The proposed National Sports Campus at Abbotstown in Dublin is likely to cost significantly more than the €119 million originally forecast.
This figure is based on estimates from 2004, and the National Sports Campus Development Authority is reviewing the figure and assessing more accurate costings. It will then submit final proposals on the sports campus to the government.
The Sunday Business Post has learned that the architecture team for the first phase of the campus will be paid €8 million. The design team is made up of Faulkner Browns, a British architecture firm, and the Holohan Group, the Irish leisure company.
Project manager Davis Langton PKS, an Irish quality surveying and cost management company, will receive €2.5 million for their services.
Seamus Brennan, the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, last week announced details of the first phase of the campus, which will include facilities for the GAA, the IRFU, the FAI and about 30other sports bodies.
The architects and the project managers will now begin a period of consultation with the various sporting governing bodies, before seeking formal planning permission for the stadium. Phase one is due to be completed within three to four years.
It will contain a national field sports training centre, a national indoor training centre and on-site accommodation for athletes. There will also be facilities for sports science, as well as 16 seven-a-side synthetic pitches for local clubs.
Brennan has also asked the National Sports Campus Development Authority to narrow down options for the facilities that will be included in phase two of the development.
He is also considering a request from Athletics Ireland to include a 200-metre indoor track.
Sunday Business Post
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