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Air and lighting requirements | |||
Ìý | Air temperature (°C) | Air changes per hour | Lighting levels lux (dependent on levelof play) |
Administration areas/foyers | 16-20 | 03-Apr | 200-300 |
Ancillary offices | 16-20 | 01-Feb | 150-200 |
Changing rooms, toilet, first-aid areas | 20-25 | 10 | 150-300 |
Fitness/dance studios | Dec-18 | 10-12/3-6 | 300 |
Ice rinks | Dec-17 | 6 | 300/500/750 |
Multipurpose sports halls | Dec-18 | 1.5-3 | 300/500/750/1000 |
Squash courts | 16-18 | 4 | 380/500-600 |
Tennis courts | 8 | 0.5 in winter to 2 in summer | 600/750/1000 |
Fitness rooms | Ìý | 10-Dec | 300 minimum |
Typical floor-to-ceiling or floor-to-internal under-beam eaves heights | |
Badminton, basketball and so on | Ìý |
-international | 9.1m |
-county | 8.4m |
club/recreational | 7.6/6.7-7.6m |
Changing rooms, toilets | 2.75 |
Fitness rooms | 3.5-4m |
Cricket | 6.1-7.6m |
Gymnastic areas | 7.6m |
Exercise/dance studios | 4-6m |
Tennis | 9m at net position, 5.75m at baseline |
Many private sector developers now expect health centre and indoor tennis/sport and leisure clubs to be built 10m to ridge |
External playing facility sizes | |
Athletics (400m eight-lane) track | 6m around = 2.5 ha |
Baseball | 70 x 60m |
Football | nbsp; |
-senior | 96-100 x 60-64m |
-international | 100-110 x 64-75m |
Hockey | 91.5 x 54.9m |
Rugby | Ìý |
-league | 111-122 x 68m |
-union | 144 x 69m |
Tennis - overall court minimum | 36.27 x 18.29m |
Typical internal court sizes | |
Archery | 18, 25 or 30m |
Ice hockey | 56-61 x 26-30m |
Badminton | 13.4 x 6.1m |
Indoor hockey | 36-44 x 18-22m |
Basketball | 24-28 x 13-15m |
Judo | 16 x 16m overall for 9-10 x 9-10m mat |
Bowling | 34.75-36.58 x 4.57-5.18m per rink |
Netball | 30.5 x 15.25 |
Crcket nets | 3.05 x 33.5m minimum per net |
Racquets | 18.3 x 9.1m |
Cycle speedway | 35 x 25m minimum |
Squash | 9.75 x 6.4 x 5.4m |
Dance studio | 3.5m2 per person x a factor of two or three for dynamic movement |
Tennis | 23.77 x 8.23m for a singles court |
Ìý | 23.77 x 10.97 for a doubles court |
Fitness room | 5m2 per person/machine (25m2 minimum) |
Tenpin bowling (eight-lane) | 31.15 x 13.62m |
Gymnastic areas | 32.50 x 23-26m |
Handball | 34.5-40 x 18-20m |
Volleyball | 18 x 9m |
Tug of war | 35 x 5m (minimum) |
Provision should be made for surrounds, which vary from 2.2m (for badminton) to 6.4m (for tennis %22ends%22). Courts are generally separated by 2m divisions. Provision should also be made for storage, which can add 15-20% to playing areas. |
Typical sports hall sizes and the facilities they can accommodate | |
Size | What can be accommodated |
Large | Ìý |
54 x 33m | 12 badminton courts |
Ìý | or indoor hockey and 675 seats |
51 x 27m | nine badminton courts |
Ìý | or indoor hockey or handball |
37 x 33m | two lines of four badminton courts |
Ìý | or four courts plus 800 spectators |
Ìý | or volleyball/basketball plus five badminton courts |
Ìý | or three badminton courts and judo or cricket nets |
Medium | Ìý |
33 x 27m | two lines of three badminton courts |
Ìý | or four courts plus 150-300 spectators |
Ìý | or four courts plus cricket nets and archery |
Small | Ìý |
33 x 18m | four badminton courts |
27 x 18m | three badminton courts |
Average cost for sports halls at July 1998 prices adjusted for the South-east | ||||
Internal %22dry%22 facilities | Construction outside shell only £/m2 excluding external works | Internal walls, finishes and services £/m2 excluding external works | Total £/m2 | Indicative fit-out costs £/m2 |
