Architects & Designers
SwimEx® works with architects, engineers, contractors, and facility teams to plan therapy and training pools around the way a space will actually be used.
Design Therapy and Training Spaces With Confidence
From hospitals and outpatient rehabilitation centers to collegiate athletics, professional sports, senior living, wellness facilities, and high-end residential projects, SwimEx pools can be configured around the program, the users, and the available footprint.
We help project teams coordinate the pool with the room, structure, utilities, access, and construction schedule. Once the appropriate pool models are identified, we provide model-specific planning information, architectural guidance, installation requirements, and support through commissioning.
Hydrotherapy Pool Design Starts With the Program
Hospitals and Rehabilitation Centers
Plan hydrotherapy spaces around patient access, therapist workflow, mobility needs, and clinical programs such as gait work, post-operative rehabilitation, neurological rehabilitation, and staged weight-bearing progression.
Senior Living Communities
Coordinate the hydrotherapy pool around resident mobility, staff access, ease of entry, wellness programming, and long-term maintenance.
Outpatient Physical Therapy Clinics
Plan a compact hydrotherapy environment around clinical workflow, patient access, treatment goals, and regular use for rehabilitation, mobility, balance, fall prevention and aquatic exercise.
Sports Medicine and Athletic Facilities
Create a purpose-built environment for rehabilitation, recovery, resistance training, underwater treadmill work, conditioning, and return-to-play programming.
Mixed-Use Facilities
Support wellness, kinesiology, rehabilitation, athletics, research, and recreation within one aquatic environment. Planning should account for shared use, multiple depths, treatment or training zones, and different program needs.
Residential Projects
Integrate swimming, exercise, rehabilitation, recovery, and wellness into a custom home environment planned around the available space, access, utilities, finishes, and equipment service needs.
Why Architects Specify SwimEx
Durable Fiberglass Construction
A hydrotherapy pool becomes a permanent part of the built environment, so material selection, structural integrity, and serviceability matter from the start.
SwimEx pools use durable fiberglass construction engineered for regular therapy, training, and wellness use. The composite shell combines fiberglass, resin, and gel coat around an insulated core to create a strong, non-absorbent structure with a smooth interior finish.
The fiberglass shell means there are no liners to replace.
Designed for Easier Maintenance
A hydrotherapy pool should be designed not only to fit the room, but also to remain accessible for maintenance and service.
SwimEx systems use serviceable components and accessible equipment to make maintenance easier.
Planning should account for:
- Equipment location and service access
- Filtration and mechanical systems
- Drainage and routine water care
- Operating and maintenance requirements
Configurable Around the Program and Space
The right pool configuration depends on the people using it and what they need to accomplish.
Depending on the selected model and project, SwimEx hydrotherapy pools can be configured around:
- Pool dimensions
- Water depth
- Multiple depth zones
- Entry and access
- Seating
- Underwater treadmill use
- Observation
- Workstations
- Paddlewheel current
- Plunge pool features
- Therapy pool features
- Finish options
For custom projects, SwimEx can evaluate project-specific configurations and dimensions as needed.
The SwimEx Paddlewheel Current
For programs and users that require controllable water resistance, the SwimEx paddlewheel system creates broad, directed water movement across the pool.
The system can support swimming, rehabilitation, aquatic exercise, and conditioning, with adjustable settings that help clinicians, athletic trainers, coaches, and users vary resistance based on the activity and stage of progression.
Adjustable Depth Without Full Floor Movement
The SwimEx DepthSelect™ Series adds adjustable depth within the treadmill zone to selected pool configurations.
Unlike systems that rely on full-floor movement, the patent-pending DepthSelect Series adjusts depth only within the treadmill zone, preserving the rest of the pool for therapy, training, recovery, and other programming.
Responsive Project Support
Questions about dimensions, structural loads, clearances, equipment placement, utilities, delivery, or construction sequencing can affect several disciplines at once.
SwimEx provides clear answers and planning guidance from early project development through installation and commissioning.
Manufacturing Experience That Supports the Project
SwimEx designs and manufactures therapy and training pools in Fall River, Massachusetts.
Project teams have access to support across product planning, engineering, manufacturing, installation coordination, and technical service.
That experience reinforces a simple goal: deliver a hydrotherapy pool that fits the facility, performs its intended role, and is easier to own for years.
Start With How the Pool Needs to Work
Before selecting a model, define the people, programs, and space the pool needs to support:
- Who will use the pool, and how many people may use it at once?
- Will it support therapy, training, recovery, wellness, or a combination?
- Which water depths, access features, and treatment or training zones are needed?
- Does the program require an underwater treadmill, paddlewheel current, or adjustable depth?
- How should the pool fit the room and workflow?
Those answers help shape the key configuration decisions, including:
- Pool size and available footprint
- Water depth and multiple depth zones
- Adjustable depth within the treadmill zone
- Entry and accessibility
- Underwater treadmill
- Paddlewheel current
- Observation areas
- Seating and workstations
- Equipment location and service access
- Delivery and installation conditions
- Custom dimensions and finishes
The same professional SwimEx models can support different facility types depending on how they are configured. Our team can help identify the right model, dimensions, depth, access, current, treadmill, and other options for the project.
Planning and Installation Resources
Whether the project involves new construction or renovation, early coordination helps the team account for the pool, available space, building conditions, utilities, access, and construction sequencing.
Key planning considerations include:
- Structural loads
- Room layout and clearances
- Delivery and rigging
- Equipment access
- Plumbing and drainage
- Electrical requirements
- Ventilation and humidity
- Accessibility
- Pit, surround, and deck conditions
- Installation responsibilities
SwimEx provides model-specific planning materials and technical documentation to help architects, engineers, contractors, and facility teams coordinate the pool with the building.
