Project Overview
The client's brief was replacement of the uncovered pool and stands with a covered arena while retaining the original 1927 northern entrance.
Roof split into repetitive RC eastern portal bay of 9.0m span by 8.0m height, and irregular long span portal steelwork roof over pools
Apex is sliding on plan by 20m over full length of roof (360mm step per m run) but at same height of 13.25m above ground level
Main span is 38m span between eastern RC portal and western RC column
RC cantilever of 5m, then 720x300x137kg/m plate girder steel rafter spanning 33m
Connection between RC and plate girder rafters are high moment connections using Peikko COPRA M39 Couplers – first of its kind in Africa – transferring up to 544kNm on the beam-to-rafter connection and 848kNm on the rafter-to-column connection
Stability of main roof provided by two CHS braced bays and RC portal beams in these bays for north-south direction, and by double portal frames in the east-west direction
Cold rolled lipped c