The Adelaide Aquatic Centre has opened. An international timber construction project for sport, health and community.
With its opening (27 January 2026), Adelaide will gain a new sports and leisure facility that consistently combines sustainability, accessibility and user comfort.
Once completed at the end of 2025, the centre will be available to the community and send a strong signal for sustainable public infrastructure in Australia.
As HASSLACHER NORICA TIMBER and HESS TIMBER, we have accompanied this project from planning and production to delivery of the central timber components and acoustic solutions to Australia.
Function, design and standards
The Adelaide Aquatic Centre offers a wide range of facilities for sport, health and leisure. These include a 50-metre indoor pool, a 25-metre outdoor pool, rehabilitation pools, play areas and fitness and wellness zones. Accessibility and inclusion were at the heart of the planning and characterise the use for different target groups.
Our contribution. Prefabrication, precision and reliable logistics
Wood was chosen as the building material for the structural design, supplemented by prefabricated acoustic ceiling modules. In total, HASSLACHER NORICA TIMBER and HESS TIMBER planned, produced and delivered:
- 324 m³ glulam
- 108 m³ cross laminated timber
- 3,130 m² of prefabricated acoustic ceiling modules
Special emphasis was placed on logistics. The glulam components, which were up to 37 metres long, were transported by special transport from the HASSLACHER Group’s production site in Hermagor to the port of Zeebrugge. From there, they were transported by sea to Melbourne in Victoria and then on to the construction site in Adelaide.
Cross-continental collaboration
Large-scale timber construction projects can only be successful through close coordination between planning, production, transport and assembly. We would like to thank all our partners for their professional collaboration and are delighted that the Adelaide Aquatic Centre has now opened, offering long-term added value to the region.
