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Designing and Building the Pitch of Olympic Stadium Facility&Operations | 2012 Olympic Games >> JOHN HEWITT, who was in charge of the team that de- signed and built the Olympic Sta- dium pitch and track. >> CONSTRUCTION of Olympic Stadium in London. The grass area was shortened to 90 metres long (by 71 metres wide) as op- posed to UEFA-standard football pitches of 105 metres long (by 68 metres wide) to accommo- date Olympic officials at either end of the track/pitch. The Olympic Stadium: Designing and building FACTS AND FIGURES Designed to host the opening and closing ceremonies, as well as the pitch of Olympic Stadium athletics track and field events, the Stadium will have the capacity for Editor’s note: Thanks to STMA CEO Kim Heck for securing our coverage of this summer’s Olympic Games 80,000 people (in Games mode). venues via the CEO of the Institute of Groundsmanship, Geoff Webb. The IOG is STMA’s second official Inter- The Stadium site covers 40 national Affiliate Organization. acres. The Stadium, which contains around 10,000 tonnes of steel and is the lightest Olympic Stadium to n a world exclusive interview, specialist sports surface con- case element of the Olympic De- date - is an ellipse with a long axis structor John Hewitt talks to Editor Colin Hoskins of livery Authority’s ambitious and of 315 metres and a short axis of exciting Olympic Park project. 256 metres. It is 60 metres high Groundsman Magazine about his “once in a lifetime” in- “While we are renowned as above the field of play and the volvement in the London 2012 Olympic Games—the constructors of football pitches, perimeter is 860 metres. design and build of the Olympic Stadium’s pitch area. it was clear from the outset that More than 5,000 reinforced I concrete columns were installed the Olympic Stadium pitch into the ground, up to 20 metres would focus instead on track and When IOC Athletes’ Com- dium’s “inner bowl” area, the deep, to provide the foundations to mission Chairman Frank Freder- pitch and the running track; in- field events, even though in the support the structure. 112 steel rak- icks and London 2012 Chair deed, the complete area within early stages the original design ers and 12,000 pre-cast concrete Lord Coe joined others for the the terracing at the £486 million would have accommodated a full terracing units hold the spectator photo call on the Olympic Sta- Stadium (1 Euro = 1.28 US dol- UEFA-size soccer pitch,” says seating in place. dium pitch to celebrate the lay- lar). John. The roof compression truss ing of the last of the 360 rolls of For John, the laying of the “However, what we have comprises 28 steel sections, each turf there, included in the out- final turf heralded the end of a today, an iconic venue that every- one being 15 metres high by 30 of-camera team responsible for complex and, he admits, an ex- one involved with can be very metres long and weigh 85 tons. A delivering the project ahead of hausting process that began back proud of, bears little resemblance cable net roof provides the correct conditions for the athletes on the to the original design,” he con- schedule and within budget was in 2005 when his company, He- field of play and it covers two-thirds John Hewitt. While the cameras witt Sportsturf, was commis- tinues. “This was no surprise, be- of the spectators. rolled, John was quietly express- sioned as part of Team Stadium cause as each specialist partner The Stadium is lit by 532 ing a similar measure of celebra- by constructors Sir Robert imparted their knowledge and floodlights housed in 14 towers tion as the man charged with McAlpine to submit a tender expertise to the design and speci- which reach 70 metres above the the design and build of the Sta- and specification for this show- fication there has been an evolu- field of play. 20 SportsTurf | June 2012 www.sportsturfonline.com tionary process of refinement and continual improvement. The 400 With the chambers measuring 1,800 mm by 1,800 mm, a network metres running track has been the only common denominator of them populate the inner bowl like a spider’s web: the drainage sys- throughout the process. tems not only look after the pitch and permeable areas but they also ac- “For example, the grass area has been shortened to 90 metres long commodate water run-off from the non-grass D areas and track, 16, (by 71 metres wide) as opposed to UEFA-standard football pitches of 000 m2 in total, which includes the track maintenance wash-down 105 metres long (by 68 metres wide) to accommodate the Olympic of- areas. This expanse is drained via the network of slot and surface drains ficials et al in the ‘D’ areas at either end of the track/pitch. And there is and while initial guesstimates