Municipal Stadium

The building was created using the architectural concept of a ‘Chinese-Lantern’ and this distinctive shape is highlighted by the innovative design of its roof and  external walls. The facade is covered by a lightweight glass fibre mesh fabric that is coated with Teflon, which gives the whole massive building structure a unique transparency.  

The façade and the roof structure are anchored into the foundations all around the base of the stadium. An expanding, pourable, consistent cement grout was required for grouting the steel support stanchions and rings into the reinforced concrete foundations, plus the joints between the precast reinforced concrete elements that were used to form many of the internal walls, floors, terraces and stairways, all had to be securely and durably made watertight.

All of the exposed and trafficked surfaces, including some of the car parking areas built over other facilities, also had to be made waterproof and it was specified that the waterproofing solution must conform to German Standards ZTV-ING, part 7, section 1 and section 2, to be suitable for use beneath asphalt wearing surfaces in some of these areas. Additionally many of the internal facilities such as restaurants and VIP areas etc., wanted to have a high quality wood floor finish, but with minimal noise transmission from the anticipated heavy foot traffic.

• SikaGrout®-4N polymer-modified, expansive, cement based grout was selected to grout around the steel support structures and their holding down bolts into the reinforced concrete foundations
  
  
• The Sikadur-Combiflex®-SG Joint Sealing system was used to seal the joints between the precast reinforced concrete units in the structure.
  
  
• For waterproofing the concrete slabs below trafficked surfaces in accordance with ZTV-ING, the prepared concrete was first primed with Sika® Ergodur-500, penetrating epoxy resin based sealer and primer, followed by Sika® Ergobit, polymer modified, welded bitumen sheet waterproofing with raised fabric reinforcement which is specifically designed for waterproofing horizontal areas of civil engineering structures subjected to vehicular traffic.
  
  
• The Sika liquid applied membranes (LAM) Sikalastic®-821 LV, membrane (spray applied) and Sikalastic®-822 (applied by hand), polyurethane based solutions were used for waterproofing other exposed concrete surfaces, including areas with difficult access or complex profiles.
  
  
• SikaBond®-T45, one-component, polyurethane based, elastic adhesive was selected for full surface bonding of the wood floors throughout the interior of the stadium.
  

SikaGrout®-4N
Sikadur-Combiflex®-SG
Sikadur®
Sika® Ergodur-500
Sikalastic®-821 LV
Sikalastic®-822