Administration areas | 150-350 | 350-600 | 500-900 | 100-200 |
Aerobic/dance studios | 150-350 | 250-350 | 400-700 | 50-70 |
Badminton courts | 150-250 | 250-350 | 420-620 | 20-30 |
Bowls halls | 125-250 | 175-350 | 300-600 | Oct-20 |
Café/restaurant areas | 150-400 | 500-700 | 650-1100 | 1200/seat |
Changing rooms/WCs | 150-350 | 500-900 | 650-1250 | 50-100 |
Circulation areas | 150-300 | 150-500 | 150-800 | 05-Oct |
Crèche areas | 150-350 | 250-700 | 400-1050 | 40-60 |
Fitness areas | 150-350 | 250-1200 | 400-1550 | 400-500 |
Indoor athletics | 150-300 | 200-250 | 350-550 | * |
Indoor cricket | 150-250 | 300-450 | 450-700 | Oct-20 |
Plant areas | 125-200 | 75-100 | 200-300 | * |
Rifle ranges | 150-250 | 300-500 | 450-750 | Oct-20 |
Reception areas | 150-400 | 550-800 | 700-1200 | 100-200 |
Saunas, steam rooms and so on | 150-350 | 1200-2150 | 400-1550 | * |
School gymnasium (no changing) | 150-250 | 250-400 | 350-650 | 40-50 |
Sports halls (with changing) | 200-550 | 250-400 | 450-950 | 20-40 |
Squash courts | 150-300 | 350-500 | 500-800 | 05-Oct |
Table tennis | 150-250 | 300-400 | 450-650 | 05-Oct |
Tennis courts | 125-200 | 150-200 | 275-400 | 05-Oct |
Viewing areas | 200-400 | 350-450 | 550-850 | 10-100 |
*no current information available |
Breakdown of areas | |||
Facility | area (m2) | Extra % on previous | % of total area |
Badminton courts, 4 x 82m2 | 328 | - | 27.33 |
Allowance for surrounds | 266 | 81.1 | 22.17 |
Fitness training, 20 x 5m2 | 100 | - | 8.33 |
Hall and fitness storage | 96 | 13.8 | 8 |
Changing, 4 x 4 x 2 (overlap) + 20 = 52 x 1.4m2 | 72 | 9.1 | 6 |
Toilets, 6 WCs + 2 urinals = 8 x 5m2. Plus other WCS, disabled and so on | 42 | 4.9 | 3.5 |
Staff areas, first aid | 44 | 4.9 | 3.67 |
REception area/café/bar/lounge | 160 | 16.9 | 13.33 |
Corridors | 43 | 8.3 | 7.67 |
Plant | 13 | Ìý | Ìý |
Internal division walls | 36 | Ìý | Ìý |
Total internal floor area | 1200 | Ìý | 100 |
Cost breakdown for four-court sports hall | |||
Ìý | Element Csot (£) | Cost /m2 gfa (£) | % of total cost |
ÌýSubstructure | 60 800 | 50.67 | 8.1 |
Foundations: isolated pad mass concrete foundations | Ìý | 20 nr @ | £400 |
Ground slab: 150 mm thick reinforced insitu concrete bed, hardcore; damp-proof membrane; power-floated finish | Ìý | 1200 m2 @ | £44 |
ÌýFrame | 50 600 | 42.17 | 6.7 |
Grade 43A steel portal frame to roof to 18 x 8.25 m grid, based on 30 kg/m2 excluding sheeting rails and purlins | Ìý | 36 tonnes @ | £950 |
Cold-rolled galvanaised steel roof pulins; 1.6m centres; 4.5 kg/m2 excluding average weight | Ìý | 4.2 tonnes @ | £1,300 |
Cold-rolled galvanised steel sheeting rails; 1.6m centres; 5 kg/m average weight | Ìý | 4.6 tonnes @ | £1,300 |
Decoration to steelwork | Ìý | 800 m2 @ | £5 |
One-hour-rated intumescent paint to steelwork | Ìý | 32 m2 @ | £30 |
ÌýRoof | 69 800 | 58.17 | 9.3 |
Colour-coated galvanised-steel profiled roof cladding; pre-formed insulation; self-finished liner sheet; accessories | Ìý | 1440 m2 @ | £45 |
Galvanised steel gutter; accessories | Ìý | 66 m @ | £75 |
External walls | 59 000 | 49.17 | 7.9 |
Wall cladding; colour-coated galvanised steel and insulation | Ìý | 984 m2 @ | £35 |
140 mm blockwork backing wall, fair face including casing to steelwork | Ìý | 984 m2 @ | £25 |
ÌýEssential external doors | 19 500 | 16.25 | 2.6 |
Aluminium double-glazed external entrance screen 3 x 2.75m on face including projecting canopy, internal lobby and two pairs of automatically opening doors; all ironmongery (8.25m2 overall) | Ìý | item @ | £15 000 |
