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18/09/2012
BAM Chosen As Construction Partner for Football Academy
BAM has been selected as the construction partner on the Manchester City Football Academy.
Manchester City Football Club has announced work will soon commence on a ground-breaking new Football Academy, and BAM has been chosen to deliver it.
BAM, a leader in sustainable construction and part of Royal BAM Group, will begin work on the plot, which forms part of the Etihad Campus, in the coming weeks and are due to complete the project in time for the 2014/15 Premier League season.
The building of the Academy, which will provide a centre for up to 400 young players as well as housing the first team training base and the Club’s operations functions, follows four years of extensive research and planning by City across five continents and more than 30 elite sport development centres.
The City Football Academy will include the following:
•A new Academy for up to 400 young players with classrooms for 200
•On site accommodation for junior and senior players
•16.5 football pitches, 12 of them dedicated to players aged from 8 to 21
•A state of the art first team building with changing rooms, gym, refectory and injury and rehab centre
•A 7000 capacity stadium for youth matches
•Staff offices and a dedicated media centre
•A bridge linking the site to the Etihad Stadium and the rest of the Etihad Campus
(CD)
Manchester City Football Club has announced work will soon commence on a ground-breaking new Football Academy, and BAM has been chosen to deliver it.
BAM, a leader in sustainable construction and part of Royal BAM Group, will begin work on the plot, which forms part of the Etihad Campus, in the coming weeks and are due to complete the project in time for the 2014/15 Premier League season.
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The building of the Academy, which will provide a centre for up to 400 young players as well as housing the first team training base and the Club’s operations functions, follows four years of extensive research and planning by City across five continents and more than 30 elite sport development centres.
The City Football Academy will include the following:
•A new Academy for up to 400 young players with classrooms for 200
•On site accommodation for junior and senior players
•16.5 football pitches, 12 of them dedicated to players aged from 8 to 21
•A state of the art first team building with changing rooms, gym, refectory and injury and rehab centre
•A 7000 capacity stadium for youth matches
•Staff offices and a dedicated media centre
•A bridge linking the site to the Etihad Stadium and the rest of the Etihad Campus
(CD)
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