The Time Capsule leisure centre in Coatbrige, Scotland, is to undergo a £6m redevelopment funded by North Lanarkshire Council.

Improvements at the centre, which attracts around 700,000 visitors a year, will include the creation of a new health and fitness club, a new water slide and improved spa facilities.

The centre's new spa suite will feature a stone-bedded relaxation area, spa pools, steamrooms and saunas. There will also be a new aromatherapy room, an 'igloo' ice cooler and 'monsoon' showers.

The centre will remain open throughout the 35-week construction phase, although some parts of the complex, such as the leisure pool, will be closed to allow building work to proceed.

The building work, which commenced last week, is being undertaken by Ogilvie Construction and the property team also includes Thomas and Adamson (project managers); CDM Project Safety; Harley Haddow (consulting engineers); and Nifes Consulting Group (mechanical and electrical consultants).

Architects for the project are Motherwell-based Dalziel Design and East-Kilbride based Carr McLean Watson as quantity surveyors.

Phil McEwan, the managing director of Ogilvie Construction, said: "The centre will remain open throughout the construction phase. We'll try to keep inconvenience to regular users to an absolute minimum."