2012 Sailing Venue (Weymouth and Portland) « Thread Started on Feb 24, 2008, 2:08pm »
The planning applications to regenerate the London 2012 Sailing venue, Weymouth and Portland, have been given the go ahead.
Weymouth and Portland Borough Council gave the green light to improvements including a new permanent slipway, more race-boat parking, and lifting and mooring facilities - creating world class facilities for use during and after the Games.
Olympic Delivery Authority Director of Property, Ralph Luck, said: "Securing planning approval is a significant step towards us delivering world-class sailing facilities that will benefit elite athletes and the local community alike before, during and long after the Games.
"Our plans for Weymouth and Portland are an excellent example of how the Games can act as a driver for wider regeneration, spreading sporting, social and economic benefits around the country."
Re: 2012 Sailing Venue (Weymouth and Portland) « Reply #2 on Apr 5, 2008, 5:48pm »
new slipway, 70 moorings and associated facilities are being developed at WPNSA. A new 600-berth commercial marina is also being built nearby. This will form part of the Sailing venue, with 250 of the berths used for test events and during the Games.
A planning application to improve the marine facilities was approved in June 2007, following detailed public consultation. A construction contractor has been appointed, with construction due to begin in early May.
Construction work is due to finish by the end of 2008, so Weymouth and Portland will be one of the first of the venues to be ready for the 2012 Games.
Re: 2012 Sailing Venue (Weymouth and Portland) « Reply #3 on May 2, 2008, 6:38pm »
Construction work has started Construction work has started on the first venue outside of the Olympic Park for the London 2012 Games with work now underway to enhance the sailing facilities at Weymouth and Portland.
Weymouth & Portland set to be first venue ready for 2012 The Olympic and Paralympic sailing events in 2012 will be hosted at the Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy which offers world-class facilities and some of the best small-boat sailing conditions in the world. The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) and its contractors Dean & Dyball have now started work to enhance the existing sailing facilities with the construction of a new permanent 250m slipway and new race-boat parking, lifting and mooring facilities.
The ODA has developed the construction plans in close consultation with Natural England to avoid disrupting the local environment and wildlife. The initial set-up on site for the enhancement works took place in January but the start of construction was deliberately held back and programmed to start now to avoid disrupting the nesting season of over-wintering birds around the local coastline.
With work now underway and the enhanced facilities due to be completed by the end of 2008, Weymouth and Portland is on track to be the first venue ready for the 2012 Games, delivering an early legacy of world-class facilities for elite athletes and the local community to use.
ODA Chief Executive David Higgins and Chief Executive of the London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG) Paul Deighton today visited the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy to have a tour of the existing facilities and to visit the construction site for the enhanced facilities.
ODA Chief Executive David Higgins, said: 'The start of construction on the first venue for 2012 is an important step forwards and it is significant we have hit this major milestone in Weymouth and Portland, showing 2012 will be a nationwide Games with sporting and economic benefits spread around the country.
'With work due to be completed by the end of 2008, Weymouth & Portland will be one of the first venues ready for 2012 keeping us on track to deliver an early legacy of world-class facilities for elite athletes and the local community to use well ahead of 2012.' Chief Executive of the London 2012 Organising Committee, Paul Deighton said: 'This scheme will transform Weymouth and Portland from an existing top class venue into a world class training and competition venue equipped to stage further major international sailing events and competitions after the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The enhancements will also provide new opportunities and facilities to enable people from a wide range of backgrounds and abilities to experience the thrill of sailing. This will leave a legacy of elite and recreational sailing for future generations.'
Jim Knight MP for Dorset, who joined today’s Weymouth & Portland visit, said: 'There is great excitement in Portland and Weymouth that we will be hosting the Olympic and Paralympic Games, it should be no surprise therefore that we are ahead of the rest in being the first to start construction of the 2012 facilities. We will be hosting one of our most successful Olympic and Paralympic sports and will make sure the quality of facilities will match the standard of our competitors.'
Jane Henderson, Chief Executive of the South West RDA which bought the Osprey Quay site in 2000, said: 'The 2012 Games is estimated to bring £1.7 billion to the South West economy. Helping to achieve that is the regeneration of Osprey Quay as a global centre for sailing excellence and a magnet for leisure and marine industries. It will leave a lasting legacy long after 2012 and help unlock the area’s business potential.'
