Long Bridge Park Aquatics & Fitness Center and Park Expansion
Location
333 Long Bridge Dr.
Status
In Design
Design Start Date: 3rd Quarter 2017
Design End Date: 2018
Construction Start Date: 3rd Quarter 2018
Construction End Date: 2021
About the Project
Updates
Sept. 10, 2019
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- Center section slab on grade of the 50 meter pool.
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- Center section of 50-meter pool slab and the movable bulkheads. They are covered with industrial shrink wrap for protection. Steel reinforcing starting on the shallow end of the pool slab (right side of picture).
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- Roof joist being lifted into position over the west end of the 50-meter pool.
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- Steel installed over the 50-meter pool at the west end over the dive tower bases. Installed filter boxes and piping on subgrade at the bottom of the 14′ end.
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- Steel installation working from west to east in the 50-meter pool section.
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- Reinforcing steel, form work and water stop installation on the shallow end (east) of the 50-meter pool.
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- East end of the 50-meter pool (shallow, 4’ to 5’ deep) end slab poured and covered with a burlap tarp for wet curing of the concrete. This process takes seven days of constant wetting and keeping the burlap tarp over the concrete so the slab stays wet as it cures.
July 24, 2019 – Work continues to advance on the dive towers and the pool base.
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- Three dive tower bases in formwork awaiting concrete. From left to right; 5M dive tower, 3M dive tower & 3M springboard tower.
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- Backfill outside the north wall (50M pool area).
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- East side of the building wall formwork and rebar installation. This is where the esplanade ties into the 2nd floor of the building. The three plywood forms are steel-reinforced concrete piers for steel columns to support the roof over the mezzanine entrance.
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- 3M springboard dive tower base formwork stripped.
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- 5M dive tower base formwork stripped.
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- Excavation for “Global Stability” soil reinforcement of the esplanade.
June 10 – Construction of the Aquatics & Fitness Center is moving forward. The majority of work to date has focused on installing foundations, forming walls and excavating the pool basins.
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- Support columns for the 50-meter spectator seating.
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- Walls for the 50 meter pool natatorium.
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- Leisure pool basin.
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- View from inside the 50-meter pool.
June 4, 2019 – Great News! A $10 million donation from The Boeing Company to Long Bridge Park will help support the facility and provide access and programming for active duty military and their families at the Aquatics & Fitness Center when it opens in winter 2021. Learn more.
The Aquatics & Fitness Center will include the core programs that have been the mainstay of the planned aquatics facility and surrounding park improvements. These elements are a 50-meter pool, 1, 3, and 5 meter diving, family pool, and health & fitness spaces. A menu of potential options recommended by the Long Bridge Park Advisory Committee and outlined in the FY 2017-2026 CIP are to be considered if the contractor can add them within the agreed budget. This will mark the first time Arlington County will use the Design-Build approach for a new County facility. Design-Build is widely used by governments across the nation. In this approach, a competitive “design to budget process” establishes a budget at the outset of the project, which the contractor must not exceed. The project will also develop about 10.5 acres of additional park land. The park will include the extension of the Esplanade, rain garden(s), public gathering areas, parking, and support facilities.
About the Process
For more than 10 years, Arlington County has been striving to develop Long Bridge Park.
Funding
The budget for the total Phase 2 project design and construction, as approved by the County Board in the FY 2017-2026 CIP, is $54.7 million. The budget includes, in addition to the aquatics facility, an extension of the esplanade, rain gardens, public gathering spaces, parking, public art and additional environmental remediation.