Sport, Training & Leisure Venues
Lee Valley Ice Centre
Location : Waltham Forest, London | Status : COMPLETED | Sector : Sport, Training & Leisure Venues
Description
Wrenbridge Sport was lead consultant and project manager to Lee Valley Regional Park Authority (LVRPA) for the development of a new twin Olympic pad ice centre in Waltham Forest, London. The current ice facility was coming to the end of its life and the existing facility was limited by the single pad, which was extremely well used. LVRPA had therefore decided to replace the existing facility with a new twin Olympic Pad. The new centre was to be the only twin Olympic pad facility in the south of England and was developed for elite and community use and for all types of ice related sports. In addition to the ice pads, the centre had capacity for 800 spectators, a gym and dance studio, café and catering facilities and an enhanced surrounding landscape that acted as a gateway to the surrounding green spaces, opening up the centre and providing a setting off point for walkers, runners and cyclists.
The new centre was a high quality, attractive and sustainably designed building and a huge improvement to the current centre, with innovative use of construction, energy and water methods. Wrenbridge Sport led a team of high quality consultants and designers to prepare an exceptional, sustainable and cost effective building to add to the LVRPA portfolio of venues. Our role included looking at the overall business viability for the ice centre, selecting an appropriate site taking the scheme through the various design stages, gaining planning approval, managing the procurement of a main contractor and managing the delivery of the scheme on site. Construction commenced in the second quarter of 2021 and the centre was completed and open to the public in June 2023. The scheme has won numerous awards including Best Landscape at the Waltham Forest Design Awards and a Gold Award for Best Biodiversity and Environmental Innovation at the London in Bloom Awards. It has also been shortlisted for Civic Trust and New London Awards.