Construction companies are being invited to apply for the contract to enhance Rowing facilities for the 2012 Games.

The Eton College Rowing Centre at Dorney Lake near Windsor, Berkshire, will host the Olympic rowing and canoe/kayak flatwater events, and the Paralympic rowing events in 2012. Set in a 450-acre parkland within the grounds of Eton College, the venue currently consists of a 2,200-metre, eight-lane rowing lake, return lanes, and associated competition facilities.

The venue's existing facilities will be enhanced to provide improved facilities for athlete warm-up and Canoe/Kayak flatwater events during the 2012 Games. The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) has now put the contract out to tender for companies to deliver the enhancement works which include: the installation of a new 50-metre span bridge over a widened entrance to the rowing return lane for two-way vehicular traffic and segregated pedestrian traffic; construction of a cut-through between the competition rowing lane and the return lanes, with a new bridge over the cut-through and the upgrade of the existing gravel/stone access road up to the competition venue to facilitate construction works


David Higgins, ODA Chief Executive said: "2012 will be about more than just London, it will be a nationwide Games, delivering enhanced facilities to a number of existing venues around the country. This contract is chance for construction companies to enhance Eton College Rowing Centre and deliver first-class facilities for the world’s best athletes in 2012."

(CD/JM)