FAMU begins renovating teaching pool

One of the two pools in the Rattler Aquatic Center will soon be as good as new.

FAMU is refurbishing the teaching pool next to the Gaither Athletic Complex. As Rattler Nation previously reported, the teaching pool needs to be completely reconstructed. The project will cost about $2.6M.

The teaching pool is operated by the College of Education and is part of the Gore Education Complex. In 2007, Sen. Alfred “Al” Lawson steered $8,301,606 into FAMU’s budget to renovate all the facilities in Gore. That was followed by another $5,600,000 in 2008. Both appropriations came from Public Education Capital Outlay (PECO) dollars.

FAMU has hired CSI Contracting, Inc. to reconstruct the teaching pool.

According to CSI, the project “involves the complete replacement of swimming pool equipment and piping, a retrofit liner and stainless steel panel system with integral stainless steel gutter. The project also includes removal and replacement of the existing concrete pool deck, new mechanical piping to provide temperature control for the pool water, replacement of the electrical equipment and lighting upgrades.”

For more photos, visit CSI Contracting, Inc. here.