Bill Ludlow Chairman of Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy said: 'I am delighted and extremely proud that the Academy will be first 2012 venue to be completed. Our already impressive facilities have been providing tangible benefits for the UK’s top sailors and the local Dorset community for the last ten years. The Academy’s Olympic legacy programme is already well underway and the completion of these works will deliver an even better sporting facility that is accessible and affordable for all. Great Britain has an outstanding history of sailing excellence and we are keen to provide the means for as many local people as possible to get out on the water and experience this great sport.'
Andy Crawford, Dean & Dyball Regional Managing Director said: 'Dean and Dyball has been involved with many of the south coast’s important projects during our long history of working in the area. It therefore, gives me particular pleasure that we are able to play a key role in what is perhaps one of the most high profile projects to have taken place here in recent times. Looking back in years to come will give all those involved in its construction, a great sense of pride.'
The ODA’s enhancement works at Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy involve reclaiming 18,000m2 of land in front of the venue using 80,000 tonnes of local Portland stone. Approximately 250m of slipways and ramps will then be constructed, together with a new pier offering two yacht lifting cranes. In front of the pier, a new pontoon will be constructed with 70 berths and the enhanced facilities will be protected by a 200m breakwater.
In recognition of the environmental aspects of the design of stage of the ODA’s enhancement works, the project was today awarded the CEEQUAL Excellent Award (Civil Engineering Environmental Quality Assessment and Award Scheme). CEEQUAL assesses the environmental quality of civil engineering projects - a civil engineering equivalent to the BREEAM awards for buildings. The CEEQUAL Excellent Award was today presented to ODA Chief Executive by CEEQUAL Chairman Eric Hughes.
Dean & Reddyhoff, developers for the South West Regional Development Agency (SWRDA), are also well underway on work on a new 560-berth commercial marina at Osprey Quay of which 250 berths will be used during the 2012 Games. The marina will include retail and industrial development bringing enormous social and economic regeneration to the local area.
The London 2012 Organising Committee also announced today that a Sport Competition Manager has been appointed for the Sailing events at Weymouth & Portland during the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Rob Andrews will be responsible for all the planning, organisation and management for the sailing events at the Games, and brings a wealth of experience in Olympic Sailing having been involved with the British team since the 1984 Los Angeles Games. The London Organising Committee is in the process of appointing competition managers for all sports in the Olympic Games and for most of the sports in the Paralympic Games.
Re: 2012 Sailing Venue (Weymouth and Portland) « Reply #4 on Nov 28, 2008, 2:04pm »
First 2012 Olympic venue unveiled
Weymouth and portland
The first purpose-built sporting venue for the London 2012 Olympics has been completed with the end of construction at Weymouth & Portland Sailing Academy.
The £15m complex, which will also host the Paralympics events, was brought in under budget and ahead of schedule.
The world-class facility will play host to 400 athletes competing in 10 Olympic sailing categories.
National Lottery has raised £375m so far for the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, it was announced.
The Olympic Lottery Distributor said it had reached half of the £750m Olympics funding target it intends to raise from sales of specially-designed lottery games.
'Great news'
Ralph Luck, of the Olympic Delivery Authority, will join gold medalist Paul Goodison at the unveiling of the sailing academy later.
The British sailing team's successes at the Beijing Olympics included a haul of six medals, four of them gold.
The early completion of the venue will give Britain's competitors a chance to train "well ahead of 2012", said Lord Coe, who chairs the organising committee.
Paul Goodison, who won gold in the Laser class at Beijing, said: "We save a lot of time travelling around the world when we can get out of bed and it is here on our doorstep.
"It is a fantastic opportunity, not just for myself, but some of the youngsters to see us in 2012 and aspire to 2016."
Councillor Howard Legg, Weymouth and Portland council's special projects portfolio holder, said: "It is ahead of time, on budget and opening today.
"It is great news for the community.
"This is a real local effort, and it is not just people involved with sailing.
"We have hoteliers learning different languages to help welcome people here in their own language."
'Fantastic upgrade'
John Tweed, chief executive of Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy, said: "With these enhanced facilities they [sailors] will really be able to hone their skills before the 2012 games.
"It is just a fantastic upgrade to what is already here."
A 656ft (200m) breakwater protects the new facilities with a new pier offering two yacht-lifting cranes and a pontoon providing 70 berths for race boats.
The start of construction, using 70,000 tonnes of Portland stone, was delayed to avoid disrupting the nesting season of over-wintering birds around the local coastline.
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