Proven in Complex Projects
From upper-floor renovations to remote residential installations, SwimEx helps project teams solve the structural, access, delivery, and configuration challenges that can shape a pool project.
These customer experiences show how architects, engineers, builders, owners, and SwimEx worked together to plan and install pools around demanding site conditions.
Washington Capitals Hydrotherapy Room Upgrade
An eighth-floor location, limited freight-elevator access, and low overhead clearances made the Washington Capitals’ hydrotherapy upgrade a complex renovation. SwimEx configured the system around those constraints, manufacturing the SwimEx 600 T in eight sections and the custom plunge pools in two sections each for delivery and on-site assembly. The completed room brings hydrotherapy, underwater treadmill work, conditioning, and hot and cold recovery into one purpose-built space.
River Valley Club Aquatic Facility Transformation
River Valley Club wanted to expand its aquatic programming within an existing fitness facility.
The renovation replaced a traditional three-lane lap pool with three SwimEx 600 T pools and a separate plunge pool. The new layout created independently operated environments for swimming, resistance training, rehabilitation, exercise, and recovery. Each pool can also be maintained at a different temperature to support varied programs and user needs.
The completed project made more focused use of the existing aquatic space while giving the facility greater programming flexibility.
Custom Fiberglass Pool in the Rockies
A remote mountainside home at 9,800 feet, unstable ground conditions, and a narrow delivery route made this residential installation a complex design and construction project.
SwimEx coordinated a custom fiberglass pool with a micropile-supported waffle slab, accessible equipment and piping, a flush deck, and an automatic cover. The addition was designed around the site, structure, access, and maintenance requirements.
Cherry Hills Church Custom Baptistry
A 6-foot doorway, elevated stage, and custom design requirements made the Cherry Hills Church renovation a complex project.
SwimEx worked with Design Mavens Architecture to develop a three-section fiberglass baptistry that could be delivered through the existing opening and assembled in place. The team coordinated filtration, drainage, structural integration, and contractor utility connections.
When the system changed from fill-and-drain to continuous circulation, SwimEx revised the submittals and supported the team through fabrication and installation.
Frequently Asked Questions
How Early Should SwimEx Be Involved in a Project?
Ideally, SwimEx should be involved during preliminary planning.
Early coordination makes it easier to evaluate the appropriate pool model and plan for room dimensions, structural requirements, utilities, access, delivery, equipment placement, accessibility, and construction sequencing before those decisions become difficult to change.
Can a SwimEx Pool Be Installed in an Existing Building?
Yes, depending on the model and site conditions.
Renovation projects require careful evaluation of the delivery route, door and corridor clearances, working space, structural conditions, utilities, equipment placement, and final assembly area.
Certain commercial systems may be delivered in sections and assembled within the prepared space.
What Structural Information Does the Design Team Need?
The project structural engineer should evaluate the operating load of the selected system, including the pool, water, equipment, users, and project-specific structural conditions.
SwimEx provides model-specific information to support that work once the appropriate system has been identified.
How Much Space Should Be Planned Around the Pool?
Space requirements depend on permit regulations, the selected model, access configuration, room layout, equipment placement, deck or pit conditions, and service requirements.
The design should account for the complete operating environment, including user circulation, staff access, entry, equipment access, and future maintenance—not only the pool footprint.
What Electrical and Plumbing Information Does SwimEx Provide?
Electrical and plumbing requirements vary by model and configuration.
Once the appropriate system is identified, SwimEx can provide the applicable planning information so project engineers and trades can coordinate building utilities with the pool equipment.
The authorized partner installer completes pool-to-equipment plumbing connections to SwimEx specifications. General contractor trades complete the required building utility connections.
Can SwimEx Pools Be Customized?
Configuration options vary by model and project.
Depending on the system, SwimEx can evaluate dimensions, depths, entry options, seating, observation areas, treadmill configurations, water-current requirements, finishes, and other project-specific needs.
Custom projects may also receive project-specific drawings as the design advances.
How Does DepthSelect Series Adjustable Depth Work?
The DepthSelect Series provides adjustable depth within the treadmill zone to support staged weight-bearing progression without the need for full floor movement.
Other areas of the pool can remain available at their planned depths for therapy, conditioning, recovery, exercise, or other programmed uses.
Who Is Responsible for Final Engineering and Code Compliance?
The project architect and licensed structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, accessibility, and other applicable professionals remain responsible for integrating the system into the building and confirming compliance with project requirements and applicable codes.
SwimEx supplies model-specific product information, specifications, and installation guidance.
Start Planning Your SwimEx Project
Tell us about the facility, the people it will serve, the available space, and the programs the hydrotherapy pool needs to support.
We’ll help identify the appropriate SwimEx configuration and the planning information your design team needs next.
“With our NHL training facility being on the 8th floor, we had some difficult obstacles in upgrading our hydrotherapy room. SwimEx was easy to work with, creative in their solutions, and detailed in their execution. Our project resulted in a cutting-edge hydrotherapy room that will be an integral part of how we take care of our athletes. We could not be more pleased with our final SwimEx product and are proud of our new hydrotherapy room.”
Jason Serbus, MA, ATC, PES, Director of Sports Medicine and Head Athletic Trainer for the Washington Capitals.
“We were impressed with their responsiveness and their technical support. Like Zahrawi Group, SwimEx has high standards and operates with integrity.”
Zahrawi Group , Seniors’ Happiness Centre Mamzar – DHA in Dubai.