79 Site management The ASC continued to maintain and enhance facilities at the AIS campus, Bruce, in support of high performance NSO programs and participation. Fourteen sports have entered into facilities agreements with the ASC to operate from the Bruce Campus for the next four years. The Australian Sports Foundation (ASF) and ACTAS also have active facilities agreements for operations at this site. In addition, the ASC operates strategic sports training facilities at Pizzey Park on the Gold Coast (two NSO facilities agreements) and at the AIS European Training Centre in Italy. Rowing Australia operates from a purpose-built facility at Yarralumla, fronting Lake Burley Griffin in Canberra, under a lease arrangement. The campus is also used by a variety of community, sporting and commercial groups and is a popular national attraction for visitors. In support of sports participation, Sporting Schools continued to operate from leased premises in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth. Offices in Darwin, Cairns and Hobart operated for part of the year and have now closed following changes to the program’s operating model. The ASC undertook many key refurbishment and enhancement projects to provide high- quality training, testing and athlete servicing facilities in support of NSO programs. Significant projects included: > > AIS Basketball and Netball Centre — commencement of external cladding replacement, air-conditioning system upgrade and re-configuration of the mechanical plant pods > > AIS Athletics Track and Field Centre — a new entry gate and fence, improved swipe access system for wheelchair athletes and a maintenance and warm-up shed for wheelchair athletes > > AIS Aquatic and Fitness Centre — replacement of the southern grand-stand in the 50m pool, construction of new storage sheds, concrete repairs, tiling of the wet corridors in preparation for tiling of the entire pool surrounds in 2017–18, refurbishment of the lifeguard office and de-commissioning of the spa and plunge pools > > Grass fields — replacement of turf on the playing surface of two multi-purpose fields, improvements to field surrounds including footpaths and access road > > AIS High Performance Centre — extension to the building to provide a workshop to house a new 5-axis milling machine > > Athletes Village — fit-out of new office space for ACTAS > > Sports Training facility — upgrading of lighting and audio-visual equipment within the Charlesworth Theatrette