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Costs like materials, the scope of the stadium and import duties led to the jump in budget, costs felt equally by all the stadium construction teams. The original budget started at R1,9-billion in 2007, and escalated to R3,3-billion by the end. вЂњBut despite this, I think we have given value for money.вЂќ The major challenge has been making the budget stretch as far as it can, says Van Bebber. The flushing of the urinals is programmed, releasing water in tune to the use of the toilets. Water collected in the moat around the field is used to water the field, and excess water is used to flush the toilets. Materials from dismantled sections of the old stadium were re-used. Van Bebber is particularly proud of the fact that all seats have a good view of the field. The moat and the curved geometry of the edges of the field have been retained. All sides now have covered stands, with two levels of VIP boxes and suites running completely around the stadium. The old stadium had only one grandstand, on its western side, with the other three sides simply banked seats. Van Bebber says that very little of the old remodelled FNB Stadium was kept. It was a foregone conclusion.Д«oogertman were ready with seven different proposals, among them a design acknowledging the cityвЂ™s disappearing mine dumps the kgotla, defined by the tree, of the African city state the African map as a horizontal representation, with the roof of the stadium depicted as a desert plane set within the mineral wealth of southern Africa and a representation of the national flower, the protea. So when South Africa was announced as the venue for the 2010 world cup in 2004, the firm was asked for its design. He had been working on a stadium design since 2001, believing that South Africa would win the bid to host the 2010 FIFA World Cupв„ў. Van Bebber has previously been involved in the design of office towers, a beach resort in Dubai, retail developments, a parkade, sections of OR Tambo International Airport, and EmperorвЂ™s Casino in Benoni.

They have picked up awards for the design of the Parktown Quarter, the Irene Village Mall, the Blu Bird Centre, and the Bigen Centre in Pretoria. Their designs range from hotels, shopping centres, office parks and showrooms, to industrial parks and homes and palaces. The firm has been around for 25 years, with offices in Johannesburg, Pretoria, Durban, Cape Town, Dubai and Mauritius. The company is ranked first in South Africa and Africa and 63rd in the world for 2008, according to the World Architecture Magazine. Van Bebber is an architect at Boogertman Urban Edge & Partners. A funeral service was held for Communist Party leader Chris Hani, who was assassinated in Boksburg in 1993, in the old stadium. In 1990 Nelson Mandela was welcomed back to his home town, Johannesburg, at the stadium that this one replaces.

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вЂњA visit to the stadium will thus provide one with a full history of the World Cup and all its scores.вЂќ вЂњThese are representative of the road to the final, and it is hoped that, after the World Cup, the scores of each game at each venue will be placed in pre-cast concrete panels on the podium,вЂќ reads the statement. Nine vertical lines run through the seats and through the facade, aligning with the other nine 2010 stadia, as well as the Berlin Stadium, where the 2006 World Cup was held. Symbolism has been built into the stadium.

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