London Olympic Stadium Roof Construction

The arena was built under the former millennium dome.

London olympic stadium roof construction.

Cowi previously flint neill limited was appointed by principal contractor balfour beatty to provide erection engineering services for the deconstruction of the original roof of the london olympic stadium and subsequent construction of a new long span replacement roof for what is now. The o2 arena is a multi purpose indoor arena in the centre of the o2 entertainment complex on the greenwich peninsula in southeast london. It will be the prime stadium for the london 2012 olympic and paralympic games. Steelwork contractor for the redevelopment of the stadium is william hare working with main contractor balfour beatty.

It opened in its present form in 2007. London stadium formerly and also known as olympic stadium and the stadium at queen elizabeth olympic park is a multi purpose outdoor stadium at queen elizabeth olympic park in the stratford district of london. The structure is an example of a bicycle wheel design. The london olympic stadium is built on an island in stratford in the lower lea valley.

Pvc fabric was chosen as an economic covering for a large area and offered an appropriate aesthetic for a temporary summer event. The fabric roof used during the games has been removed and replaced by a larger solid roof that is the largest single span cable net stadium roof structure in the world. Structural members of the permanent works and stability of the structure during roof installation confirmed adequate. 45 000m 2 in size and 84m at its deepest point.

Not so long ago the new olympic stadium a centerpiece for the upcoming 2020 summer games was a lightning rod for criticism in this city with residents pushing back against its original. The stadium will host the opening and closing ceremonies and the athletic events. After staging friday night s spectacular opening ceremony london s olympic stadium is now set to host the track and field events during the 2012 olympic games before providing a lasting legacy for the city. The new roof will be twice the size of the original at around 45 000m.

It has the second highest seating capacity of any indoor venue in the united kingdom behind the manchester arena and in 2008 was the world s busiest music arena. The cable net pre stress forces were also independently checked using cable vibration measurements to calculate the natural frequencies and forces in the cables. The final erected geometry of the roof and lighting towers was verified by using a full 3d laser scan of the entire stadium structure. Erection engineering analysis of a replacement roof for the london olympic stadium.

London s olympic stadium is located at marshgate lane in stratford in the city s lower lea valley. It was constructed for the 2012 summer olympics and 2012 summer paralympics serving as the track and field venue and as the site of their opening and closing ceremonies. Measuring 84m at its deepest point the steel framed roof will cover every seat in the reconfigured 54 000 capacity stadium.