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 […]
An indoor aquatic center is a building consisting of two or more rooms. One room is the natatorium, which contains one or more pools. Indoor short span natatoria house short course pools and have a narrow width, around 100 feet. Such a space can accommodate all types of pools as long as their widths are […]
The Board of Directors for non-profit National Swimming Pool Foundation® elected new officers, announced the retirement of one Board member, and appointed three new Board members. All changes took effect on November 1, 2012. Mr. D. Scot Hunsaker, President, Counsilman-Hunsaker & Associates, St. Louis, Missouri, was elected President of the Board. He succeeds Mr. John […]
USA Diving currently lacks a world class dry land training facility in the country although many clubs and entrepreneur coaches have established several excellent facilities but below the standards of the major international countries. The main reason is that the foreign countries have their trampolines, springboards and pits sunken in the ground. This is good […]
Every wonder why competitive swimming has three (3) different courses of play; short course yards, short course meters, and long course meters. And why are there two different “mile” races, 1650-yards and 1500-meters? And for the record, a mile is closer to 1600-meters or 1750-yards. America is the only country on the planet using the […]
As most of us know in the recreation design industry, CannonDesign is a multidisciplinary international design firm. Cannon’s December newsletter focuses on economic trends impacting design and construction. It reviews unemployment rates, Non-residential Construction, GDP, futures, and construction cost values. For those interested in a crystal ball look into 2013, I encourage you to take […]
Counsilman – Hunsaker continues to expand its ownership structure to support the future of the aquatic industry. Since our beginning in 1970, the Counsilman – Hunsaker team has combined the art of innovation and the science of swimming to create the best aquatics centers in the world. To build on this strong foundation, in the […]
I heard a thought leader, a friend, take issue with adoption of the CDC Model Aquatic Health Code (MAHC) since it’s being positioned as an “evolution” in design and operations rather than a needed “revolution.” Half of the United States is not united on requiring that the person operating the public pool have any verifiable […]
Beneath the water and under the plaster and tile finish lays the fundamental element in most swimming pools: concrete. It has been used to reinforce a pool’s structural shell for over 2,500 years; the Ancient Romans were the first to use it in their baths. But what is it about concrete that has kept it […]