Allowance for emergency double-exit doors | Ìý | 5 nr @ | £900 |
ÌýDIVISIONS/FINISHES/SERVICES | Ìý | Ìý | Ìý |
ÌýExtra over shell for additional windows and rooflights | 11 700 | 9.75 | 1.6 |
Aluminium-framed thermally broken external windows; sealed double-glazed units with body tinted outer pane; 30% opening lights | Ìý | 30 m2 @ | £250 |
Aluminium double-glazed rooflights and trimming to openings over changing areas | Ìý | 12 m2 @ | £350 |
ÌýInternal walls and partitions | 40 600 | 33.83 | 5.40% |
190 mm block division wall including ties at top and fire-stopping | Ìý | 250 m2 @ | £30 |
140 mm block partition | Ìý | 800 m2 @ | £22 |
100 mm block partition | Ìý | 400 m2 @ | £18 |
WC cubicles | Ìý | 6 nr @ | £375 |
Internal glazed screen between sports hall and reception | Ìý | 15 m2 @ | £400 |
Internal doors | 26 200 | 21.83 | 3.5 |
Flush doors: fire-rated, single-leaf 1 m clear width, solid-core, ply-faced; vertical vision panels, hardwood frames; decorations; ironmongery; complete | Ìý | 20 nr @ | £700 |
Flush doors; fire-rated, double-leaf, 1.6 m clear width, solid-core, ply-face; vertical vision panels, hardwood frames; decorations; ironmongery, complete | Ìý | 6 nr @ | £1,200 |
Extra over glazed screen for double door | Ìý | 1 nr @ | £1,400 |
Timber sliding folding doors to hall stores | Ìý | 12 m2 @ | £250 |
Internal viewing; access window to office | Ìý | 2 m2 @ | £300 |
Wall finishes | 39 700 | 33.08 | 5.3 |
Three coats emulsion paint to fair-faced block walls, including sealer | Ìý | 2200 m2 @ | £2.50 |
13 mm two-coat lightweight plaster; two coats emulsion paint to blockwork | Ìý | 650 m2 @ | £6.50 |
Ceramic tiles; cement sand render backing to blockwork | Ìý | 750 m2 @ | £40 |
ÌýFloor finishes | 63 900 | 53.25 | 8.50% |
22 mm Sylvasport premium semi-sprung beech strip flooring to sports hall | Ìý | 600 m2 @ | £60 |
Line marking to beech flooring | Ìý | 600 m2 @ | £5 |
8 mm Mondoramflex flooring to fitness and training room | Ìý | 100 m2 @ | £67.50 |
Anti-slip ceramic floor tiles to toilets, changing and showers | Ìý | 114 m2 @ | £60 |
Floor gullies including channels | Ìý | 10 m @ | £120 |
Floor paint to plant rooms | Ìý | 110 m2 @ | £4 |
Non-slip vinyl sheeting to office areas | Ìý | 44 m2 @ | £28 |
Carpeting to reception areas, corridors and so on | Ìý | 200 m2 @ | £30 |
Hardwood skirtings to reception, corridors and so on | Ìý | 150 m @ | £10 |
Coir matting and matwell to main entrance | Ìý | 8 m2 @ | £120 |
ÌýCeiling finishes | 6 100 | 5.08 | 0.8 |
Suspended ceiling to reception and administration areas only; plasterboard decorated in concealed grid | Ìý | 204 m2 @ | £30 |
Furniture and fittings | 37 000 | 30.83 | 4.9 |
Sports hall equipment for a four-court hall - *not included in the construction costs of this model | Ìý | item @ | £25 000* |
Other movable items of fitness and training equipment, vending machines, filtered water drinkers, and furniture and fittings to reception/cafe areas have been excluded from the model | Ìý | 630 m @ | £45 |
Benching including hanging rails | Ìý | 24 m @ | £90 |
Lockers | Ìý | 50 nr @ | £150 |
Vanity units | Ìý | 5 m @ | £400 |
Duct panelling to rear of WCs | Ìý | 13 m2 @ | £120 |
Office worktop and two shelves | Ìý | 5 m @ | £100 |
Mirrors to changing rooms | Ìý | 30 m2 @ | £100 |
Composite safety mirror to fitness traning-room wall | Ìý | 25 m2 @ | £130 |
