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Iconic: How the Lusail Stadium will look
A Birmingham city centre architect has helped slash construction costs at a Qatar World Cup stadium. The project is the Lusail Stadium,
which will be used for the opening game of the 2022 World Cup. The architect involved is AFL, which has an office in Newhall Street, and whose value engineering team has cut the £1bn original cost of the stadium by a massive 35 per cent. The 80,000 seater stadium is
being built in a new city, Lusail, about 15 miles north of Doha. It
was originally designed by British architect Foster + Partners and is being built by Qatar-based HBK Contracting and China Railway Construction Corporation. The stadium is due to be
completed next year. Before work began, AFL’s experts were asked to perform a full creative and technical review of the original concept. This led to an optimised final
design that was much cheaper than the original, which found its inspiration in the ancient Arab skill
Marie gears up to ride for leukaemia charity
A cancer patient is to undertake the 100-mile Birmingham velo cycle ride in aid of Cure Leukaemia Marie Sams, a 38-year-old operations manager at Coventry University, was
inspired after seeing fellow former leukaemia patients Mark Nicholas and Jenna Ostrowski cycle from London to Paris to raise funds for Cure Leukaemia. She said: “I had been looking to do something for Cure Leukaemia for a
while, but I am not a runner, and, to be honest, not much of a cyclist either. However, I’m ready to take on the challenge. “I was following the progress of Cure Leukaemia’s L2P ride on Twitter and
noticed that both Mark and Jenna completed the distance having undergone treatment for leukaemia. “That inspired me to do something for the
charity, and Velo seemed the perfect fit. “Having said that, I hadn’t actually
ridden a bike for any length of time since I was eight-years-old, but my friend has also put her name forward and that really helps.” Marie was treated for leukaemia in
2016 and eventually underwent a cord blood stem cell transplant at Birmingham’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital. “I wanted to raise funds for Cure
Leukaemia because the work of their specialist nurses is incredible and remains fundamental to the care and wellbeing of patients both before and after stem cell transplant.” The velo takes place on
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Fundraiser: Marie Sams
Johnny Giles, Brain Little, Malcolm Page, Matt Murray, Tony Brown, Garry Pendrey, John Richards, Graham Williams, Kenny Hibbitt Gordon Cowans, Tony Morley Gary Shaw
Five-time winner of the Soccer Speaker of the Year award: and top after dinner comedian: entertained an audience of 350 people and the dinner raised £10,000 for the charity.
For further information on how Route 39 can help raise funds for charities and clubs, please contact us on: 01902 244220
of bowl weaving. Its outer profile is based on the sails of a dhow boat. The circular stadium is encircled
by a moat, and six bridges will enable spectators to gain access. John Roberts, sports director of
AFL Architects, said: “The developed design and delivery of Lusail Stadium marks an important milestone for AFL Architects. Following the opening of our Qatar office in 2013, our involvement on this project represents the pinnacle of our international journey so far.”
Sector Focus
Wasps back fire service scheme
A group of students have been given first-hand experience of how emergency crews deal with a car crash. The students visited
Bickenhill Community Fire Station for the demonstration and afterwards took part in a hazard perception test, wearing a visual headset to test their decision making. They also experienced the
fire station’s specialised disaster response training room, where they were tasked with locating bodies within a replica of a demolished building, and rescuing them. The visit was part of an
initiative called ‘HITZ’, involving Coventry-based rugby team Wasps and West Midlands Fire Service (WMFS), and aimed at helping the region’s young people back into education or to find a job.
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