No contest in Olympic pool tender
05/10/2007 |
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Two of the three companies in the running to build the London 2012 Olympics aquatics centre have withdrawn from the tendering process.
In May three firms were selected to compete to build the 20,000-seat arena.
But Eiffel and Hochtief have now decided against making a bid, leaving Balfour Beatty as the only contender.
"We remain confident that we will appoint a world class construction company," said a spokesman for the Olympic Delivery Authority.
"We are looking forward to receiving a tender from Balfour Beatty. A huge amount of work is already taking place on the aquatics site itself.
"Clearly we have a challenging timetable, but across the piece we are making very good progress on procurement.
"We have short-listed six contractors to build the velopark, five to build the sailing facilities in Weymouth and Portland, 12 for major packages to build roads and bridges, and are negotiating with a world-class team to build the Olympic stadium."
The aquatics centre was the first major venue to go to the detailed design stage, with construction expected to start in mid-2008 and the venue due to be completed in the summer of 2011.
It will have two 50-metre pools, one for training and one for competition, plus a diving pool.
During the Olympics and Paralympics it will host all the swimming and diving events apart from water polo, and after the Games it will be converted into a 2,500-seat complex with the potential to add in a further 1,000 temporary seats for European events.
But the wave-shaped roof has already been reduced from 35,000 square feet to 14,000 square feet because of cost.
(Source: BBC.co.uk)
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