Belhasa Projects (BHP), the UAE-based multi-faceted contracting company, supplied and installed six running tracks of a total area of more than 60,000 sq m for ongoing Commonwealth Games (CWG) in New Delhi.

The company installed the tracks at six different locations including the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, the main stadium for CWG and the  first  athletics  track  in  India  to  be  given  a  Class 1 Certificate  by  the International  Association  of  Athletics  Federation (IAAF).

“We are delighted to have worked on a project of such massive scale. The work started in the beginning of the year at the Thyagaraj Stadium in New Delhi,” explained Albert Joseph, business development manager, Belhasa Projects.

“We employed a core team of ten employees and a support crew of 35 during the peak times. The single most challenge was the  weather, we  started  laying  in fairly  reasonable  dry conditions of 28 degrees but  very  quickly in  May  through  July, the  temperatures  rose  to  above  40 degrees.”

“Then, in  August, the  monsoons  came  which  resulted  in  some  of the  highest  rainfall  figures  that  have  ever  been  recorded. However, we managed to complete the work on time, with the last track being laid at the Delhi University,” he added.

BHP used Conipur MX, an IAAF certified superior quality sports surfacing system to build the tracks. It is a high performance, impermeable, full pour; three layer athletic track and field sports system. The tracks are applied in-situ (not pre-fabricated) and are seamless and have a granular surface. – TradeArabia News Service