Lend Lease/ODA award Athletes Village contracts

Lend Lease and the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) have today confirmed the first Tier One residential plot contract on the Athletes Village project in Stratford has been awarded to Ardmore.   Shortlists for a further three Tier One contracts involving five residential plots have also been announced. The tender lists include the following companies:   Galliford Try, Willmott Dixon / Inspace, Brookfield Europe, Bennett Construction, North Midland Construction, Miller Construction, Mansell, Morgan Ashurst, Durkan Limited, Byrne Group, P. Elliott, Carillion Building, John Sisk & Son, Sir Robert McAlpine and Higgins Construction.   The partners said that all Tier 1 contracts for the residential plots at the Athletes Village will be appointed by the end of the year.   The village will have 2,818 new private homes, including 1,379 affordable homes, after the 2012 Games.   It will include around 1,000 three- and four-bed homes and 11 residential blocks.   Each block will be made up of six to eight buildings in a square layout around a traditional courtyard area, which will include gardens, play areas and other open space. There will also be new public squares and tree-lined streets.   The ODA and Lend Lease are working together to deliver the Athletes Village with Lend Lease acting as development and project manager.  Construction management services are being provided through Lend Lease’s construction business Bovis Lend Lease.   Go to Estates Gazette’s Olympics Blog for more on this story. paul.norman@egi.co.uk