Sports Engineering

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Adding value 5What we do 3

Our experience 7 SKM in New Zealand and Christchurch 11 Our services 14

Specialist skills 17 Our projects 49 Team structure 63

What makes us different 4

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What we doSKM has an enviable track record in sports infrastructure projects. We have a strong team of sports engineers with a wealth of experience and skills in providing holistic thinking, creative, high value solutions and well managed delivery for sports projects across the world.

We have extensive experience of working as part of a seamless design team involving end clients, architects and contractors. We appreciate the challenges in developing sporting facilities that are sustainable and future-proofed to meet the needs of multiple stakeholder groups. Our experience working on some of the world’s most highly recognised and acclaimed sporting venues means we understand that a financially viable sporting venue must be designed to accommodate a variety of needs.

SKM can provide strategic advice that helps our clients to improve the performance of their projects and enhance their return on investment.

We engineer and design practical solutions, anticipating barriers to implementation so that our designs can be delivered to schedule and budget and endure into the future.

We manage the implementation of projects to meet or exceed our clients’ objectives and those of the project stakeholders.


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What makes us differentAt SKM we have made a promise – to our people, our clients and our communities – to deliver a positive and enduring impact on the world.

This is our guiding principle.

This is underpinned by the values of our company.

We are not just engineers, scientists, designers, consultants and project deliverers. We are people who strive to deliver outcomes which make a difference – economically, socially and environmentally – to ourselves, our clients and the communities in which we live and work.

We do this by finding smart solutions to our clients’ challenges.

That’s what makes us different. That’s the SKM promise.


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Adding ValueAt SKM we understand that sports infrastructure projects offer exciting opportunities to bring leading engineering skills and experience to developments that are at the very heart of local and global communities. Whether it is a school sports centre or a landmark Olympic Stadium, we have the experience and specialist knowledge to work as part of a seamless team to deliver high value sporting facilities across the globe.

Our portfolio of world acclaimed sporting venues includes national stadia, projects for the Olympics and FIFA World Cups and a multitude of buildings for Clubs and Institutions.

We don’t flinch at taking on a fast-track programme. We have an excellent grasp of the fundamentals of process and design and significant experience of bringing together multi-disciplinary teams to deliver a well managed and homogenous solution. We understand how these buildings are constructed, and incorporate this knowledge from project inception through to the detailed design.

We have a global network of professionals who have worked with some of the leading sports architects and contractors around the world – we offer our clients access to our knowledge on a wide range of projects and solutions and bring these skills to each and every project we deliver.


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Our ExperienceSKM has been designing international sports projects for over 25 years and in that time have seen a quantum shift in the quality of sport and leisure facilities, with the increasing challenge of generating sustainable developments with a strong legacy.

Projects are now rarely about the simple provision of a sports field and seating; they are about combining synergistic activities under one roof in an efficient, future proofed and sustainable way.

Through the knowledge and skills we have developed, SKM can meet the needs of numerous stakeholders such as owners, funders, events managers, sporting organisations, teams, media and the community. The industry is challenging convention and exploring more sustainable approaches to holding major events across the world whilst venue owners are looking to ‘sweat’ their asset to increase revenues.

Stadia, arenas and other sports venues have many unique features which create demands on the construction process. Our knowledge gained from building these developments around the world allows us to anticipate the potential risks and build in a practical construction process into the design.

We work with and listen to contractors to generate solutions that are deliverable and relevant to the local construction industry.


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Wellington Indoor Sports Centre


Stadium Australia MK ArenaWembley Stadium

Peter Mokaba Stadium TelstraClear Pacific Event CentreForsyth Barr Stadium

American Express Community Stadium Ethiad ArenaEstadio da Luz

Skilled Park Stadium Olympic Basketball ArenaStadium MK

Brit Oval Olympic Handball ArenaCuiaba Stadium

STADIUM ARENA TRAINING CENTRE SPORTS CENTRE SWIMMING POOL

Chelsea FC Manor Park Sydney Aquatics Centre

English Institute for Sport Aberdeen Manor Park

FC Gabala Lancaster University Eton Manor

Brentford FC Wellington University of Lancaster

Brighton & Hove Albion FC University of Kent Wright Robinson


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Our New Zealand TeamSinclair Knight Merz has been delivering projects in New Zealand for over 60 years (through mergers and acquisitions) and is a key part of the SKM global network. Our team of engineers, planners, scientists and technicians have delivered innovative solutions on nationally significant projects to help develop New Zealand’s infrastructure and grow the economy.

