Wembley Stadium
1.0 Introduction and Scope
The New Wembley National Stadium was envisioned to be one of the largest and extraordinary stadiums in the world. It was designed to be constructed with a seating capacity of 90,000 and now stands as the most expensive stadiums ever built. The aim of the project was to build a state-of-the-art national stadium and sought to be the "home of English Football" and to host other large music concerts, Athletic games and Cup finals. Designed to be state-of-the-art with the longest single-span roof structure stretching to 315 meters covering every seat in the stadium and is also the tallest in the world touching 133 meters.
Like most construction projects which want to established itself in the history books, the Wembley stadium (owned by the Football Association) also a victim of accusations, rumours and controversies. The Football Association(FA) had dreamt of the 2006 FA CUP finals, the most prestigious and largest UK soccer championship to be hosted at Wales due to the delay in construction.2
Though the Wembley Stadium today stands as the largest football stadium with a colossal arc standing 133 meters tall which can be seen from miles across London, the overly ambitious redevelopment project, was delivered £70 million over budget and delayed for almost one year.
2.0 Brief Overview of the Problems Faced
The client (owner) of the project for the construction of Wembley Stadium was Football Association which enlisted Wembley National Stadium Limited (WNSL) to manage the stadium. Multiplex Constructions was hired as the main contractor to provide the infrastructure and the Chief Designer was MacDonald.
The primary scope of the Wembley stadium was to facilitate hosting of several events such as football, athletics and rugby. These sports have different requirements demanding unique field layouts and goal structures, especially athletics which needs a synthetic track around the entire stadium pitch along with other requirements.
The New Wembley National Stadium was envisioned to be one of the largest and extraordinary stadiums in the world. It was designed to be constructed with a seating capacity of 90,000 and now stands as the most expensive stadiums ever built. The aim of the project was to build a state-of-the-art national stadium and sought to be the "home of English Football" and to host other large music concerts, Athletic games and Cup finals. Designed to be state-of-the-art with the longest single-span roof structure stretching to 315 meters covering every seat in the stadium and is also the tallest in the world touching 133 meters.
Like most construction projects which want to established itself in the history books, the Wembley stadium (owned by the Football Association) also a victim of accusations, rumours and controversies. The Football Association(FA) had dreamt of the 2006 FA CUP finals, the most prestigious and largest UK soccer championship to be hosted at Wales due to the delay in construction.2
Though the Wembley Stadium today stands as the largest football stadium with a colossal arc standing 133 meters tall which can be seen from miles across London, the overly ambitious redevelopment project, was delivered £70 million over budget and delayed for almost one year.
2.0 Brief Overview of the Problems Faced
The client (owner) of the project for the construction of Wembley Stadium was Football Association which enlisted Wembley National Stadium Limited (WNSL) to manage the stadium. Multiplex Constructions was hired as the main contractor to provide the infrastructure and the Chief Designer was MacDonald.
The primary scope of the Wembley stadium was to facilitate hosting of several events such as football, athletics and rugby. These sports have different requirements demanding unique field layouts and goal structures, especially athletics which needs a synthetic track around the entire stadium pitch along with other requirements.
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