pointed to around 2,200 linear metres of no undersoil heating (not required on a pitch in London that will be ducting being required, the result is 12,500 linear metres! used during the summer months) nor fancy air systems.” Of course, the D areas and track—Mondo “tarmac” surfacing—had Hewitt Sportsturf’s on-site work began last April and the company to be constructed to IAAF Class 1 Design Specification, which includes has, on average, had a team of eight people on-site during the ensuring a maximum gradient cross fall of 1% with zero gradient fall to the run- 11 months. ning length and a maximum 0.4% gradient fall in any direction on the The foundation/construction of the pitch, which is based on stan- D areas. dard FA guidelines of a fall of 1 in 80 across and along the pitch has, Indeed, when these highly exacting angles and the track’s “continual however, followed the established and highly successful Hewitt stan- concave contour”’ are considered, John Hewitt makes complete sense dards; the company’s renowned design of gravity-based lower, lateral when he says that the inner bowl work was very complex and exacting pipe slot drainage, a 125-150 millimetres gravel carpet underneath 200 compared with the “fairly simple” pitch construction. millimetres of lower rootzone and 100 millimetres of upper rootzone The construction of these areas underwent regular checks and in- incorporating fibres/loose fibre reinforcement. Pop-up irrigation is also spections by the IAAF-accredited test house and, comments John a feature, as are gas vents for the lower foundations. proudly, “to operate and construct at such precise tolerances given the Because of the specified use, the turf (which was laid over three complex inner bowl layout and obstacles is without doubt a very de- days) is a “straightforward” blend of perennial ryegrass, smooth stalked manding and difficult task. I am pleased to report and confirm that all meadow and fescue. checks and testing have achieved the requirements for IAAF Class 1 “But the pitch is effectively one relatively small element of our inner certification as far as tested to date. bowl work,” adds John. “For example, we faced a number of massive “The London 2012 project entailed an immense amount of com- and very complex challenges, not least designing in and installing the munication, for instance on average two meetings a week for the past ductwork to accommodate all the drainage and broadcast media utility year alone with the Team Stadium consortium, and the site conditions chambers; the drainage system is much more involved than a conven- proffered a number of challenges. tional construction project for football and the Olympic Stadium is “It must have been a logistical nightmare for Team Stadium/the certainly much more media-orientated.” Olympic Delivery Authority to manage all the different contractors www.stma.org SportsTurf 21 Facility&Operations and trades. I understand that the Stadium build involved over 240 busi- THE “GOOD TO GO” GAMES nesses and more than 5,250 operatives over the past three years, and it The 2012 London Games’ quest for sustainability will deliver an in- goes without saying there were never any compromises on health and triguing blend of permanent legacy and temporary structures that safety. aims to create memorable venues within the context of historic and Hewitt Sportsturf’s involvement with the Stadium does not end, iconic backdrops and settings. however, now that the pitch and inner bowl is complete. “We are com- Temporary structures, the “overlay” are vital for the Games organis- missioned to maintain the pitch until after the Games,” he says, “and as ers to deliver this key vision and Tom Jones, Associate Principal at part of that contract we are employing a full-time groundsman.” Populous, the official architectural and overlay design services provider to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, has lived and breathed them for several years now. 43-YEAR GROUNDS VETERAN PREPARES FOR Given that the Games will provide no fewer than 275,000 tempo- OLYMPIC ARCHERY ON HIS CRICKET PITCHES rary seats – part of an overlay that also include 165,000 m2 of tents, Mick Hunt, head groundsman at Lord’s Cricket Ground, explains to 2,500 cabins, 140 kms of fencing and 250 kms of crowd barriers, this Colin Hoskins how he will cope with Olympic archery in a busy summer aspect of provision will prove crucial to the spectator experience. schedule of events at the “home of cricket.” “We’re trying to move away from the standard scaffold and seat Mick Hunt’s pragmatism has earned him a reputation as being one of arrangement,” says Tom, “and provide plenty of seat width and leg the country’s top groundsmen.
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