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Ethiopia Construction of US$ 94m stadium to commence soon The Ethiopian government has signed a US$ 94m agreement that will see the commencement of the construction of a 60,000 seat modern national stadium that will enable the country host the Olympic Games in the future. Minister for Youth and Sports, Mr. Redwan Hussien confirmed the reports and said that the sports sector is fully committed to the project and that it will be carried out within 900 days by the Chinese State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC). “We as the sports ministry are fully supportive to this mega project and we anticipate that it will enable us host the Olympic Games in future,” Mr. Hussein said. He further said that the Chinese company was selected based on its quality service and its experiences in similar projects in other countries. The stadium will be enormous as it will have the capacity to have parking for about 10,000 cars at a time and the upper part of the stadium will have a fiber glass structure. This is not the only stadium that is set to change Ethiopia’s look; Bahir Dar, Hawassa, Makalle, Nekemte, Assosa, Woldia, Dire Dawa and Gambella are among the stadiums which have already began hosting national and international tournaments. According to the Public Relations Ministry, various sports academies and facilities are also under construction and much focus is also given to the construction of sports training centers and academies in GTP II. CSCEC is one of the most integrated construction and real estate conglomerates in China. 8
Kenya Davis & Shirtliff creates Kenya’s first interactive water playpark at Garden City Mall
Rwanda Nobelia Tower construction project accorded Green Star The proposed 19-storey Nobelia Tower construction project in Rwanda has been awarded a 6-Star Green Star building rating by the Green Building Council of Rwanda. This comes after the
"The combination of slides, rides, and dancing fountains is a recent phenomena that has been developed at, so far, fewer than 20 children's playgrounds worldwide, but has been shown to be a source of huge entertainment and children's delight," said Alec Davis, CEO of Davis & ShirtliffEast Africa's leading supplier of water and energy equipment. The new fountain water play park is part of a three acre site at the Garden City Mall with play areas for children. The water spurts in an orchestrated sequence erupting at different heights, seeing children chase across the area as the pop-out jets shoot higher and higher before it all goes momentarily quiet, and then the fountains begin to bubble over again. “Thewater park area has also been equipped with state of the art water toys, water jets, cascade water features and a water play area with soft flooring to prevent kids from slipping and getting injuries,” said Davis & Shirtliff Pools Manager Stephen Muhia. The water from the park is circulated througha Dayliff water treatment system to the water jets, which fire the water through various nozzles into the air and it is then collected and send back to the pump room, where it is filtered, treated and pumped afresh to the water play area.
Egypt
Plans to construct a million houses to curb shortage
completion of the final design of the planned 11,469m2 building, making it the first Rwandabased development to achieve the highest certification in green building standards. The project owner, WSP Parsons
Brinckerhoff,
multidisciplinary
a
engineering
firm was currently lobbying for funding to proceed with construction. “We are very proud of the 6-Star rating achievement. At the beginning of the project, the owner’s brief was to produce a design that would set the bar for green buildings in the country and we have certainly done this,” said Eloshan Naicker, Green by
Egypt plans to construct a million houses for the poor and low income
Design sustainability consultant.
earners to curb the current housing shortage being witnessed in the
Eudes
country. According to Egyptian housing minister Mustafa Madbouly
Building Council, Rwanda said
the mega project is expected to cost almost US$20 billion over the next five years in order to ease a crunch that has seen slums and unlicensed buildings spread since the 2011 revolt. In Egypt the current
Kayumba
of
Green
that the building would be a model for future sustainable
population stands at about 90 million and the government officials
development.
have projected the population to exceed 120 million by the year 2050.
commencement of the project,
Currently many Egyptians live in sprawling slums and the country is
the Green Building Council of
struggling to build enough houses for the poorest in society. So many people live in a network of tombs in Cairo that the area has become known as the City of the Dead. Housing Minister Mustafa Madbouly
During
the
Rwanda was still at its infancy therefore a local context report
in a statement said that the country needs to construct about 500,000-
had to be initiated in a bid to
600,000 new homes a year to keep up with demand, 70 percent of
establish the groundwork for the
which should be aimed at the poor. The social housing project will
Green Star and put in place the
see 200,000 new homes built each year, meeting over half the annual
right standards for the climate
demand for cheap housing.
and environment in Rwanda. February 2016