A pre-construction services agreement (PCSA) for a design and build contract is to be signed and both parties will work to develop a detailed design and delivery programme for the 拢500m project.
The club and contractor are familiar with each other; Everton鈥檚 stadium development director is former Laing O'Rourke project leader Colin Chong.
In December 2019, Everton revealed its final stadium designs ahead of the submission of a detailed planning application, which is expected to be determined by Liverpool City Council in the summer of 2020. [See our previous report here.]
Work on the new stadium, designed by architect Dan Meis, is expected to start later this year, subject to planning consent, and take three years to complete.
The proposed waterfront stadium comprises of four distinctive stands, including a large, steep 鈥榟ome end鈥� to seat 13,000 specators.
Everton chief executive Denise Barrett-Baxendale said: 鈥淎ppointing Laing O鈥橰ourke is another important step towards delivering a new world-class waterfront stadium for Everton.
鈥淲e are partnering with an organisation who bring a wealth of experience and a track-record of quality, sustainability and global delivery, including major investment projects right here in Liverpool.
鈥淭here is still a lot of work to do on this project. Working alongside colleagues at Laing O鈥橰ourke we will develop our construction programme, while at the same time continuing to engage with our supporters on a number of matters as we await our planning application to be determined by Liverpool City Council.鈥澛犅犅�
Laing O鈥橰ourke director Paul McNerney said: 鈥淲e are delighted that Everton has chosen our team to work alongside the Club and local community to deliver The People鈥檚 Project. We recognise the transformative impact the project will bring to the Club, to the city and to the many people who will be part of this exciting journey.
鈥淟aing O鈥橰ourke has a long track record of delivering sport stadia, utilising our unique engineering and manufacturing capabilities, all of which will now underpin this scheme.
鈥淥ur local team, supply chain and consultant partners have worked with us across many major schemes in Liverpool including Liverpool One, Alder Hey Children鈥檚 Hospital and Clatterbridge Cancer Centre. The People鈥檚 Project will allow us to advance our commitment to training, skills and careers in the area 鈥� and to support Everton in the Community in their wonderful life-changing and life-saving work.鈥�
Previous Laing O鈥橰ourke stadium projects include the expansion of Manchester City鈥檚 Etihad stadium in 2014/15.
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