Reception area desk, bar, hatch and so on | Ìý | item @ | £12 000 |
Signage | Ìý | item @ | £1,400 |
Notice boards, shelving, medical room fittings, sundry fittings and so on | Ìý | item @ | £3,600 |
Sanitary fittings | 9 000 | 7.5 | 1.2 |
WCs, urinals, washhand basins; showers and so on | Ìý | 30 nr @ | £300 |
Services equipment | 5 000 | 4.17 | 0.7 |
Kitchen/cafeteria/bar equipment | Ìý | item @ | £5 000 |
Disposal installation | 8 300 | 6.92 | 1.1 |
Rainwater disposal; cast iron downpipes and fittings | Ìý | 1200 m2 @ | £2.50 |
Waste, soil and vent installation; PVCu pipework and fittings | Ìý | 30 nr @ | £175 |
Water installations | 13 800 | 11.5 | 1.8 |
Hot and col water service; distribution to WCs, changing areas, vending machines and so on | Ìý | 50 nr @ | £250 |
Space heating and air treatment | 52 900 | 44.08 | 7.1 |
Boilers, pumps, gas supply and so on | Ìý | item @ | £10 000 |
Warm air heating to sports hall areas | Ìý | 600 m2 @ | £20 |
Radiator heating to ancillary areas | Ìý | 540 m2 @ | £35 |
Local ventilation to changing/fitness areas | Ìý | 1200 m2 @ | £10 |
Electrical installations | 51 800 | 43.17 | 6.9 |
Main switchgear and sub-mains | Ìý | item @ | £10 000 |
Small power distribution | Ìý | 1200 m2 @ | £7.50 |
Lighting and luminaires to sports hall areas | Ìý | 600 m2 @ | £25 |
Lighting and luminarires to ancillary areas | Ìý | 540 m2 @ | £33 |
Protective installations | 24 600 | 20.5 | 3.3 |
Fire, smoke-detection, alarm and intruder alarm | Ìý | 1200 m2 @ | £8 |
CCTV installation | Ìý | 1200 m2 @ | £10 |
Lightning protection | Ìý | item @ | £3,000 |
Communications installations | 8 400 | 7 | 1.1 |
Public address and music systems | Ìý | 1200 m2 @ | £5 |
Wireways for telephones and data | Ìý | 1200 m2 @ | £2 |
Builder's work in connection | 5 000 | 4.17 | 0.7 |
Forming holes, chases and so on, allow 3% | Ìý | item @ | £5 000 |
Preliminaries and contingencies | 86 300 | 71.92 | 11.5 |
Contractor's overheads, site establishment and site supervision, exlcuding design fees, allow 8% | Ìý | item @ | £53 100 |
Design risk and contingency sum, allow 5% | Ìý | item @ | £33 200 |
Total construction cost for basic model | 750 000 | 625 | 100 |
Ìý | Ìý | Ìý | Ìý |
Alternative element specifications | Ìý | Ìý | Ìý |
Ìý | Net extra cost/saving £/m2 gfa | Ìý | Ìý |
Shell/envelope | Ìý | Ìý | Ìý |
Foundations: isolated-pad reinforced concrete foundations - 20 nr @ £1000 | 10 | Ìý | Ìý |
Ground slab: 250 mm thick reinforced insitu concrete bed, hardcore; damp-proof membrane; power-floated finish - 1200 m2 @ £55 | 11 | Ìý | Ìý |
Ground slab: 250 mm thick reinforced insitu concrete bed, underslab piling only; hardcore; damp-proof membrane; power-floated finish - 1200 m2 @ £85 | 41 | Ìý | Ìý |
Column foundations and ground slab: 250 mm thick reinforced insitu concrete bed, fully piled columns; hardcore; damp-proof membrane; power-floated finish - 1200 m2 @ £140 | 89.3 | Ìý | Ìý |
Grade 43A steel columns and curved cellular roof beams to sports hall roof only, based on 35 kg/m2 excluding purlin and side sheeting rails - 21 tonne @ £1100 | 5 | Ìý | Ìý |
Grade 43A steel columns and latticed beams to sports hall roof only, based on 85 kg/m2 excluding side sheeting rails - 51 tonne @ £1200 | 34.5 | Ìý | Ìý |
0.9 mm pvf2 colour-coated aluminium double-skin stucco embossed standing-seam roofing curved to 50 m radius with white painted steel inner liner - 720 m2 @ £70 | 15 | Ìý | Ìý |
Single-skin membrane on flat insulated metal roof decking - 650 m2 @ £75 | 16.3 | Ìý | Ìý |
