There are currently three primary organizational or ownership models for USA Swimming Clubs. The first is the club that is in partnership with a certain facility or institution. A second, sometimes-similar structure is a program that is run by a booster organization – essentially by the parents of the participating athletes. The third, which […]
The Americans with Disabilities Act Regulations for public swimming pools define two primary means of access for aquatic facilities. These are swimming pool lifts and sloped entries. The reason that these two means of access are designated as primary is that they can provide assistance to a wider variety of users then the secondary […]
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 […]
