St Albans City and District Council has appointed two design teams to project manage the construction of a tennis centre and clubhouses for the bowls and golf clubs at the Batchwood Golf and Tennis Centre, St Albans.

These will replace the tennis centre and the bowls clubhouse which were destroyed by a fire in August last year.

Cambridge-based Saunders Boston will be responsible for project managing the pre-contract and construction phases for the new bowls and golf clubhouses. The development is set to be completed by Autumn 2012.

The Council has already completed re-turfing of the bowls green and repair work to the surrounding paths ready for play to begin again in May as part of the new bowling season.

Separately, the Council has also appointed Drivers Jonas Deloitte to handle the pre-contract and construction phases of the new tennis centre. The company is already overseeing design of the new Westminster Lodge Leisure Centre development and the planned sports facilities at Cotlandswick. The aim is to deliver a new tennis centre in Autumn 2013.