Premiering this past Sunday on E! television channel, What Would Ryan Lochte Do? is Ryan’s latest project out of the pool. But the questions I’ve been asked by friends (and beginning to ask myself) “Is What Would Ryan Lochte Do? good for the sport of swimming” and “Is Ryan Lochte the best person to represent […]
Communities responsible for the creation of a new swimming pool and natatorium are often faced with choosing between a conventional AIA protocol of design programming, schematic design, design development and construction documents, bidding and construction administration as compared to negotiating with a sole source package pool installer (design-build). One must be knowledgably about different manufacturers […]
Joe Hunsaker always taught us to do your homework and only provide answers you know are right. If you don’t know the answer, then admit it and follow up once you do. Often times, people fall into the “I think” or the “I don’t think” syndrome. Far too often people make decisions based upon assumptions […]
Let me paint a picture for you: it’s the middle of winter and the streets of Berlin are covered in snow. You and your family are ready for a tropical get away, yet the closest ocean is over 100 miles away and the Baltic Sea doesn’t quite count as a “tropical” destination. Fortunately less than […]
2024 is eleven years away but that hasn’t deterred the US Olympic Committee (USOC) from thinking about the future. After a two repeated failed bid attempts (New York City in 2012 and Chicago 2016), the USOC recently sent letters to 35 mayors, inviting them to consider bidding for the 2024 Olympics. “Our objective in this […]
Effective January 28th, 2013, PPG Industries, Inc. (Pittsburgh, PA) manufacturer of the Accu-Tab® Chlorination Systems separated from its commodity chemicals business which was then merged with Georgia Gulf Corporation (Atlanta, GA) to form a new company, Axiall Corporation. Axiall is expected to have annual revenues of approximately $5 billion and be the third-largest chlor-alkali producer […]
When you think of a swimming pool, you likely think of a rectangular pool; not very fun. But ask someone in McMinnville, Oregon to describe a swimming pool and the answer will be wildly different. Recently featured in American Builders Quarterly, Wings and Waves indoor waterpark is not your average pool. With water slides launching […]
As a former swimmer and coach, Erich is remarkably familiar with swimming pools and brings real-world experiences into his role as an aquatic design professional. With his engineering knowledge and attention to detail, he develops and manages quality control workflow processes to ensure the accuracy of our deliverable products. A graduate of the University of […]
Power 25 Recipient – Scot Hunsaker was named as one of the industry’s most powerful professionals in Aquatics International 2013 He follows in the wake of his notable father Joe Hunsaker, who built on a collegiate swim career to establish a regional pool management company and then the aquatic design firm Counsilman-Hunsaker. But Scot Hunsaker, […]
Counsilman – Hunsaker will be sponsoring Deborah Phelps Keynote session at the World Aquatic Health Conference to be held in Indianapolis, Indiana, October 16 – 10, 2013. Ms. Phelps, an educator and author of the book, A Mother for All Seasons, is also America’s most well-known “Swim Mom”. She is a highly sought after motivational […]
