Stadium and Arena Design – Second Edition

Contents Preface vii
Peter Culley
Foreword ix
Daniel Fernandes
Award xi
John Pascoe, Peter Culley, ICE Publishing
Introduction xiii
Alf Oschatz
Part 1. Past, present and future 1
1 Evolution of stadium and arena engineering 3
John Pascoe
2 Sustainable design of major sports stadiums: case study analysis of stadiums for
the Olympic Games 2000 in Sydney, 2004 in Athens and 2008 Beijing 25
Sven Schmedes
3 Symbiosis and advanced technologies 41
Kisho Kurokawa
Obituary by John Pascoe
Part 11: Specialist skills 51
4 Stadium site appraisal 53
Tim Chapman, Chris Barrett and Sarah Glover
5 Stadium circulation: transportation planning and crowd control 67
Will Durden
6 Engineering secure stadiums 73
Andrew Sieradzki and Andrew Kelly
7 Blast engineering in sports stadiums 83
Jurek Tolloczko
8 Fire engineering in sports stadiums 87
John Dowling, Justin Garman, Jason Pritchard and Florian Block
9 Stadium signage 95
John Pascoe and Mark Steinkamp
10 Stadium acoustics 109
Jim Griffiths
Part 111: Elements of construction 117
11 Computerised design of stadiums 119
Martin Simpson
12 Concrete technology in stadium development 133
Ralph Belperio
13 Formwork for precast/prestressed stadium components 143
Marianne Methven
14 Steel in stadium engineering 149
Peter Culley
15 Natural and artificial pitches for stadiums 175
Andy Cole and Marke Jennings-Temple
16 Retractable roof solutions for sports stadiums and arenas 187
Knut Göppert and Christoph Paech
Part IV. Case studies 201
17 Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium 203
Dipesh Patel and Jon-Scott Kohli
18 Centre Court, Wimbledon 211
John Westmuckett and Dale Jennins
19 National Stadium (Bird’s Nest), Beijng 221
Martin Simpson
Part V. Appendices 227
Appendix A Pitch dimensions, boundaries and layouts 229
Peter Culley
Appendix B Medals 235
John Pascoe
Appendix C Stadium projects: selected URLs 239
John Pascoe
Index 241