational needs of the Upper Valley/Dartmouth/Lake Sunapee region and northern New England.
The project includes a 25-yard by 25-meter competitive swimming pool and a 500-seat spectator mezzanine. A second natatorium contains a leisure pool with an indoor/outdoor water slide and separate activity room. Completing the indoor facilities are a group of locker rooms, a fitness center, a childcare center, administrative areas, a lobby and space for pool mechanicals.
Designed by Moser Pilon Nelson Architects of Wethersfield, Ct., and pool design by Counsilman-Hunsaker of St. Louis. Project completion is slated for December, 2008.
Engelberth Construction is a CM/GC with offices in Colchester and Keene, N.H. Engelberth employs over 230 people on projects throughout Vt., N.H., northeastern N.Y. and Mass.