We provide an extensive range of services to our private and public clients including:

• Engineering structures

• Environmental planning and approvals

• Geotechnical engineering

• Industrial plant

• Natural resource management

• Power delivery and utilisation

• Power generation

• Spatial

• Transport infrastructure

• Transport planning and strategy

• Water facilities


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Christchurch OfficeSKM’s Christchurch office has been heavily involved in the post disaster recovery of Christchurch. Our primary services for this work have included provision of structural engineers to carry out rapid assessments of buildings in the CBD, assessment of Client’s sites immediately following the earthquake and providing geotechnical resources to inspect land damage and assess rockfall risk.

Since the initial period of recovery we have been involved in earthquake damage repair and earthquake capacity assessments for buildings for a number of clients. We have recently completed the damage investigation, seismic assessment, damage remediation and strengthening of the Cowles Stadium building so that the building can be reopened to the public. We are also involved in rockfall risk assessments and providing restraint to prevent future rockfall. We have been involved with a number of major insurers preparing earthquake damage repair specifications and have assessed over 1,000 different buildings to date.

Our civil engineering team has been providing detailed design input of underground infrastructure into the SCIRT (Stronger Christchurch Infrastructure Rebuild Team) as part of the blue design team. SKM’s water and technical services team has been working alongside City Care to carry out CCTV reviews of all underground networks that are damaged and carry out coordinated repairs from audits of pipelines.

SKM planners and urban designers have been involved in valuable recreational and greenspace planning and strategic recommendations on assets to provide a level of sports and leisure for the community. This has been valuable for sports fields, community facilities and indoor sports facilities, including aquatic facilities.

Our transport engineers and planners have been instrumental in assisting Councils with Plan Changes for growth areas to accommodate communities into the Greater Christchurch environments. The work has included town planning, urban design, transport modelling, public transport assessments, suburban car parking and public transport routes.

We have assisted telecommunication businesses to re-establish their networks and assets including large (130m) towers being re-founded and back into operation whilst relying on temporary towers. Our planners have assisted with consenting for some of those businesses in relocating their commercial premises.

The net result of our work over the last two years has seen the SKM Christchurch Office grow, mature and diversify our service offerings. We have obtained more support from our global network and where necessary have been able to seamlessly mobilise staff to add value to our projects. Key learning’s are that providing a responsive and agile business proposition to clients, whilst still maintaining our high standard of quality and resilience and innovation in our designs and recommendations, has been mutually beneficial. Our deliverables have had to be more concise than ever before and we wish to continue to embrace closer working relationships with all our clients.


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Civil/Structural• Structural frames• Lightweight / Long Span Roofs• Atria• Drainage• Earthworks• Stormwater and onsite detention

systems• Foundations / Substructures• Post tensioned concrete• Timber engineering• Grillages and lamella structures• Glass engineering• Fabric structures

Mechanical• Air conditioning and central plant• Thermal modelling• Heating and ventilation• Central energy systems• Smoke exhaust

Electrical/Vertical Transportation• High voltage power reticulation• Lifts, escalators and hoists• Emergency standby generators• Power generation and distribution• Interior lighting including emergency

and exit lighting• External lighting, including Sports

(usually as performance spec)• Lighting• Fire Engineering

Our ServicesSKM is committed to the provision of quality service that delivers outstanding client success. Core to our committment is the collaborative approach we apply to projects and the relationship we build.


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Hydraulic (Public Health)• Water recycling• Hot and cold water• Sanitary plumbing and drainage• Water storage supply and conservation systems• Stormwater and on site retention systems

Sustainable Development• Sustainable development review of building

services and design• Design of passive buildings, day lighting and

natural ventilation• Renewable energy systems, solar, biomass, hydro

and geothermal• BREEAM Assessment• Energy, water and waste audits

Communication, Security and Data• CCTV• Data cabling and telephone• services• Data networking• Security systems• Mobile telephony• Radio networks

Transport and Environmental Engineering• Environmental Impact• Assessments• Ecological Surveys• Transport Assessments• Green Travel Plans• Geotechnical Engineering


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MasterplanningSKM Colin Buchanan (SKM CB) is a leading international planning, urban design, transport and economics consultancy, totally integrated into the SKM group. SKM CB is unique amongst consultancies, in that it combines a strong planning and urban design skills capability with traffic and public transport and a rigorous economic approach. This strong multi-disciplinary approach was built around that established by Sir Colin Buchanan in the ‘Traffic in Towns’ team for the UK Ministry of Transport, and has been developed and refined ever since.

As a result, the firm has over 40 years experience of the land use/transport, planning and physical design problems of urban areas and regions and has been at the forefront of developments in sustainable transport policies and systems. SKM CB delivers the multi-disciplinary approach required to solve masterplanning and transport problems, with different specialists working closely together in teams based on the needs of each project.

