Engineering Design - Concrete Swimming Pool
Budget: $250 – $750 AUD
We require a Registered Professional Engineer of Queensland (RPEQ) to provide the design for a reinforced concrete, above ground, free standing, rectangular swimming pool which MUST utilize the Rise Wall Lay-Flat Water Resistant formwork system as primary construction method.
Preference will be given to an engineer who is experienced with both the Rise Wall Lay-Flat formwork system as well as basic swimming pool design utilizing steel reinforced concrete.
The pool must be free standing, above-ground and totally self supporting - founded on suitably compacted substrate (ie crusher dust) WITHOUT the need to be tied to or reliant upon any other support, structure or foundation. It must be designed to withstand the static and dynamic loadings associated with swimming pools and should incorporate a proven reinforcing design utilizing standard deformed steel reinforcing bars placed in a configuration that works with the Rise Wall Lay-Flat Water Resistant formwork product.
The successful Registered Professional Engineer of Queensland (RPEQ) shall certify their finished design as provided as a mandate in this project. Design must be prepared in accordance with the following Australian Standards: AS. 3600 - governing all concrete structures. AS 2783:2025 - Use of reinforced concrete for small swimming pools.
KEY SPECIFICATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
1. The simple rectangular concrete pool will consist of a single structure composed of a floor slab with four integrated vertical perimeter walls all formed by way of a single, in-situ monolithic pour carried out on site. The monolithic pour is essential to provide a homogenous concrete vessel taking the form of an open-topped rectangular concrete box.
2. The vertical walls will be nominally 200 mm thickness (as determined by the Rise Wall Lay-Flat - Water Resistant formwork product).
3. The floor slab thickness (also likely to be approximately 200 mm thick) will be determined by the REPQ. It is intended that the entire pool shell be founded on a level bed of compacted crusher dust (or other suitable packing sand material) covered by a suitable polythene vapour barrier.
4. Internal pool dimensions are 8000 mm length x 3500 mm width with a constant wall height above floor level of 1500 mm.
It is imperative that the following points are inclusions in the design:
(a) That all internal corners of the shell are designed as sharp ninety-degree corners (not filleted, beveled or radiused corners).
(b) Focus should be placed heavily on NOT over designing the steel reinforcing but rather adhering to traditional and proven reinforcing sizes and methodology.
(c) Pool shell substrate criteria to be determined by RPEQ based on Geotechnical Report for the site that will be provided to the RPEQ whose offer is successful.
(d) No allowance should be made for steps, ladders, seating, plumbing penetrations, pumping equipment, plumbing, valving and filtration equipment, sanitization equipment or other pool equipment generally - all of which is provided by others.
SCOPE OF WORK TO BE PROVIDED BY RPEQ:
(i) Engineering design for the monolithic Reinforced Concrete Swimming Pool Shell detailing all dimensions, elevations and sectional details and complete concrete specifications. All submissions should be in .pdf format - printable in A4 & A3 size and original Acad .dwg files are to be provided.
(ii) Engineering design for steel reinforcing including a full layout and complete materials take off. Details should clearly show all critical aspects of reinforcing placement, fixing and concrete cover.
(iii) A layout, set up details and procedures for placement, erecting and bracing the Rise Wall Lay-Flat Water Resistant formwork as well as a complete formwork take off schedule and bill of quantities for ordering. The layout should note all necessary fixings, ties, required panel cuts as well as any additional materials required aside from the Rise Wall Lay-Flat Water Resistant formwork. It is essential to clearly demonstrate how the Rise Wall panels integrate with the steel reinforcement cage and the order of steps and procedures needed to set up the formwork ready for pouring.
Preference will be given to an engineer who is experienced with both the Rise Wall Lay-Flat formwork system as well as basic swimming pool design utilizing steel reinforced concrete.
The pool must be free standing, above-ground and totally self supporting - founded on suitably compacted substrate (ie crusher dust) WITHOUT the need to be tied to or reliant upon any other support, structure or foundation. It must be designed to withstand the static and dynamic loadings associated with swimming pools and should incorporate a proven reinforcing design utilizing standard deformed steel reinforcing bars placed in a configuration that works with the Rise Wall Lay-Flat Water Resistant formwork product.
The successful Registered Professional Engineer of Queensland (RPEQ) shall certify their finished design as provided as a mandate in this project. Design must be prepared in accordance with the following Australian Standards: AS. 3600 - governing all concrete structures. AS 2783:2025 - Use of reinforced concrete for small swimming pools.
KEY SPECIFICATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
1. The simple rectangular concrete pool will consist of a single structure composed of a floor slab with four integrated vertical perimeter walls all formed by way of a single, in-situ monolithic pour carried out on site. The monolithic pour is essential to provide a homogenous concrete vessel taking the form of an open-topped rectangular concrete box.
2. The vertical walls will be nominally 200 mm thickness (as determined by the Rise Wall Lay-Flat - Water Resistant formwork product).
3. The floor slab thickness (also likely to be approximately 200 mm thick) will be determined by the REPQ. It is intended that the entire pool shell be founded on a level bed of compacted crusher dust (or other suitable packing sand material) covered by a suitable polythene vapour barrier.
4. Internal pool dimensions are 8000 mm length x 3500 mm width with a constant wall height above floor level of 1500 mm.
It is imperative that the following points are inclusions in the design:
(a) That all internal corners of the shell are designed as sharp ninety-degree corners (not filleted, beveled or radiused corners).
(b) Focus should be placed heavily on NOT over designing the steel reinforcing but rather adhering to traditional and proven reinforcing sizes and methodology.
(c) Pool shell substrate criteria to be determined by RPEQ based on Geotechnical Report for the site that will be provided to the RPEQ whose offer is successful.
(d) No allowance should be made for steps, ladders, seating, plumbing penetrations, pumping equipment, plumbing, valving and filtration equipment, sanitization equipment or other pool equipment generally - all of which is provided by others.
SCOPE OF WORK TO BE PROVIDED BY RPEQ:
(i) Engineering design for the monolithic Reinforced Concrete Swimming Pool Shell detailing all dimensions, elevations and sectional details and complete concrete specifications. All submissions should be in .pdf format - printable in A4 & A3 size and original Acad .dwg files are to be provided.
(ii) Engineering design for steel reinforcing including a full layout and complete materials take off. Details should clearly show all critical aspects of reinforcing placement, fixing and concrete cover.
(iii) A layout, set up details and procedures for placement, erecting and bracing the Rise Wall Lay-Flat Water Resistant formwork as well as a complete formwork take off schedule and bill of quantities for ordering. The layout should note all necessary fixings, ties, required panel cuts as well as any additional materials required aside from the Rise Wall Lay-Flat Water Resistant formwork. It is essential to clearly demonstrate how the Rise Wall panels integrate with the steel reinforcement cage and the order of steps and procedures needed to set up the formwork ready for pouring.