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Twickenham East Stand development is more than £10m over budget as RFU blame ‘bomb blast requirements’ for spiralling costs

The RFU have blamed ‘bomb blast design requirements’ as one of the reasons for their East Stand development at Twickenham spiralling more than £10million over budget.

The project to bring all Twickenham’s booming corporate hospitality business under one roof was expected to cost £55m before it opens for this year’s autumn internationals.

But the proposed spend has now risen to £65.5m and could go higher because of the need to make the structure capable of withstanding a terrorist bomb attack. There are also extra fire safety requirements for the building’s cladding following the Grenfell disaster.

The RFU have blamed u2018bomb blast' measures for their East Stand work being over budget
The RFU have blamed ‘bomb blast' measures for their East Stand work being over budget

To add to Twickenham concerns are findings from a health and safety audit by the British Safety Council.