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FAW Elite Training Centres

Natural-turf and synthetic football training facilities at Vale Hotel & Spa Resort – Cardiff, Dragon Park – Newport and Colliers Park – Wrexham.

Client
Football Association of Wales
Locations
Vale Hotel & Spa Resort – CardiffDragon Park – NewportColliers Park – Wrexham
Sport
Football
Facility
Elite training centres
Natural-turf football training pitches beside the Vale buildings

01

Vale Hotel & Spa Resort – Cardiff

Castle Pitch

Scope of Works

  • Construction of natural-turf-over-gravel-carpet football pitch
  • Construction of off-pitch training area
  • Soil screening and amelioration with sand
  • Fully automatic irrigation-system installation
FAW corner flag beside a marked natural-turf training pitch
Prepared ground with white material exposed along drainage lines
Tractor and soil-working attachment preparing the pitch surface

02

Dragon Park – Newport

Scope of Works

  • Construction of 3G synthetic football pitch
  • Construction of Fibresand suspended water-table pitch
  • Construction of pipe-and-slit-drained pitch
  • Installation of fully automatic irrigation system
  • Construction of 3G synthetic off-pitch training area
  • Installation of floodlights
  • Construction of maintenance yard
Striped football training pitch in front of the Dragon Park facility building
Prepared pitch profile with a training-facility building beyond
Excavator working among exposed ground and construction material

03

Colliers Park – Wrexham

Scope of Works

  • Construction of 3G synthetic football pitch
  • Construction of Fibresand pitch
  • Construction of pipe-and-slit-drained pitch over gravel carpet
  • Installation of fully automatic irrigation system
  • Installation of floodlights
  • Construction of maintenance yard
Natural-turf training pitch beside a building under construction
Tracked machine grading a pitch profile bordered by white material
Prepared pitch surface with a channel along its edge

Scope of Services

  • Site assessment and feasibility study
  • CDM Health & Safety Principal Designer
  • Pitch design and tendering
  • Irrigation-system design and tendering
  • Project and contract management
  • Key-stage inspections
  • Sign-off and handover