Project: Extensive upgrade
Sector: Sports facility
Location: 6 Moore Street Hamilton 3200
Client: Hamilton City Council
Architect: Peddlethorp
Project Complete: March 2021
Project cost: $3M

For over 30 years Hamilton City Netball Centre has been located at Minogue Park in Forest Lake, Hamilton. Providing netball to 5500+ members from primary school age through to adults. In season over 270 games of netball are played over 5 days each week on 21 courts.

Hamilton Netball Centre secured $3M of external funding from Trust Waikato for improvements to the Minogue Park netball courts’ playing surface. Part of the funding went towards the refurbishment of the toilets, changing rooms and storage to meet the needs of the netball community who regularly use the facility.

MacDonald Industries were pleased to be involved with this project, supplying a wide selection of fixtures that have been specifically designed for busy sporting facilities.

When you have bathrooms hit by a sudden rush of players and cheering crowds on a regular basis you are going to need bathroom fixtures that are robust, reliable, hygienic and easy to clean while offering offer maximum water and energy savings.

Technical Consultant Zaina Ali who was advising on this job explains facilities like this have a special set of technical requirements. “Short periods of intense use are followed by long periods of no use. Fittings need to be able to cope with the intensive short duration use and water controls need to contain hygienic duty flush options to automatically flush after 24 hours of non-use. This feature is important to reduce stagnant water and possible proliferation of water bourne bacteria.”

MacDonald Industries supplied ASI Accessories, Franke Basins, Delabie Taps and Showers, MacDonald Grab Bars, RAK Basins and Toilets and Zurn Shower Mixers.