Tottenham has been paying as much as £3.8M per week in wages to construction workers.GETTY IMAGES
Tottenham has been forced to "cough up" more in weekly wages to construction workers at its new stadium than it pays its entire playing squad, according to Duncan Wright of THE SUN. The club had to call in extra labor "to help speed up the delivery" of its delayed £850M ($1.11B) ground. That left a bill of "as much as" £3.8M ($5M) a week in wages to workers -- 50% more than the club pays its players. At the peak of demand in August, there were "as many as 3,800 people clocking in on site across the two shifts" through the day and night. Some electricians are believed to have been collecting £400 ($522) per day helping to rewire the "critical safety systems which were found to be faulty." Industry publication Construction Enquirer calculated that on average, workers on the site were being paid £1,000 ($1,305) per week over a period in August. Mace, the construction company managing the project, disputes the exact figures "on the basis large numbers are sub-contracted under an agreed price" (THE SUN, 9/12).
HARINGEY APPEAL: THE ARCHITECTS' JOURNAL's Ella Jessel reported Tottenham launched an appeal over Haringey Council's "failure to make a decision on its proposals to build homes on a site next to its north London stadium." The football club submitted an application in January, drawn up by F3 Architects, to develop the parcel of land near its White Hart Lane stadium. The proposals include 330 homes alongside retail, office space and a revamped public square. But Haringey "has still not made a decision on the project," dubbed the "Goods Yard," prompting the club to lodge an appeal with the planning inspectorate on grounds of "non-determination" (THE ARCHITECTS' JOURNAL, 9/12).
