World Cup Brazil 2014

When cities were applying to FIFA and CBF to be a host of games in the World Cup 2014, all they had to present was an artistic design of the future stadiums (besides, of course, evidences that the city would be financially capable of building the stadium and implementing all the necessary urban infrastructure).

Based on such artistic designs, FIFA and CBF elected the twelve host cities of 2014.

Now, the cities have to produce not only artistic, but actual projects. As all the twelve stadiums  will have to be built or rebuilt, all the stadium owners  had to contract archictecture and design firms to work on the real project.

According to the Portal Transparency of the Cup 2014, the prices of the Projects are:

A comprehensive Project involves researching, planning and implementing all aspects of infrastructure, illumination,  acoustic, waste treatment, urban legislation, accessibility, environment and more.

This broad reach of tasks could be a explanation for such a wide variation in the estimated cost of projects; however, there may be also other reasons.

Yesterday, for example, the Government of Natal cancelled the contracts with the firms hired to design the Arena das Dunas Complex. The reason was that the Public Procurement found the cost of R$ 27 millions to be excessive, and demanded explanations.

The explanation of the Natal Local Committee was that the project was chartered to the same firm which had prepared the artistic design, and hence, “there would no need for a bidding process”. The absence of competition, of course, permitted the architecture office to skyrocket their prices. The Local Committee realized that their position was unbearable, and decided to cancel the contract.

At least in this case, some public money was saved, but Natal is now running the serious risk of being ruled out of the World Cup.

This entry was posted on Thursday, July 22nd, 2010 at 3:23 pm and is filed under business, stadium.