2807 – Planning and Building a Pool

Intermediate / Lecture

Fort Myers, FL / Thursday, July 3 – 7:00-9:20 am – 2.0 credit hours equal to 2.0 CECs/.2 CEUs

(Classroom: 7:00-9:20 am with 20 minutes of break time)

Faculty: Sue Nelson, BS, ATRIC, and Mick Nelson, BS, MS

COURSE DESCRIPTION: Planning and building the facility for Total Aquatic Programming will cover the wants and needs for an aquatic center. Everything from pool and building size options and cost to build and operate to income potential and management options will be discussed.

Planning & Building the facility for Total Aquatic Programming will cover:

• Validating the needs and exploring all possibilities for an aquatic center.

• Turning adversaries into advocates

• Pool and building size options and cost to build

• Cost to operate and programming income potential

• Management options and Value Received Pricing

• New building technologies

• Safe water – Fresh air

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

1. Examine design considerations for the aquatic facility.

2. Discover Total Aquatic Programming and how it fits in your plans.

3. Determine successful staffing and running the business.

FACULTY: Mick Nelson, BS, MS, is the Director of USA Swimming's Facilities Development Division. Sue Nelson, BS, ATRIC, is the Aquatic Programs Specialist for USA Swimming. The Nelsons come from a club coaching background and have extensive experience in business and aquatic management. They formed their own swim club and built their own indoor facility in Danville, Illinois, while adding a retail and wholesale pool/spa and aquatic equipment business to the mix. They also offered aquatic facility design, building, and business consultation to the aquatic industry with their company, NSS Inc. In 1994, they formed WaterWay Therapy Inc., which was one of the first and only privately owned and operated Medicare-approved outpatient aquatic physical therapy centers in the country. Poolside Health & Wellness Center was created by the Nelsons in 2002 and became the home for the USA Swim Club, WaterWay Therapy, and Swim America learn-to-swim program, as well as a full-service land and water community health and wellness center. In June 2004, they moved to Colorado Springs, CO, to help form the new Facilities Division of USA Swimming.