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Baku Olympic Stadium, Which Was the Centrepiece of This Year’S Inaugural European Games PANSTADIA & ARENA MANAGEMENT 3RD QUARTER 2015 HEADINGBAKU OLYMPIC Introduction... STADIUM Minister Rahimov Simon Clegg Katie McIntyre reports on the brand new 68,000-capacity Baku Olympic Stadium, which was the centrepiece of this year’s inaugural European Games. aku was awarded the inaugural Lasting legacy tangible but equally important will be BEuropean Games at the 41st EOC the great benefit our city and country Minister of Youth and Sport and Baku Congress in Rome. The ceremony was will gain in terms of positive attention 2015 CEO, Azad Rahimov, added: attended by Azerbaijan President, Ilham from the world’s media and sport fans. “This great sporting legacy is part of Aliyev, who is also President of the a cohesive plan putting sport at the “The Baku 2015 European Games will Azerbaijan National Olympic Committee; heart of a diversified economy and also leave our country richer than ever the then President of FIFA, Sepp Blatter, healthy society. in terms of the Azerbaijani public’s and the President of , Michel Platini. UEFA skills, motivation and pride in what “It is important to remember that these Azerbaijan was subsequently awarded we can achieve together. Beyond the inaugural Games are part of President four matches in UEFA’s pan European employment opportunities the Games Aliyev’s vision to enhance our country’s EURO 2020 soccer tournament – three have already generated and will position as a dynamic, hospitable group games and one quarter final. continue to create up to and including cultural and business centre. Azerbaijan the Games, they will contribute to Speaking prior to the Games – which ran is already known as a key provider of providing Azerbaijan with an ever- from June 12-20 – Simon Clegg, the Baku energy for the continent, but thanks to deeper pool of experience and ability.” 2015 Chief Operating Officer, said: “The events like the 2012 Eurovision Song For Baku 2015, there were four clusters Baku 2015 European Games will provide Contest, the FIFA Women’s U-17 World a lasting sporting legacy for the city of Championship, the Baku 2015 European and eighteen competition venues, twelve Baku and the people of Azerbaijan. Not Games and, in the coming years, the of which were permanent venues, of only will the stadium be used for the 2016 European Formula One Grand Prix, which five were new builds, namely inaugural European Games and Euro the Baku 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games, the National Gymnastics Arena, BMX 2020 but also the Islamic Solidarity and UEFA EURO 2020 football matches, Velopark, Baku Aquatics Centre, Baku Games in 2017. our profile will be higher than ever.” Shooting Centre and the Olympic Stadium. There were then six temporary “The achievement of building the Rahimov continued: “These large-scale venues, namely: the Water Polo stadium should not be under estimated events will provide immediate use for Arena; Beach Arena; Basketball Arena; and it will be a great source of pride much of the infrastructure and human Mountain Bike Velopark; Triathlon; for Azerbaijan.” legacy of Baku 2015. Perhaps less Cycling road race and time trial. About the European Games The European Games is a multi-sport event for athletes from all over Europe and is held every four years. The Games are owned, organised and regulated by the European Olympic Committees (EOC). The European Games were created at the General Assembly of the European Olympic Committees on December 9, 2012 in Rome, Italy, when 84% of the National Olympic Committees (NOCs) of Europe voted for the creation of the European Games. A number of cities have already expressed their interest in hosting the second edition of the European Games in 2019. The EOC is setting up a working group to coordinate the bidding process for the 2019 European Games. 82 www.psam.uk.com VENUE IN FOCUS BAKU OLYMPIC STADIUM Baku Olympic Stadium Credit: Baku 2015 Organising Committee 83 PANSTADIA & ARENA MANAGEMENT 3RD QUARTER 2015 Baku 2015: HEADINGHost venues Village cluster: Olympic Stadium; National Gymnastics Arena; and Athletes Village. Introduction...City Cluster: Heydar Aliyev Arena; Tofiq Bahramov Stadium; Freedom Square; and Baku Sports Hall. Flag Square cluster: Baku Aquatics Centre; Water Polo Arena; Basketball Arena; Beach Arena; Crystal Hall 1; Crystal Hall 2; and Crystal Hall 3. Western venues: Baku Shooting Centre; Mountain Bike Velopark; BMX Velopark; Mingachevir; and Bilgah Beach. 