Stadia Arenas and Grandstands: Design, Construction and Operation

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P. Thompson, J. Tolloczko, N. Clarke
CRC Press, Apr 16, 1998 - Architecture - 384 pages
This book covers the International Concrete Society Conference held at the Cardiff International Arena and will be of interest to architects and planners, facility managers and consultants in the fields of engineering, environmental control and services and leisure managemnet, media facilities and to client organizations planning major sports and 'landmark' stadia.
 

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Contents

Making a new stadium special
15
The need for a new approach to initial cost estimating
23
Old stadia meet current requirements by renovation
31
Establishing basic facilities in previously
41
The Green Guide and its significance
55
Strategic risk management in public assembly facilities
65
Prediction of crowd movement using computer simulation
77
Minimising the effects of terrorism by design
83
Construction and management of sports pitches
203
High performance natural turf sportsfields to meet
211
The Millennium Stadium Cardiff Arms Park
221
developments
229
developing within the community
235
Development and management of facilities at
241
the Nynex Arena
247
The redevelopment of Twickenham
253

Precast concrete in stadia
99
Modern stadia history and the use of concrete
111
Fullscale testing of large cantilever grandstands
123
Development of requirements for specialist
135
Environmental loads and microclimate impacts
147
The use of windbreak fencing to control atmospheric
163
Sound noise and acoustics in stadium design
173
The Smartsound noise adaptive public address control system
179
The future of integrated electronic infrastructure
185
Infrastructure requirements for scoreboard
197
the new No 1 Court
267
PART SIX SUCCESSFUL STADIA PROJECTS
275
High technology stadium construction
285
one of the most innovative
295
structural design process
305
The Centro Arena Oberhausen Germany
315
some lessons from
327
Environmentally sustainable development of sports venues
337
Author Index
345
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