The tensile fabric webinar seriesWebinar 3: London 2012 – The Basketball Arena and Shooting Arenas

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Mark Smith, Head of Projects/Director

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Over 35 years of construction industry experience

Specialising in large and international tensile fabric projects

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We are Base Structures

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Incorporated in 2001

Key Projects

The London 2012 Games, Lords Cricket Ground, Heathrow Terminal 5, Up at The O2

Based in Bristol, UK

Operating worldwide

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The tensile fabric webinar seriesAn architect’s tensile fabric refresher programme

Webinar 2Realising your tensile fabric vision

Webinar 1Getting started – inspiration, tips and tools

Webinar 3London 2012 Games – The Basketball Arena & Shooting Ranges

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Webinar 3

Overview Design Installation

London 2012 – The Basketball Arena and Shooting Ranges

Completion Q&A

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Overview

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The London 2012 Games Basketball Arena

20,000m2 of tensile fabric

11,000m2 footprint

114m L x 96m W x 35m H

1,000 tonnes of steel

12,000 spectator seats

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The London 2012 Games Shooting Ranges

12,500m2 combined footprint

30,000m2 of tensile fabric in total

3 temporary demountable structures

Standardised box truss frame

3,800 spectator seats

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Why tensile fabric?

Essential for speed of installation & demounting

Avoids permanent ‘white elephant’ structures

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Why tensile fabric?

Cost effective compared to traditional build methods

Track record of fast & safe installation and dismantle

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The Basketball Arena

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Fully demountable and relocatable

The third largest venue on the London 2012 Olympic Park

The largest temporary structure in Olympic history

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Base Structures appointed for detail design, manufacture and installation of the tensile fabric facade and roof

Barr Construction win £42m contract to deliver the Basketball Arena in 2009

Designed by Sinclair Knight Merz with Wilkinson Eyre Architects and KSS

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Design

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Design uses off-the-shelf products with minimal modifications

Structural components designed to reduce interfaces between trades and packages of work

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Maximise reuse Reduce costs

Eliminate H&S risks Increase productivity

Simple deconstruction

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70 facade panels each measuring 6m x 25m

3 different panel variations with 3 reverses

5 full-scale prototype panels created

Installation issues designed out in factory

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Installation

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Patterned panels tensioned into luff track

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Patterned panels tensioned into luff track

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Patterned panels tensioned into luff track

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Strict site regulations required minimal rope access

Reliance on MEWPs (Mobile Elevating Working Platform)

Required two of the biggest scissor lifts in the country

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Sited next to the ‘Soil Hospital’ for contaminated soil

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Two full cleans to remove dust inside and out = 143 man days

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Completion

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The quickest ever Olympic venue to be built - in just 90 days

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Welcomed over 288 athletes for basketball, handball, wheelchair basketball and wheelchair rugby

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One of the most heavily used Olympic Park venues with a capacity for 12,000 spectators

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The story continues with a potential sale overseas...

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The Shooting Ranges

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Located on a sensitive historic site

Outstanding environmental credentials

Three temporary structures including the 25m, Combined 50m & 100m and the Finals ranges

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Base Structures appointed for detailing, manufacture and supervision for the installation of the tensile fabric

John Sisk & Son acting as Main Contractor with ES Global

Designed by magma architecture with Mott MacDonald acting as leading consultant

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Removable & recyclable pile foundations and drainage system

Historic sensitive site – no permanent trace allowed

Located at the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich, London

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Design

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Only fabric, tensioning rings and connection pieces specially manufactured

80% existing rental stock - ease of build, demount and reuse

ES Global modular frame using standardised box trusses

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Double layered fabric provides natural insulation

Coloured openings provide optimised airflow & temperature

BIM software to design the perfect shooting environment

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Coloured discs act as ventilation, ground level doors and tensioning nodes

Only the roof for the Combined Range split into two sections

Fabric membranes designed and manufactured in one piece

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Phthalate-free PVC specially developed by Serge Ferrari

Strict environmental restrictions by the ODA

Coloured fabric printed using UV inkjet technology

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Installation

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Completion

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The tensile fabric webinar seriesAn architect’s tensile fabric refresher programme

Webinar 1Getting started - Inspiration, tips and tools

Watch recordings of all the webinars on our website

Webinar 2Realising your tensile fabric vision

Webinar 3London 2012 Games – The Basketball Arena and Shooting Ranges

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www.basestructures.commail@basestructures.com+44 (0) 117 971 2229

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