Clay pantiles on and including timber structure as sloping roof to perimeter ancillary areas (on plan) - 650 m2 @ £72 | -4.5 | Ìý | Ìý |
Spanish slates on and including timber structure as sloping roof to perimeter ancillary areas (on plan) - 650 m2 @ £145 | 35 | Ìý | Ìý |
Precast concrete upper floors to ancillary areas including supporting frame- 260 m2 @ £80 | 17.3 | Ìý | Ìý |
Precast concrete main staircase including finishes and balustrades - 1 nr @ £10 000 | 8.3 | Ìý | Ìý |
Precast concrete secodary staircase including finishes and balustrades - 1 nr @ £5000 | 4.2 | Ìý | Ìý |
1500 mm wide mid-height viewing gallery deck including structure, stores below, finishes and fron baustrade, and end staircase - 60 m2 @ £325 | 16.3 | Ìý | Ìý |
Wall cladding: colour-coated aluminium, insulatin and inner liner tray - 984 m2 @ £65 | 4.1 | Ìý | Ìý |
Facing brick/block external cavity wall; insulated - 984 m2 @ £75 | 12.3 | Ìý | Ìý |
Wall cladding flat panel system: colour coated aluminium and insulation - 984 m2 @ £100 | 32.8 | Ìý | Ìý |
Terracotta-faced cladding system on 140 mm block insulated inner skin - 984 m2 @ £300 | 196.8 | Ìý | Ìý |
Double-glazed structural full-height glazing system - 984 m2 @ £400 | 278.8 | Ìý | Ìý |
Ìý | Ìý | Ìý | Ìý |
Divisions/services/finishes | Ìý | Ìý | Ìý |
Double-glazed softwood clerestory windows (not generally recommended) - 100 m2 @ £300 | 20 | Ìý | Ìý |
Softwood painted dado rails to plastered circulation areas (add £2.50/m for mastic pointing to fair-faced walls) - 150 m @ £11 | 1.4 | Ìý | Ìý |
Spray paint on render - £15/m2 | - | Ìý | Ìý |
Hard wall plaster to squash courts - £36/m2 | - | Ìý | Ìý |
25 mm laminated wall panelling - £42/m2 | - | Ìý | Ìý |
Western Red Cedar wall panelling - £60/m2 | - | Ìý | Ìý |
Epoxy resin flooring to plant and stores areas - 110 m2 @ £6 | 0.2 | Ìý | Ìý |
Surfacing for internal tennis courts - £17.50/m2 | - | Ìý | Ìý |
6 mm vinyl sheet sports surface - 600 m2 @ £37.50 | -11.3 | Ìý | Ìý |
Embossed spike-resistant vinyl sheet flooring for indoor cricket area - £48/m2 | - | Ìý | Ìý |
Granwood flooring on and including floor screed - 600 m2 @ £47.50 | -6.3 | Ìý | Ìý |
22 mm beech strip flooring on 10 mm Pro-foam for dance areas, aerobics and so on - 600 m2 @ £55 | -2.5 | Ìý | Ìý |
Granwood Gransprung elastic flooring - 600 m2 @ £57.50 | -1.3 | Ìý | Ìý |
Gramline inlaid line markings for alls ports in hall - 600 m2 @ £17.25 | 6.1 | Ìý | Ìý |
Electronically operated internal window blinds - £170/m2 | - | Ìý | Ìý |
Bleacher, retractable seating, manual operation | - | Ìý | Ìý |
- benches, no backs - £80/seat | - | Ìý | Ìý |
- plastic seats with backs - £160/seat | - | Ìý | Ìý |
Electric underfloor heating - 1200 m2 @ £35 | 9.3 | Ìý | Ìý |
Ducted warm-air heating - 1200 m2 @ £80 | 54.3 | Ìý | Ìý |
Full centrally ducted ventilation system - 1200 m2 @ £80 | 70 | Ìý | Ìý |
Disabled persons' lifts for access to first floor, including lift pit, motor room and walls, item @ £32 500 | Ìý | Ìý | Ìý |
Regional Variations | |
All costs in this model are based on schemes in the South-east and should be adjusted by the following location factors for schemes in other areas. | |
Inner London | 1.08 |
Outer London | 1.03 |
South-west | 0.95 |
East Midlands | 0.93 |
West Midlands | 0.94 |
East Anglia | 0.95 |
Yorkshire and Humberside | 0.93 |
North-west | 0.97 |
Northern | 0.93 |
Scotland | 0.95 |
Wales | 0.92 |
Northern Ireland | 0.83 |
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