The installation process for the lighting apparatus at the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) National Training Centre in Providence officially commenced yesterday.
The arrival of the equipment signalled the start of that aspect of the project at the Providence facility, which is being funded by the world governing body, the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA).
The US$1.1 million floodlight installation project is being sponsored through the FIFA FORWARD program, which was launched back in 2016 by FIFA President Gianni Infantino during his visit to Guyana. The project will be undertaken by the United States-based company Musco Sport Lighting, following a tender process.
The lighting specialist company, which has completed similar projects in Guyana, was the successful bidder in the FIFA centralized international procurement process. They will engineer, manufacture, and install a four-pole energy-efficient floodlighting structure designed to produce the appropriate lighting quality and standards for international matches and withstand a wind speed of 85 mph.
The GFF National Training Centre, which is Guyana’s first exclusive football facility, is funded through the FIFA Forward Programme. The facility has an all-weather regulation-sized artificial grass pitch, dorms for youth teams, along with other facilities, and is classified as the official home of football in Guyana.
