The Enquirer revealed last month that BAM had beaten its rivals to the high profile job.
Work will involve converting an 80 acre site adjacent to the Etihad Stadium into a state of the art youth development and first team training facility.
BAM is due to complete the project in time for the 2014/15 Premier League season and the club has vowed to award 70% of work to local suppliers and subcontractors.
The City Football Academy will include:
- A new Academy for up to 400 young players with classrooms for 200
- On site accommodation for junior and senior players
- 16.5 football pitches, 12 of them dedicated to players aged from 8 to 21
- A state of the art first team building with changing rooms, gym, refectory and injury and rehab centre
- A 7000 capacity stadium for youth matches
- Staff offices and a dedicated media centre
- A bridge linking the site to the Etihad Stadium and the rest of the Etihad Campus
Man City CEO Ferran Soriano said: “Today is an extremely important day for the future of Manchester City Football Club.
“We are now in a position, after four years of research and planning, to execute that strategy and we are delighted to join with BAM who will play a large part in helping us to do so.”
BAM Chief Executive Graham Cash said: “Our customers value BAM because our people do whatever it takes to deliver our customers’ expectations.
“We are delighted to be part of the team that will deliver the City Football Academy and we will work hard to play our part in delivering MCFC’s vision of both developing the players of the future and helping to regenerate the community of East Manchester.
Remediation work on the site over the past year has already created 49 local jobs and a minimum of 160 further construction jobs will be available for which a minimum 70% local recruitment target has been set.
The club is also committed to sourcing supplies locally with a 70% target for local firms in the new scheme.
Local businesses wishing to be considered as preferred suppliers should email the club at supplyenquiry@mcfc.co.uk .
Alternatively they can visit during office hours, the Construction Information Centre which is located on Ashton Old Road from September 14.
