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The Moses Mabhida stadium has over 36 km in length which add form to the viewing platform, where they can disem-
been designed as a symbol of the unification tensile roof. The 30-storey high arch weighs bark to enjoy panoramic views of the city
of a nation with a passion for sport. This is 2 600 tonnes and consists of 56 sections, and the stadium. The two southern legs in-
epitomised by the 106 metre high central each measuring 10 m in length. corporate a guided adventure walk of some
arch – spanning the length of the stadium. The iconic arch has become a world 550 stairs to reach the top of the arch.
The 360 m long arch supports a web of first tourist attraction featuring a high-tech The stadium was designed to be a
interlocking galvanised steel cables totalling cable car designed to take visitors up to a multi-purpose facility and has proved to
be very popular with local and interna-
1 tional tourists, due to the attractions and
shopping area. To date it has successfully
hosted 15 bowl events since its opening
at the end of November 2009 with a total
of 275 000 spectators. In addition, over
100 conferences and corporate functions
have been hosted, 100 000 people have
been up the SkyCar, almost 3 000 have
walked up the arch and 35 000 people
have been on a stadium tour.
PROJECT OVERVIEW
Ibhola Lethu Consortium was awarded
the design and project management of
the new stadium in mid-2006. The major
challenges and highlights of this unique
project include:
NNStringent requirements for concrete
quality, durability and aesthetics were
specified and achieved
NNProcurement of 57 contracts, 3 direct
and 54 sub-contracts, to the main
building contract
NNInstallation of 1 901 no of CFA piles,
ranging from 450 – 700 mm in diam-
NNDesign, manufacture and erection of is 56 000, which was extended to 70 000 1 and 2 The Moses Mabhida Stadium in
1 832 pre-cast seating panels varying in for the FIFA World Cup with additional Durban – impressive by day and by night
weight from 4,5 – 6,5 tonne seating installed on Level 6.
NN102 pre-cast façade columns in 25 pro- The main structural member of the (using Robobat software) of each seg-
gressively raked shapes weighing up to roof consists of a 106 m high arch span- ment (expansion joint to expansion joint)
60 tonne ning 360 m onto the arch foundations. of the bowl.
NN16 Shear-cores providing lateral sta- Fifty main ridge cables are supported These models incorporated all struc-
bility to both the bowl and roof struc- from the arch which defines the shape tural concrete components that contrib-
tures for the 46 000 m 2 of roof coverage. uted to the overall vertical and lateral
NN84 000m2 of post-tensioned suspended These ridge cables, as well as the valley stiffness of the stadium bowl. The output
slabs cables, are connected to the compres- of the FEM modelling was also used for
NNConstruction of 800 m of reinforced sion ring that in turn is supported on the foundation and shear core design.
concrete retaining walls varying in steel façade columns The shear cores provide lateral sta-
height between 4 m and 8 m The roof cables are pre-manufactured bility for each section of the stadium bowl
NN18 pre-cast ‘Tilt Up’ panels for archi- to exact lengths required for the precise (expansion joint to expansion joint). The
tectural cladding of the arch’s springer geometry of the cable net structure thickness of the walls varies from 250 mm
plinths that spans between the arch and the to 300 mm. The main reason for this
NN100 pre-cast U-shaped illumination compression ring. Any deviation from variation in wall thickness is to obtain
beams the tight geometrical tolerances would compatible deflections in the concrete
NNPrecision planning for the operation of induce forces in the pre-stress cable structure at the interfaces with the roof
14 tower cranes with 60 – 70 m overlap- net that would potentially have serious structure at Level 6.
ping jibs, 450 and 650 t crawler-cranes structural implications. This necessitated The loads transferred from the steel
with 115 m jibs, as well as numerous very stringent specifications with respect roof columns onto the concrete structure
mobile-cranes often working simulta- to the setting out tolerances for all sup- at Level 6 vary vastly around the circum-
neously port points at the interface between the ference of the bowl. The concrete struc-
NNA workforce of over 2 800 on site at concrete and roof structure. In addition, ture provides lateral support to the arch
peak time. the stiffness of the concrete support at the north and south sides, whereas the
structure had to be precisely determined, reactions on the east and west sides are
STADIUM DESIGN as accurate stiffness values at the inter- mainly axial loads.
The stadium bowl provides a structural face to the roof were required for the The main forces transferred through
concrete frame for the support of the spec- structural analysis model of the roof. the arch onto the reinforced concrete
tators seating arena and also acts together The required stiffness parameters of foundations are in excess of 100 MN ap-
with the arch foundations as support for the concrete support structure were ob- plied at an inclination of approximately
the roof structure. Normal seating capacity tained through Finite Element Modelling 38˚ to the horizontal. A number of