GUILDERLAND — The new poolhouse at Tawasentha Park is open, and it is quite a bit different from the old one, which was destroyed in a fire in June 2015.

“It’s brighter, more open, a more welcoming facility,” said Town Supervisor Peter Barber of the new construction.

Gone are the communal showers in the center of the women-and-girls changing room.

Showers on both sides, men’s and women’s, are now within individual stalls. They are extended in length, to allow for changing.

There are two separate family bathrooms, one on each side of the building, to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Each side also has one handicapped-accessible shower stall, said Linda Cure of Guilderland’s Parks and Recreation Department.

There is a separate locker area, not inside the changing rooms but on the outside fo the building, directly accessible from the pool area. Users who wish to lock the lockers should bring their own locks, said Cure.

The concession stand is now located kitty-corner from where it was before, directly off the parking lot. It is accessible to both pool and park users.

Delaware Engineering designed and oversaw the construction of the new pool building, and the contracts were awarded in March 2016 to MA Schafer Construction, BPI Piping, and LaCorte Companies.

The total amount of the approved bid contracts for the work on the pool house was $777,800, Gregory Wier told The Enterprise several months ago.

Barber said that the town hoped to recoup most of the expenses through insurance.