Olympic Stadium Transformation Works

Project Overview

This required us to remove a number of the seats and prepare the middle tier of the stadium for corporate hospitality. We were also responsible for the remote demolition of the roof so that it could be expanded at a future date. Key to the success of this project was the design of our temporary works that enabled us to complete the project without causing any damage to what was a very new structure with a bespoke finish.

The initial package of works awarded was to undertake the removal of 22,000 seats from the lower tier of the stadium, and to store them for reuse at a later date. Once the lower seats were removed, half of the lower bowl structure was taken down so that cranes could be positioned to undertake the roof removal works.

Following the successful completion of this package ahead of schedule, we were awarded further works; dismantling the temporary athletes access bridge to the stadium, as well as, the removal of the forty pods surrounding the stadiums podium level that had previously housed the public toilets and concession. These works were undertaken with careful consideration to the load restrictions imposed by working on the elevated podium and again were completed ahead of schedule.

The latest successful award of works saw us removing the mid-tier level structure to the western elevation. Part of the reason Scudder were awarded this project was because our methodology proposal suggested working with robotic Brokk demolition machines, as opposed to using a long reach machine which would hamper the progress of the roof removal works already taking place.