Contract awarded for Toronto aquatics centre to be used for 2015 Pan Am Games
TORONTO - PCL Aquatics Centre 2012 submitted the winning bid to design and build an aquatics centre in Toronto that will be used for the 2015 Pam American Games.
The complex will also include a field house and the Canadian Sport Institute of Ontario.
It will be constructed on land co-owned by the city and the University of Toronto Scarborough campus, and be co-owned by the city and the university, which will use the facilities once the games are over.
Construction is to start this month and be completed in the summer of 2014.
PCL Aquatics Centre 2012 includes developer PCL Constructors Canada and designer NORR Ltd.
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Pan American Aquatics Centre, Field House and Canadian Sport Institute Ontario Complex Gets Underway
TORONTO, July 3, 2012 /CNW/ - Today, Infrastructure Ontario, on behalf of TO2015, the Government of Canada, the City of Toronto and the University of Toronto, announced that PCL Aquatics Centre 2012 has signed a contract to design, build and finance during construction a high-performance complex that will house the Aquatics Centre and Field House and the Canadian Sport Institute Ontario (CSIO)
STATUS OF MAJOR VENUES FOR
THE TORONTO 2015 PAN/PARAPAN AMERICAN GAMES
Infrastructure Ontario has been working with TO2015 and other partners to select companies to develop major infrastructure projects for the Toronto 2015 Pan/Parapan American Games. This process is well underway and all major venues will be under construction by early 2013.
The Toronto 2015 Games, through contributions from the Government of Canada and the Province of Ontario, will deliver Canada's largest ever multi-sport Games. The Games will provide new and redeveloped infrastructure and enhance sporting facilities in post-secondary schools and in communities across the Greater Golden Horseshoe. During the Games, athletes will have world-class facilities in which to train, compete and rest. Following the Games, students, high-performance athletes and the community will be able to access the facilities. The status of the major venues is as follows:
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