The
company, KPH Construction and Retrop Limited, was responsible for the
sports facilities at the indoor sports hall and outside courts of the
Lagos State Sports Council and the Sir Omolade Okoya - Thomas Indoor
sportshall as well as the Volleyball courts of the Teslim Balogun
Stadium.
"Happy
with all the feedback.It has been very positive, people like the floor,
they believe that we met all the standards for quality and even in the
execution and delivery."We were able to complete the project before the
commencement of the 18th National Sports Festival tagged EKO 2012
Games"."We are using World Class international certified sports floors and we
did the indoor multi purpose halls both at the Teslim Balogun Stadium
and at the Lagos State Sports Coucil, Rowe Park, Yaba and the Mobolaji
Johnson Indoor Sports hall."They meet all international standards".
Its
General Manager, Ngozi Porter, said the company was has happy with the
positive feedback the company had received from sports administrators
who commended the company for meeting all the standards
for quality in the execution and delivery of the sports facilities at
the Lagos State Sports Council and Teslim Balogun Stadium, stressing
that the company was able to complete the project before the Games
started on the 27th of November, 2012.
"It
reduces injuries from impact when you are playing on floor like
this.There is less injury to the athletes.Most people by the time they
finish playing one or two set on the hard surface, they are tired but on
this kind of floor, it is minimize to the bearest minimum."These are
cushioned floors, so thy are more specialized and they meet all
international standards in term of friction and bounds.It also helps to
reduce injuries on the athletes when they play on such standardized
floors" she explained.
Porter,
who encouraged the Lagos State Government to make use of the facilities
for the various sports competition such as the School Sports
competition, Inter - Tertiary Games among other tournaments, said the
engineered hard wooden sports floors which was designed for a guaranteed
of minimum of five years above, said the wooden floor would reduce
injuries and also help the Lagos State athletes to excel when playing on
similar facilities at major international competitions, adding that the
outdoor floors are specialized cushioned floors that meet all
international standards in terms of friction and bounds.
The
General Manager, who explained that they used rebound ace HSA club
Outside cushioned sports floors for the outside courts and Haro indoor
Multi purpose sports flooring for the indoor sports hall, said they
would continue to work with the Lagos State Government in a bid to
promote grassroot sports and also to encourage them to maintain the
facilities, adding that the company would soon engage itself in
aggressive advertisement to make the public know much about the company.
"The
beauty is that because we are using the kind of floors used at
international competitions.When our athletes play on them they would be
used to it."So when they go abroad to compete at international events,
they won't have that issue of playing on unfamiliar floors"
Porter, said the management of KPH construction and Retrop Limited had been reaching to
other states governments especially those that have such plans to host
similar competition like the National Sports Festival in a bid to spread
its tentacle across the country.
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