Structural Engineering

Fenton Holloway were appointed to provide membrane and structural engineering services to a specialist contractor for the design of three temporary demountable buildings for the Shooting Arenas in Woolwich for the London 2012 Olympic & Paralympic Games.

Our work entailed the structural cladding design and related bespoke support elements for incorporation onto steel box truss primary framing assembled from an existing kit of parts.

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Tensile & Lightweight

We worked closely with the Architects and primary frame contractor to co-ordinate and advise on detailed interfaces providing practical and buildable alternatives.

The buildings included the Finals Range : 54m x 47m x 26m high seating building with 56m x 32m Field of Play, Combined (10m & 50m) Range : 107m x 20m wide and the 25m Range : 56m x 22m wide giving a total internal and external cladding area in excess of 20,000m²

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