Glenn Smith Associates - Sporting Facilities

GLENN SMITH ASSOCIATES have undertaken a number of sports and recreation facilities including: The Tasmanian International Velodrome and Entertainment Centre, the Longford Sports Centre, the Deloraine Community Sports Centre, the Tasmanian Netball Centre, the Devonport Showgrounds and Pacing Facility and the Western Australian State Cycling and Roller Skating facility, Midvale.

The firm offers a professional team with proven skills in briefing and planning, quality design and project co-ordination and management and has special expertise in recreation-related planning and architecture.

Glenn Smith personally has special knowledge of cycling from his own experience spanning 15 years as a competitive amateur and professional cyclist and when combined with his planning and architectural design skills (for which he has won 12 RAIA Merit Awards) places him in a unique position to design such specialised facilities. This has proved successful in the design and construction of both the Tasmanian and WA Velodromes.

The firm can demonstrate experience and skills in a range of sport and recreational projects as follows:

- Longford Sports Centre $400,000
- basketball, squash, aerobics, badminton

-Tasmanian International Velodrome & Entertainment Complex $6.5 million
- indoor cycling, basketball, hockey, gymnastics, entertainment and exhibitions

-Deloraine Sports and Community Complex $1.5 million
- basketball, badminton, gymnasium, theatre, auditorium

-Tasmanian Netball Centre $700,000
- netball, changerooms, function room

-WA Cycling and Roller Skating Facility (Perth, Western Australia) $7 million
- indoor cycling and roller skating outdoor criterium and road cycling circuit

-Devonport Showgrounds and Pacing Facility $1 million

-Sydney 2000 Velodrome Competition 2nd Prize

-Kate Reed Feasibility Study for the Tasmanian Institute of Sport, Sports and Recreation and Silverdome Authority

-Newstead College
- new $14m senior secondary school including gymnasium and changerooms linked with new auditorium facilities

-Scottsdale Recreation Grounds Strategic Management Plan Analysis of existing facilities and formulation of a long term development strategy for the site and users, including; football, cricket, pacing, basketball, netball, tennis, swimming, hockey, soccer and agricultural show facilities.

-Scottsdale Recreation Ground Redevelopment - Stage 1
- upgrading and redevelopment of existing gynmasium and swimming pool facilities.

-Whitten Oval Redevelopment, Victoria
- Feasibility Study into future stategies for development and useage of Whitten Oval for the City of Maribyrnong

-Strathgordon Pool and Recreational Facility
- Hydro, Tasmania

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