84 PANSTADIA & ARENA MANAGEMENT 3RD QUARTER 2015 Centrepiece of the aggressive eighteen-month design real challenges were the aggressive Games: Baku Olympic and build schedule, the project team construction schedule and coordination Stadium performed design and construction of work with the design and simultaneously. To maximise design construction team members who are Baku Olympic Stadium Construction flexibility, the structural design used scattered across eight countries. The site preparation began on June 6, piled raft foundations, a system international team brought the diverse 2011, some eighteen months before more typical of high-rise buildings and best practices in stadium design the city was awarded hosting rights than stadiums. and construction from around the globe, to the inaugural European Games, for and successfully delivered this project in Thornton Tomasetti’s Managing which the venue was the centrepiece, time for the European Games.” hosting the spectacular Opening and Principal, Mike Squarzini, said: “This Closing Ceremonies. project was highly complex, delivered An advanced modelling approach, i.e. in a hyper-compressed timeframe. The BIM, also supported the accelerated In late 2012, the Turkish firm,Tekfen challenge was to build a world- schedule. The engineering team Construction and Installation Co. Inc., class stadium worthy of hosting developed an automated design was awarded the Design & Build contract the Olympics, all in 2½ years from routine to check beam and column for the stadium, which was financed concept to delivered facility. This is reinforcement against seismic code by the Azerbaijan national oil company a success story of collaboration and provisions, greatly speeding the design SOCAR. The foundation constructed creative thinking from all participants process. Precast reinforced concrete, commenced in January 2013. – ownership, designers, engineers and main and secondary steel structures The initial stadium design by the Turkish constructors – focused on achieving were all modelled using Tekla Structures company was then transitioned to that goal.” 19.0 and full fabrication drawings were delivered to the contractor’s fabrication the current design by the worldwide Senior Principal, Hi Sun Choi, added: facility in Turkey. architectural and construction “The stadium is in Baku on the Absheron service provider, Heerim Architects Peninsula, which has undergone several and Planners, based in Seoul, Korea. seismic events in the past. The name Design & build Heerim led the entire design team Baku means ‘city where the wind Construction of the six storey, and also provided construction pounds’, which is fitting. As such, the 65.7m-high, 225,000m² venue – management services. stadium was designed for the severe that sits on a 650,000m² site – was International engineering firmThornton seismic loads similar to California’s completed in February 2015. The Tomasetti provided structural design and the very high wind loads similar to 68,000-capacity stadium is now a services for the stadium. To meet an Alaska’s coastal region. However, the prominent landmark in the city. SIS Pitches at Baku Olympic Stadium umbrian firm,SIS Pitches completed work at the brand new Baku Olympic Stadium, ready for the first ever European COlympic Games. The SIS Eastern European team in Azerbaijan built two brand new natural turf pitches – one training pitch and the main stadium pitch at the impressive stadium. Baku Olympic Stadium was used for the first European Olympic Games, with the opening ceremony taking place at the venue on June 12, 2015. The Games were designed and are to be regulated by the European Olympic Committees (EOC). The stage was built over the pitch for the opening ceremony, which saw 6,500 athletes and officials in attendance, along with 5,000 volunteers and performers. The SIS Pitches team went in after the Opening Ceremony to re-turf the pitch ready for it to be used for the Games from June 21 onwards. Following on from the Games, the venue will host games for the Azerbaijan national football team, as well as various concerts, and will fulfil FIFA’s and UEFA’s highest technical recommendations and elite stadium obligations for football stadiums. George Mullan, CEO for SIS Pitches was very pleased to be working on this project: “SIS Pitches are continuing to build their portfolio of work in Europe, and our team out there have already completed work in Azerbaijan, as well as Russia, Spain, Turkey and Denmark. It was great to secure this contract, and we were excited to be working on a stadium that will host the European Olympics, as well as many other sporting events.” Following on from the Games, both pitches will then be under maintenance for 12 months by the SIS staff in Azerbaijan. www.sispitches.com 86 www.psam.uk.com VENUE IN Comms at the European Games FOCUS BAKU OLYMPIC he P.A. People delivered the STADIUM Tworld’s largest, clearest and most innovative ceremonies communications (comms) system for the inaugural European Games. The Opening and Closing ceremonies technical challenge was how to make 80 frequency bands,” clarified The P.A. of international sporting events in the full-duplex wireless comms packs work People’s Chris Dodds. 21st century have become their own in the same place. It wasn’t just Clear-Com’s Freespeak II genre of epic theatre. Used by host “It had never been done before on that that made it into the stadium’s comms nations to communicate their history, scale,” said Nick Eltis, Senior Technical system. A huge range of equipment achievements, values and ideals, Director for the ceremonies for creative from the brand was used, including two the ability to conceptualise, design and production firmFiveCurrents .
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