CASE STUDY EMERALD HEADINGLEY STADIUM HEADLINES WORKED around supporters and staff as sports fixtures continued POWERED a temporary stand for match days occupied by 2,499 supporters MET non-negotiable deadlines in order to be ready for rugby and cricket matches project with two main stands and a pavilion LARGE-SCALE redeveloped simultaneously KEY FACTS Project title: Emerald Headingley Stadium Contactor: Caddick Construction Services: Mechanical & Electrical design Value: c£6 million and build Duration: 20 months Client: Leeds Rhinos and Yorkshire County G&H divisions: Building Services Cricket Club CASE STUDY HOW WE DID IT The redevelopment of the iconic Emerald Headingley Stadium has returned the venue to its former glory as a world-class international sports arena. The £45 million project was a joint venture between Yorkshire County Cricket Club and rugby league side Leeds Rhinos. We provided c£6 million of mechanical and electrical (M&E) design and installation services over 20 months working in partnership with Caddick Construction. The combined rugby north stand and cricket south The scheme started in the winter of 2017/18 stand saw M&E services installed in all spectator with the demolition of the famous rugby south facing parts, banqueting and corporate suites stand and the 90-year-old combined rugby and the undercarriages of both stands where north and cricket south stand. From here, we refreshment areas, changing rooms, treatment areas managed our programme to work on both and offices are situated. We completed our work by stands simultaneously but with a focus on the installing M&E services to the back of house areas new 7,700 capacity Tetley’s South Stand that that include changing rooms and shower areas for had a completion date in advance of Boxing Day home and away teams and match officials, medical 2018 for Leeds Rhinos’ match against Wakefield area and physiotherapy, laundry, kit room, player’s Wildcats. briefing room and steward’s rest room. The stand now has 4,200 seats to view cricket “The site was incredibly busy with both rugby Our services included HVAC, power, internal and matches and 3,800 facing the rugby pitch. codes - Leeds Rhinos and Yorkshire Carnegie - external lighting, a PA sound system, Building playing and training on the pitch and Yorkshire Management System and external water and gas “The combined stand was very challenging as we County Cricket Club hosting a lot of domestic services. Fire alarms, security systems, audio had to work around fans as cricket and rugby fixtures fixtures as well as two internationals. We were visual, CCTV, data and door access were also fitted. carried on as normal,” explains David Wilson, Senior able to manage this by being extremely organised Contracts Manager at G&H Building Services, who and using our experience of working around The building services we designed and installed oversaw the project. clients in a safe and courteous manner to ensure are bespoke and state-of-the-art, focusing on the no delays to the programme.” various end users making sure they benefit players “A temporary rugby north stand was built and and spectators to create the best environment to powered while the new structure took shape and The third aspect of our work saw the old cricket enjoy watching rugby and cricket for generations the scheme as a whole required a lot of expertise to pavilion progressively refurbished. It now has a to come. deliver and co-ordinate with Caddick Construction fully operational plantroom serving hot and cold given the scale of the work. water and low pressure hot water heating. KEY CONTACT David Davis Pre-Construction Director [email protected] 0113 255 6433.