Pool construction types 01 Common requirements

Welcome to the tutorial on the planning a swimming pool!

This tutorial focuses not at small private pools on the own land or in the own house. It is aimed at architects and engineers, that the planning of a swimming- pool in public buildings. The subjects of this tutorial are:

1. Overview of the available materials and designs,
2. Advantages- and disadvantages of construction types,
3. Informations, that must be known before the decision as an offered checklist,
4. Informations, that must be known before planning as an offered checklist,

The tutorial is not completed. Nevertheless, the items will be published.

Common requirements

Regardless of the material and the construction type the following demands are placed on the pools usually:

• unleaking,
• safe,
• water quality saving,
• beautiful,
• durable,
• realizable.

Effect of the pools to the environment

Of course, the pools must also be put into context the peripheral structure. For example, the water supply to the pools was disturbed when filling the pool in the city Rosslau. Some architect underestimated the physical effect of water on the building.

• Need for water supply,
• Need for water disposal,
• Effect by water temperatures,
• Effect of evaporation on the water surface,
• Effect by condensation outside,
• Effect by the weight of the pools,
• Effect by the weight of water,
• Effect by noises in the overflow channel and attractions,
• Effect by discharged water to the surrounding surfaces,
• Effect by the disinfectant in water,
• Effect by the disinfection by-products such as Trichlorhalogenmethane (THM).