Stribling Reserve Pavilion upgrade showcases recycled plastic decking and seating

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Presented by:

Paul Elshaug, Recreation Development Officer, Surf Coast Shire Council

Pete Spring, Chairman, Stribling Reserve Community Asset Committee

[The visuals during this video are of each speaker speaking to camera together with vision of the exterior of the Stribling Reserve pavilions, fields and seating area]

Paul Elshaug:

The project we have here at Stribling Reserve, the wonderful reserve in Lorne is the redevelopment of a netball pavilion and also a main pavilion which we call the community pavilion. We took the opportunity to incorporate recycled products into the exterior components of the building which ended up being decking and some of the fantastic seating I’m sitting on at the moment.

So, we were really fortunate to secure SV funding for the recycled components into this project. The products we used in the project were a mix between Modwood decking and also APR composite board for the seating. We originally started with 300 lineal metres of the APR composite for this seating here but there was a fantastic effort from the community to fundraise for two extra sections of the terraced seating which has gone in recently. So that’s now 900 lineal metres of that product which is excellent.

Pete Spring:

The project had funding for one bay of seating but it proved so popular that it was an easy task for us as a committee to initiate another fundraising project and raise the funds necessary for the extra two bays of seating which were installed here the week before the first home game and we received a lot of praise for how it looked and how comfortable they were.

Paul Elshaug:

The main reason we used recycled materials is we wanted this facility to be a showcase for this community but also for the shire. When the opportunity came up to source funding for additional recycled content components we really wanted to look at how we could do that and the most logical elements were those exterior to the building.

Pete Spring:

The main reason for using recycled materials where we could was with a view to reduce maintenance in the coming years. It’s always been a problem particularly with timber products being used outdoors in what is a fairly harsh environment close to the sea and we wanted to ensure that we had a product that looked good and was easy to maintain.

Paul Elshaug:

I would say to anybody if you’re thinking about using recycled content products absolutely don’t just think about it, do it. Work with your environmental sustainability team within council or any other experts you can gather, talk to the suppliers, find out about what the products are, what the benefits are and with all that information the advantages are clear and you can make the right choice.

Pete Spring:

We have two other developments in the pipeline at the moment around the netball pavilion and around the cricket practice nets and we’ll definitely be ensuring that we’ll be using recycled products where we could.

Paul Elshaug:

The fact that we’ve had such a positive experience with these products in this project and that is showcasing these products within the organisation and within the community I don’t think it will be long before we’re using these products again in any of our projects.

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