
SWIMMING POOL CIVIL WORKS
Swimming pools are constructed with concrete as a material for residential as well as hotels, clubs, and schools. The concrete material has proved to be one of the long-life materials that is best suited for this construction.
The basic requirements for swimming pool construction are:
- It is necessary to have a pool shell i.e. the pool floors and the walls to be structurally sound.
- The pool shell must be designed and constructed so that they have good water tightness. This condition must be followed when the pool is full or partially filled. Some of the swimming pools due to the area of the construction may be constructed below water table. This demands for higher watertight pool shell in order to resist the penetration and the infiltration of the ground water. This condition can exist even if the pool is filled with water or vacant.
- The floor and the wall surface in the interior of the swimming pool must be p