Work on the town’s £31m leisure and community “heart” began more than two years ago.
And as these photos show, it shouldn’t be long now before the new complex is up and running.
Due to open next spring, it is situated in the heart of Redcar, near the railway station.
Attractions currently under construction include swimming pools, a wave simulator, a cafe, a register officer, fitness suites and conference facilities.
Redcar and Cleveland Council says it will create and safeguard about 260 jobs and provide a state-of-the-art place to get fit, have fun, do business, grab coffee and even get married.
In addition, the council chambers, the mayor’s parlour and small and medium sized business facilities will be lthere.
Most of the steel for the building’s frame has come from the Teesside Beam Mill at Lackenby, famous for providing beams for the likes of Canary Wharf, Heathrow Airport’s Terminal 5 and the new World Trade Centre in New York.
Former Olympic and world champion triple jumper Jonathan Edwards came to Redcar in October 2011 to officially get work under way.
He was joined at the ceremony by two home-grown sporting stars - world champion mountain biker Danny Hart and world paratriathlete Charlotte Ellis. And in April 2012, the borough’s former mayor Councillor Olwyn Peters officially dug the first sod at the site.
The building’s frame comprises more than 4,500 steel beams and columns, held in place with 41,000 bolts.
Cllr Peters, now the council’s cabinet member for culture, leisure and tourism, said the scheme brings the total amount invested into Redcar’s redevelopment to more than £100m.
Most of the funding is from external sources, with the Community Heart largely financed by the European Regional Development Fund.
She said: “We have a superb civic centre that we believe will help drive the development of the entire borough for residents and visitors.”
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