Glulam in sport structures ..
Post Finance Arena
A Richmond Olympic Oval belseje, Kanada
Sports structures are a particularly suitable application for wide-span glulam roofs. This is supported by the light weight of the material, combined with the ability to furnish long lengths and large cross-sections. Prefabrication is invariably employed and the structural engineer needs to develop clear methods statements for delivery and erection at an early stage in the design. The Post Finance Arena is an example of a wide-span sports stadium roof using glulam arches reaching up to 85 metres. The structure was built in Berne in 1967, and has subsequently been refurbished and extended.
The roof of the Richmond Olympic Oval, built for speed skating events at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, British Columbia, features one of the world's largest clearspan wooden structures. The roof includes 2,400 cubic metres of Douglas-fir lamstock lumber in glulam beams. A total of 34 yellow-cedar glulam posts support the overhangs where the roof extends beyond the walls.
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