The $13.6 million Shoalhaven Indoor Sports Stadium is taking shape.
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The huge metal frame, which will contain four multipurpose sports courts, including a show court with seating for 600 people and a large mezzanine area among other facilities, is well and truly out of the ground.
Midweek, Zauner Construction, who are building the massive structure for Shoalhaven City Council, said the framework was 95 per cent complete.
Between 20 and 30 workers are on site each day, with Zauner and fellow contractors Coastwide Site Services and Hutchins Bros from Albury completing the frame and roof structure.
It is anticipated work on the roof will start after Easter.
Already between 150 and 200 tonnes of steel has gone into constructing the frameworks.
Around 1000 cubic metres of concrete have been poured for the floor surface, while a further 250 cubic metres of concrete was used in the construction of the mezzanine area.
And best of all, thanks to a recent run of dry weather (apart from the past few days and as short period of rain last month), work on construction is ahead of schedule.
The construction also includes large storage areas, an administration area, creche, other facilities and the associated car and bus parking.
The stadium is being built on Artie Smith Oval, next to the existing Bomaderry Basketball Stadium, with the complexes to eventually be joined by a walkway, providing six courts.
The new complex will cater for basketball, volleyball, indoor football (soccer), netball and badminton. It will also be suitable for many other sports users and programs.
Once completed, the much-anticipated project that has been in the planning for many years, will be able to host regional, state and national events, bringing valuable sports tourism money into the city.
Construction and commissioning of the sports centre is expected to take approximately 18-20 months, with the facility opening in mid 2019.