The pools for the upcoming Olympic Swim Trials in Omaha have made the trip from Genoa, Italy to the River City. They just don't look like pools yet.

At the moment, they are in the form of 30,000 pounds of materials aboard trucks.

Crews will begin unloading the cargo on Friday and by the end of the month, those bits and pieces will take the shape of two Olympic-sized pools.

Harold Cliff, the chief operating officer of the Olympic Swim Trials says, "There's several hundred thousand parts to this operation."

Those parts originated in Genoa and will ultimately be fashioned into two 50 meter pools. One will be used for practice and the other will host the actual swim trials.

Avid swimmers like Steve Torneten can't wait.

"Oh yeah, I wouldn't miss it," he said. "It's a unique thing to Omaha so why would I miss that. It's putting Omaha on the map."

Werner Enterprises coordinated the trek, moving everything but the water. It was a tricky process, involving railways, boats and the Italian government.

Craig Stoffel, vice president of Werner global logistics says, "Some of the containers contain some hazardous materials so there's some extensive customs work and exams involved."

The pool pieces have traveled 5,300 miles across ocean and land in order to land at the Qwest Center. It took six weeks from start to finish.

Once the parts are unloaded, concrete sections will form the shape of the pools and then steel support will be added.

Harold Cliff says, "It'll take about five to eight days to install before we actually get the water part pulled in."

A crew of 20 will work 16 hour days until the pools are completed. That should be by the end of the month.

Derek Leathers, President of Werner global logistics says, "We're just excited and happy to be a part of it. We think at Werner, this is a great event for Omaha. And we think we have a responsibility to be a good corporate citizen so we donated a portion of the cost to get the pools here."

The total cost of transport was more than $40,000.