SKM CB has internationally renowned master planning expertise, with our specialist teams leading the successful delivery of master plans that have had both exacting briefs within very tight programme deadlines on some highly constrained sites. Our methodology ensures that we build up a sound baseline understanding of the project parameters before we initiate the design development to ensure that all parties are in full agreement as to the masterplan outcomes. This process mitigates project risk at critical stages in the design development and ensures deliverability of the masterplan.

SKM CB undertakes projects of various sizes, briefs and location to ensure, working with our local partners that we attain sustainable solutions to our client’s brief and vision. We have worked as lead consultants of large international projects involving over 50 professional disciplines, to projects where we act in more defined roles as part of a team, or we act on behalf of the client to give critical review of prepare plans and development strategies. In each capacity, our approach has enhanced the standard of debate and the eventual outcome of the emerging masterplan.

Masterplanning is a process and consequently we allow for internal review of all masterplan projects to ensure that the collective understanding of the larger team is brought to bear on each project within the offices. This review allows for experience gained on one project to influence the process our outcome of current projects to ensure contextual appropriateness and sustainability.


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Planning and Urban DesignSKM Environmental Planning and Urban Design practitioners bring experience and track record to sports developments. Our practitioners add value through innovative approaches to their work, including multi discipline and integrated work to positively contribute towards city and town scale developments. Community Facilities and Greenspace strategic and development planning has been performed locally in Christchurch, but also throughout New Zealand by our staff. The areas of expertise is varied and diverse but include:

• Consenting strategies and delivery of complex consents

• Community Engagement and Public Participation on community developments for sports, recreational, cultural and performing arts developments

• Residential, commercial and industrial developments, as well as mixed use activities. In certain cases the additional land uses have supported the sports and greenspace facilities being commercially viable

• Car parking planning, signage, exterior seating and landscape designs to assist with access, egress and amenity values

• Safety in design components through Urban Design and lighting plans

• Iconic cultural indicators through signage, facade treatment and planting plans to gain support from indigenous people.

• Environmental and Project Permitting (consents)

• Visual Assessments, Photo Montage and Graphic Illustrations

• Urban Design and Landscape Planning

• Consultation and Stakeholder Engagements

• Social Impact Assessments


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Transport and TrafficSinclair Knight Merz provides transport planning and traffic engineering consulting services that cover the entire spectrum from transport policy and strategy development to detailed implementation of transport network improvement schemes. The focus is on understanding the current and future transport challenges faced by our clients and providing robust analysis that enables more informed decision making.

Planning for transport has a key role in shaping how people will live and what our environment will be in the future. We provide advice on all transport modes to both the public and private sector including all levels of government, private developers and transport operators.

Sinclair Knight Merz offers the following Transport Planning and Strategy services:

• Transport Strategy

• Public Transport

• Transport Modelling

• Development planning and Regeneration

• Sustainable Travel

• Traffic Engineering and ITS

• Pedestrian and Cycling

• Transport Economics and Business Cases


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EnvironmentalSinclair Knight Merz is a leading environmental consultancy, with a growing global environmental practice. We have qualified environmental scientists, engineers, planners, economists, hydrogeologists and social scientists with specialised skills in all facets of environmental management. Environmental management is the key to success in developing ecologically, socially and environmentally sustainable projects.

Sinclair Knight Merz has acquired Enviros, a multi-disciplinary sustainability, environmental and health and safety consultancy in the UK.

Our team provide the following services across a broad range of industry sectors;

• Communication and Stakeholder

• Consultation

• Environmental Consultancy Services

• Environmental Engineering

• Environmental Planning and Management

• Natural Resource Management

• Spatial

• Water Engineering


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AcousticsSKM Enviros has large teams of consultants delivering specialist acoustic, audiovisual, noise and vibration services. We deliver pragmatic and cost-effective design solutions to architects, developers, engineers, planners and contractors. The diversity of our experience allows us to provide full acoustic design advice across all sectors using consultants with considerable knowledge and technical expertise in the field of environmental and architectural acoustics.

Our previous work has covered commercial developments, such as the Marmara Forum in Istanbul, sporting and cultural arenas, such the London2012 Olympic basketball arena, as well as education and healthcare facilities in both the United Kingdom and overseas.

Sporting venues present their own unique challenges to the acoustic environment and our experience has shown that achieving the high degree of speech intelligibility required in modern sporting venues for general public address and voice alarm messaging can be achieved by working closely with all the design team, so we understand the operational requirements of the venue. For example we have undertaken reviews of how the intelligibility and effectiveness of a sound system can vary depending on percentage occupied and whether the space is open to the environment, has a movable roof or is of non standard materials as was the case on the London Olympics Basketball Arena.

