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The Finance Information Commission of the Albacete City Council is going to approve the contracting of the project and construction management of a new sports hall with an attached covered track in sector 14 of the city, in the Cañicas-Imaginalia area.
The works that are now out for tender, with a cost of 242,000 euros, include the drafting of the project, health and safety study and coordination, and construction management, the City Council reported in a press release.
The total cost of the works will depend on the project that is now out for tender, although it is estimated that it will exceed four million euros, “so that residents can have the best facilities to practice sports near their homes,” indicated the mayor, Manuel Serrano.
The sports center will have approved courts for basketball, handball, five-a-side football, badminton, tennis, volleyball and mini-basketball, with a one-metre-wide side safety band, minimum safety depths of two meters and bench areas.
The track may be subdivided transversely into three 15×27 meter spaces using mobile separating curtains. The covering material will be smooth, non-abrasive and resistant to blows and blows, with a shock-absorbing coating in areas where there could be blows or impacts from athletes.
Among the innovative points of the project, it stands out that a climbing wall will be installed with a vertical wall for speed climbing and difficulty climbing, with a climbing height of 15 meters and a horizontal wall for bouldering, according to Olympic conditions.
There will be four changing rooms for home and visitors, with at least six showers each, accessible cabins, changing spaces, and spaces for benches and lockers, as well as toilets and sinks with room separation. The facility will also have three changing rooms for referees or teachers, with lockers, showers and accessible toilets, and two offices for teachers, coaches or referees.
Two toilets will be installed for the public, one for each sex, adapted and with two cabins each. The access hall will allow the circulation of the public and athletes to be differentiated, and will be equipped with automatic double doors for thermal control.
There will be a concierge with an office, rooms for facilities and cleaning storage, and a toilet/changing room accessible by sex for staff.
The pavilion will have a warehouse for sports equipment (mats and gymnastics supplies), directly connected to the track and with the possibility of being divided into pits. There will also be a general store, garbage room and a first aid kit.
Accessible fixed stands will be installed with capacity for 250 spectators, and removable stands will allow increasing capacity for competitions that do not require the entire field or other types of events.
The lighting will be as required for international and national competitions, and will be independent for cross tracks. The sports center will have wireless public address systems and multi-sport scoreboards. The baskets on the main court will be attached to the deck and will be foldable, and the mini-basketball baskets on the cross courts will be wall-mounted, foldable and separated to avoid hitting the wall.
In addition, an outdoor track with lighting will be built, of the same dimensions as the indoor track, covered but open or semi-open on the sides. It will have direct access from the outside and from the inside to allow its use outside of the facility’s operating hours.
The urbanization of the plot will seek low-maintenance solutions that mitigate the heat island effect. The outdoor track will have sources of drinking water for consumption by athletes, and will have the necessary furniture or railings.
A free space will be respected at the back of the plot for access to the green area and public roads, and there will be a parking lot that must allow alternative temporary uses.
