Title Page

  • Location
  • Gym Number

  • Conducted on

  • Prepared by

  • Scheme Development Manager

  • Development Scrum (Development Manager/Architect/Design Manager)

1 - Critical Items

a) Equipment

  • Is Matrix/Precor equipment installed?

  • Is BLK Box Functional Zone installed?

  • Is Jordan equipment installed?

b) Health & Safety

  • All Pure Safety filing system (folders 1-5) setup as per key?

  • Fire extinguishers in place and labelled up, inventory completed for File 2?

  • Are red fire call points numbered 1, 2, 3 etc. and inventory completed for File 2?

  • Are all fire exits completely clear, and inventory of fire exits completed for File 2?

  • Tannoy working - internal and external - and can be heard over the fire alarm when sounding?

  • Fire alarm tested and mag locks release, signal received by Custodian?

  • Is fire alarm panel standalone or linked in?

  • Fire exit directional signage adequately displayed?

  • Is health & safety signage displayed?

  • Attention for Emergency Services sheet completed and in red fire box, along with copy of fire evac plan?

  • Unmanned announcements have been scheduled to play at club during unmanned scheduled times (This is through Mood Media or Cloud Casting)?

  • Defib and spare pads onsite?

  • First aid station and ice packs onsite and available?

  • Health & Safety poster, Jelf PLI certificate, Barbican ELI certificate, H&S Policy statement and Incident Report Procedure displayed in the staff room?

  • Fire exit plan, fire evacuation procedure and VRT displayed in staff room?

  • DDA Shower/Toilet emergency pull cords working, signal sent to pagers and tannoy activated?

  • Disabled refuge phones working, if applicable?

  • Help points working, connecting, and labelled up with emergency number?

  • Pagers working and set up?

  • Plant room free from combustibles?

c) Operational Setup

  • Cleaning supplies and machines delivered to site?

  • All member facing areas are clean and gym floor is reset, ready for opening?

  • Operational issues highlighted and passed onto relevant department (e.g. landscaping/high level clean).

  • Has a walkaround with the gym team being completed to demo the fire alarm, HVAC, extraction systems, and any other operational functions?

  • Staff WiFi working?

d) Access & Security

  • Are main front doors working on all settings?

  • Are external door mag locks set and working?

  • DDA swing door working on all settings, if applicable?

  • Pods/Speedgates working?

  • Member pins active and working?

e) Construction, Mechanical & Electrical

  • Did the site PC and handover on scheduled date?

  • Is the ventilation and extraction live and working on opening?

  • Have fire call-point reset keys and mag-lock reset keys been left onsite?”

  • Has there been a constant water supply throughout the install?

  • Has there been constant power during the install? Detail any power outages.

  • Has there been a constant gas supply during the install, if applicable?

  • Is the lift operational, if applicable?

  • Has a check of the cameras been made against the Brand Standards document and any issues raised with supplier?

f) Design

  • External signage installed?

2 - Non-Critical Items

a) Equipment

  • Is the equipment laid out as per the CAD plan, unless there is an opportunity to optimise?

  • All equipment snags completed 72 hours after identified?

  • Has all required equipment been bolted down (squat rack(s), smith machine(s), functional trainers, cable crossover(s), 5-stack, barbell holder)?

b) Health & Safety

  • Fire exit plans sent to content team and uploaded to website?

  • Fire alarm zone map displayed next to fire panel in foyer?

  • Isolation points tagged (gas, water, electricity)?

  • Unmanned poster and stand on site and ready to be displayed?

  • Is the lift auto-dialler operational and connects?

  • Have all certificates from handover placed in File 4?

c) Operational Setup

  • Defib cabinet on wall, alarm system set up, and can be seen on CCTV?

  • First aid kit installed on wall in staff room?

  • Clocks up in various locations?

  • Hooks up in staff room?

  • Toilet roll holders, soap dispenser and anti-bacterial dispenser installed?

  • All consumables stocked?

  • Keys and cabinet in comms room?

  • Red fire box on wall in entrance lobby?

  • Is external key box installed if club is non-24/7?

  • Has the safe been installed in comms room?

  • Stationery order delivered to site and stored away in filing cabinet?

  • Back of house areas tidy?

  • Vending machines and Yanga (if applicable) installed, stocked up, correct planogram and prices set, card readers working?

  • Have the cleaning hours been fulfilled during install week?

  • Have all the cleaning contractor responsibilities been fulfilled? To include recruitment of staff, training, p-files, and staff in correct uniform.

  • Atlas or Otium liability insurance certificate in date, loss of comms patrol sheets, Incident Reporting Procedure, daily checksheets and sign in book displayed in cleaning cupboard?

  • Have the sanitary bins, sharp bin, air fresheners, bolt cutters and external bin been delivered to site?

  • All staff profiles up on 'Meet The Team' board, and any empty slots filled with marketing posters?

  • Group Exercise timetable printed and placed up on 'Timetable' board, empty slots filled with marketing?

  • All belly posters and clip frames filled?

  • Daily check sheets placed up in changing rooms and for gym floor reset?

  • Felt board(s) on the wall in the staff room?

  • Is the comms room access poster, equipment reporting guide and cleaning escalation process (Atlas or Otium) displayed in staff room?

  • Photo to support felt board display.

  • Equipment maintenance check sheet, open/close check sheet, cleaning rota, and clipboard set up for class registers displayed in staff room?

  • Is fitness testing equipment set up and health assessment posters displayed in Assessment Room?

  • Can the music be heard in all areas of the gym, including the entrance lobby?

  • Head mics and music working for Cycle, Studio and Functional areas?

  • Has the expiry date been written on the stability balls?

  • Is the member WiFi working?

d) Access & Security

  • Are internal door mag locks set and working?

  • Door keypads all set to specific codes?

  • Is the CCTV working and loaded on managers PC's, and managers have been shown how to operate?

e) Construction, Mechanical & Electrical

  • Front fascia free from construction, clean, and in good order?

  • All decorations completed in all areas of the gym and entrance lobby?

  • Has the breakfast bar and managers podium been hard wired in and stools placed around? Welcome sign installed on front of podium?

  • Are the water font(s) working?

f) Design

  • External signage illuminated?

  • Internal signage installed?

  • Internal signage not hidden behind equipment?

  • Adequate way-finding signage installed?

  • Zonal signs correctly applied, as per guidelines?

  • Internal lighting sufficient and satisfactory in all areas?

  • 3 - Handover Notes
  • Note

  • Assigned To

  • Relevant Photo

4 - Post-opening Follow Up Support

  • Date booked for follow up visit or call by SDM:

  • 5 - Photos of Club
  • Add media

Report Sign Off

  • Regional Manager/Cluster Manager

  • Scheme Development Manager

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