Aquatics Centre, United Kingdom
Project data
Location: London, United Kingdom
Swimming stadium for the Summer Olympic Games 2012
Requirements
- Bold designs and extraordinary architectural concrete.
- Scoreboard Wall and Welcome Zone casted in-situ with complex geometries and double-curved surfaces.
Customer
Main Contractor: Balfour Beatty plc.
Subcontractor: A J Morrisroe & Sons Ltd., Borehamwood/London
Architect: Zaha Hadid, London
Customer's benefit
- Optimal architectural concrete results because of high level of planning and assembly competence.
- No rivet or screw marks visible on the concrete surfaces.
- Construction work completed within budget and on schedule.
Tony Henry
Senior Project Manager
With the eyes of the world on London in 2012, the quality and finish of the concrete in the Aquatics Centre had to be of Gold Medal standard. The walls around the pools, particularly the end walls, curved vertically and horizontally whilst changing thickness and needed to be fair faced on both sides. To create the fluid geometry concept intended by Zaha Hadid, the specification required shutters designed and built to millimetre accuracy in 3 dimensions. After using PERI products over many years, we knew this would be “The Job” for PERI. Working rigorously with the PERI engineers installing the 3D modelled formwork, we achieved the high quality architectural finish required.
PERI solution
- Customized 3D project solution with specified execution details, based on a modular system concept in compliance with all budget and schedule restraints.
- Project management with planning, assembly and material scheduling to precisely match the construction process.
- Planning, producing and delivery of more than 200 customized elements, supported by a PERI UP shoring and working scaffold.
