Rio Olympic Village Nears Completion

(ATR) The construction company responsible for the delivery of the athlete’s village says the project is 85 percent complete.

Ilha Pura is in charge of the thirty-one highrise buildings that must be completed by March when Rio 2016 takes over to prepare the buildings for the Games. The company also said the village will open on time, on July 24, 2016.

"Workers are focusing the final phase on the construction site," Mauricio Cruz, general director of Ilha Pura, said to world media.

"Eighty-five percent of the work has been completed. To make them feel more comfortable, the buildings include wider doors and elevators capable of handling up to two wheelchairs at the same time."

Close to 18,000 athletes will reside in the village, and Ilha Pura said in a release, the buildings have been designed "according to international standards of accessibility." Buildings will feature doors and corridors that can accommodate two wheelchairs, and all barriers to entry have been eliminated.

When Rio 2016 takes over the progress, it will begin installing the furnishings for the Olympic village to prepare for the athletes arrival next year.

Responsibility Matrix Update Pushed Back

The third update to the Rio 2016 responsibility matrix will be delivered in August after the one year to go celebrations.

According to a report in O Globo, the report was due at the end of July, but pushed back to August after the celebrations.

The responsibility matrix outlines the budgets and deadlines for 56 projects related to the Olympic project. In January, 25 percent of projects still did not have a strict budget or completion date. The total cost for the projects was $2.05 billion, in January. Large infrastructure projects such as the Line 4 metro line are no included in the matrix.

Written by Aaron Bauer

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