Redevelopment will include new hotel and redevloped stand
Sisk has been confirmed as main contractor on a £42m scheme to redevelop Edgbaston cricket ground in Birmingham ahead of the 2027 Ashes against Australia.
It will involve building a new hotel at the site as well as redeveloping a stand at the ground in time for the Test match against Australia next summer.
The job, which has been designed by Liverpool architect KKA, will see a 146-bed Radisson Red hotel built while the current Priory and Raglan Stands will be replaced with a 3,191-seat stand, alongside a new concourse.
Others working on the job, which is part of the Edgbaston Masterplan, include PM and QS Arcadis, structural engineer Robert Bird and executive project manager Quadro Management. Planning consultant is Turley while the M&E engineer is Griffith Evans.
The hotel is expected to have 60,000 guests every year and Craig Flindall, Edgbaston strategy director, said: “Cricket will always stay at the heart of our thinking. But it’s important we develop a stadium that operates all year round.”
West Midlands Combined Authority is backing the project with an £18m loan.
The job is the latest sports stadia scheme for Sisk, which is coming to the end of its work at Manchester City’s North Stand expansion. The firm is also in the frame to carry out redevelopment work at Leeds United’s Elland Road ground.
Meanwhile, Ellmer is carrying out work to build a new stand at Lord’s in London also in time for next year’s Ashes.
The work on the Allen Stand will increase capacity at the ground by more than 1,000 and is due to finish next spring.
The Byrne Group subsidiary was chosen for the job, let as a single stage, fixed-price scheme, last summer after the client, Marylebone Cricket Club, failed to agree a figure for the work with original contractor Graham.
Graham had been lined up to redevelop both the Tavern stand and demolish and rebuild the Allen stand. The project had an estimated cost of £60m.
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