Main structure of Winter Olympic Village to be completed by end of September

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Construction for the main structure of the Winter Olympic Village in Beijing's Yanqing district will be completed by the end of September, according to Beijing Uni.-Construction Group. 

The constructor launched a "big contest" of construction in the National Speed Skating Oval on Monday. The "big contest" involves 11 key construction projects, including a housing project for workers in Beijing's sub-center, Beijing Ice Sport Training Base, Winter Olympics Yanqing PPP project, National Speed Skating Oval, and Yanqing-Chongli Expressway. 

The timetable for each project was announced at the ceremony. The north part of the housing project is to be completed by June 30, and the south part is to be completed by the end of December. 

The completion time for a number of Winter Olympics projects was also confirmed. The Beijing Ice Sport Training Base is scheduled to complete at the end of September this year. The construction of the entire Winter Olympic Village and the Mountain News Center are scheduled to finish by the end of April 2021. 

According to Tan Xiaolong, project manager of the Winter Olympic Village and Mountain News Center, the Olympic village will accommodate the athletes in Yanqing district, providing a total number of 1,759 beds. After the games, the Olympic village will be transformed into a skiing resort, and the news center will be converted into a spa center.

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