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SMC2 designs the first futsal complex with a fabric membrane

A world-class sports centre was inaugurated in Manosque last week. The complex includes four indoor five-a-side football pitches and three padel courts as well as a restaurant, a lounge bar, and a business area. This complex is the first of its kind to have been designed with a fabric cover solution.

A distinctive feature of this project is that it was carried out in record time in order to ensure that it opened before the World Cup in Brazil. SMC2 is proud to have been chosen as the first company in France to build this type of complex with a fabric cover.

Have a look at the article below, written in La Provence by Laetitia Gentili.

 

An area for all footballers

MANOSQUE / PUBLISHED WEDNESDAY 28/05/2014 AT 5:42AM

“Le Complexe” was inaugurated last night with some star footballers in attendance, who attracted a large audience.

 

“Le Complexe” has been born. With its four five-a-side futsal pitches and three padel courts, as well as a restaurant, lounge bar, and business area, the inauguration of this new sports centre, situated in Grandes Terres, brought out quite a crowd. Amongst the crowd were Daniel Xuereb, a former member of Olympique de Marseille and the French national football team, Albert Emon, former OM and Manosque coach and assistant coach of the Olympiens, Ari Vatanen, a rally racer, as well as regional sports stars.

 

It took several years of effort before Laurent Chaumeton, president of the complex and former marketing director of the Simc, and his associate Olivier Amoureux, former owner of the Pizzeria de La Plaine, were able to see their dream become a reality. “It’s a fresh start, a chance to fly on my own wings”, said Michel Chaumeton in the company of his staff. “It’s the realisation of a project that has been underway for a little over three years. When I discovered these football facilities, I thought “why not do that here?” This is my home town, the city where I grew up and the place I want to invest myself in. We want to offer a solution that is in line with our city’s evolution, with regard to both its demographic and economic development.” A distinctive aspect of the Complexe is its padel courts, as the Manosque padel club is the first in France to sign with Henri Lecomte, who is a proponent of the sport in France. Padel is a cross between tennis and squash.

 

After padel exhibitions by French champions like Jeremy Scatena, it was the footballers’ turn to take to the synthetic court. Even more stars came out – pros, former pros from the Alpes and the EPM. Four teams took part in total, with one special guest, the La Provence football team. Facing champions, they scored four goals, with six goals against. They’re our champions!

 

Laetitia Gentili

Opting for timber construction means choosing a building material that promotes sustainable development at every stage of its life cycle. Wood is characterised by its relatively low energy consumption. In other words, its production, transport and recycling require little energy.

 

Here are 3 good reasons to choose wood construction…

 

A RENEWABLE AND ABUNDANT RAW MATERIAL

Unlike fossil fuels, whose reserves are exhaustible, wood is a raw material:

• Renewable: a tree regenerates in less than 100 years
• Abundant: in Europe, forests are exploited in a sustainable manner
• Locally available: wood is available everywhere in Europe where forests are managed in a sustainable manner.
• Certified: the wood is traceable throughout its “career”. The PEFC and FSC labels identify sustainably managed forests.

 

A LOW IMPACT MATERIAL

Unlike concrete or steel, wood is a low-energy building material. It is in fact :

• Light: its low weight optimises the energy consumed for its transformation, transport and implementation.
• Dry: wood construction does not waste water, a scarce resource in some parts of the world.
• Insulating: the low thermal conductivity of wood allows for substantial energy savings.

 

A ‘CARBONIVOROUS’ MATERIAL

Wood is a remarkable ‘carbonivorous’. It is in fact the only material whose use helps to combat greenhouse gases.

• In the forest: for its growth, the tree absorbs atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) through photosynthesis. A well-managed and exploited forest can store 16 tonnes of CO2 annually thanks to the young shoots that are very ‘carbonivorous’.
• In construction: wood stores up to 1 tonne of CO2 per m3.
• As a fuel: wood energy has a very positive carbon balance because a balance is created between the absorption of CO2 during growth and its release during combustion. The ADEME estimates that 4 m3 of wood energy allow the saving of about 1 ton of oil and 2.5 tons of CO2 emissions in the atmosphere avoided.

 

Wood is a material par excellence for sustainable development and is a key player in the environmental challenges of tomorrow.

SMC2’s UK distributor, DOE Sport, has just finished the installation of a covered school playground area at the Whetley Primary School, in the North of England. Because of the narrowness of the area, between the two existing buildings, the erection of the structure required a complex organization. Particular emphasis was placed on the architectural integration of the canopy next to the ancient buildings of this school.

It’s the first SMC2 project of this nature in France. This tensile cover is replacing an old deteriorated steel structure.

This old and deteriorated swimming pool had been closed to the public by the Security Committee. The SMC2 structure has been inaugurated on September the 21^st by Jacques Bompard, the Deputy Mayor of Orange.