{"id":56633,"date":"2015-10-26T11:32:09","date_gmt":"2015-10-26T09:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/2015\/10\/louis-berger-to-modernize-cameroonian-stadiums-ahead-of-2016-africa-women-cup-of-nations-2019-africa-cup-of-nations\/"},"modified":"2015-10-26T11:32:09","modified_gmt":"2015-10-26T09:32:09","slug":"louis-berger-to-modernize-cameroonian-stadiums-ahead-of-2016-africa-women-cup-of-nations-2019-africa-cup-of-nations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/louis-berger-to-modernize-cameroonian-stadiums-ahead-of-2016-africa-women-cup-of-nations-2019-africa-cup-of-nations\/","title":{"rendered":"Louis Berger to modernize Cameroonian stadiums ahead of 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations, 2019 Africa Cup of Nations"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n PARIS, France, October 26, 2015\/APO (African Press Organization)\/ —
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Louis Berger announced it is providing project management oversight for the modernization of several stadiums in Yaound\u00e9, Cameroon\u2019s capital and host city of the 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations and the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations men’s tournament.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe are honored to support Cameroon’s infrastructure needs ahead of two of Africa’s most prestigious sporting events,\u201d said Jacques Blanc, Louis Berger\u2019s director general delegate in Africa. \u201cThese stadium modernizations will give Yaound\u00e9 world-class sports facilities befitting the top talent that will play there over the next four years.”\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The project includes the modernization of two 1,000-seat training arenas, part of the multi-purpose Ahmadou Ahidjo stadium. The firm is also rehabilitating a 2,000-seat military arena located in Ngoa Ekelle. They will be modernized according to the standards of the Conf\u00e9d\u00e9ration Africaine de Football (CAF) and the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de Football Associations (FIFA) and will feature improved playgrounds, new tribunes, changing rooms and lavatories, among other amenities.<\/p>\n

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As part of the contract’s first phase, Louis Berger prepared architectural and engineering studies for the modernization effort. Cameroon’s Ministry of Public Tenders has already approved the findings of studies for six out of the project\u2019s eight specific objectives. Based on the firm\u2019s input, the client tendered the construction works. They will soon start under Louis Berger\u2019s supervision.<\/p>\n

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Louis Berger has been working in Africa for more than 50 years and has nearly 25 years of experience in Cameroon. The company currently has 10 ongoing projects in Cameroon and has completed more than 25 projects over the years. Successful project implementations have focused on institutional strengthening, public administration capacity building and training,\u00a0 pre-feasibility and feasibility studies, urban and regional transportation planning, as well as project management and construction supervision.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PARIS, France, October 26, 2015\/APO (African Press Organization)\/ — Louis Berger announced it is providing project management oversight for the modernization of several stadiums in Yaound\u00e9, Cameroon\u2019s capital and host city of the 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations and the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations men’s tournament. \u201cWe are honored to support Cameroon’s infrastructure […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4584],"tags":[428,4585,830],"class_list":{"0":"post-56633","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-africa-news-2","7":"tag-africa","8":"tag-apo","9":"tag-news","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56633\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}