By employing computer modelling of the relevant room-spaces using specialist architectural simulation software, we are able to optimise the design of spaces so that the acoustics of each space is wholly appropriate for the intended uses. SKM Enviros has extensive experience in carrying out inspections and acoustic measurements within buildings and room-spaces to determine the effectiveness of electro-acoustic system performance, airborne sound insulation, impact sound transmission, building services noise, and air and structure-borne sound and vibration to the appropriate national and international standards. Noise break out considerations are also important and keeping this to acceptable limits was a challenge on the basketball arena due to the close proximity of residential developments.


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Structural EngineeringSKM’s track record in the structural design of stadia is impressive, extending from the Don Valley Stadium in Sheffield in the 1980’s through to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Our engineers have an in depth understanding of the way in which stadia are built and operated in order to provide holistically considered structural designs, and bring experience from a multitude of completed venues. Certain aspects of the structural design are particularly challenging on stadia.

The long spans of roof structures for stadia, arenas and sports halls, require an in depth understanding of their structural behaviour, their construction and the loads applied to them. Our experience of the 300m clear span roof for the Athens Olympic Stadium demonstrates our capability in this regard. Knowledge of wind effects, temperature, functional systems and other loadings are essential in developing a roof structure solution.

For roof structures in particular, SKM brings to projects a detailed knowledge of erection methods and the implications of these on the design. Unlike more conventional buildings, the method by which large, long span structures are constructed can have a profound effect on the structural adequacy and SKM is well versed in the analytical methods required to assess this.

The forms generated by seating tiers, complete bowls and roofs result in complex structures which require SKM’s experience to solve in an economic and efficient manner. In certain regions, the effect of seismic loadings adds to the intricacy of the design.

The resolution of dynamic crowd loading on seating tiers is vital to the success of a venue, and an understanding of dynamic behaviour, loading and comfort criteria is a fundamental pre-requisite to a structural engineering role. SKM’s specialist teams offer world leading skills in this area.

SKM have developed the design of moving structures for a variety of projects. Our mechanical engineers have extensive experience of moving heavy loads. Our projects have included the moving roof at the Ethiad Stadium in Melbourne and the retractable ‘turf tray’ at Ascot Racecourse.

SKM have leading skills in the seismic design of buildings and have utilised these on stadia design around the world. Our New Zealand and Chilean teams are particularly well versed in the most modern approaches to the provision for earthquakes, and are involved in developing updated codes of practice and new approaches to seismic resilience. We are linked with institutions and companies developing isolation techniques that we incorporate into our structural solutions.




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Civil & Hydraulic EngineeringSKM has considerable experience in the Civil Engineering design for stadia and sports facilities. We understand the design issues associated with these types of projects, which might include some or all of the following elements:

People and vehicle movements – the nature of sporting events results in very large numbers of people entering and leaving the site in relatively short lengths of time. This requires a very well planned and integrated transport layout in order to separate the movements of pedestrians, cars, private and public coaches and other forms of public transport. SKM has a wealth of experience in the design of civil infrastructure for all forms of transport.

Level differences, detailed earthworks modelling and level design – the requirements for relatively uniform levels over large areas often presents challenges in matching the sports stadium into the surrounding landscape. This can have particular consequences on the provision of disabled access around the site. SKM has substantial expertise using a number of different 3D ground modelling software packages, as well as the range of civil engineering and geotechnical skills, to provide appropriate solutions to all site level issues.

Intense foul drainage loads – The provision of sufficient ablution facilities for large crowds can result in very high peak foul drainage flows. This is particularly relevant for events such as football matches where an intense peak is usually experienced at half time intervals and immediately following the completion of the event. Often the resulting peak flows are greater than the capacity of the downstream receiving public foul sewers. SKM can demonstrate a wealth of experience in designing and specifying foul drainage systems including pump stations and storage systems.

Surface water drainage design – stadiums and sporting facilities often include very large areas of roofs, playing surfaces and external hard paved areas for vehicle and pedestrian movements. This can result in very high rates of runoff following intense rainfall. SKM has considerable experience in the design of sustainable drainage systems to collect and dispose of rainfall runoff in the most appropriate manner.

SKM can draw on a large team of qualified and experienced civil engineers to take projects through the concept, outline, detailed design and construction processes. Working closely with other members of the design team from the early stages of projects allows us to identify all potential risks and constraints from the outset to ensure the final design for the overall facility represents the most suitable option to meet the client’s needs and desires.


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Geotechnical EngineeringSKM’s geotechnical staff have a range of geotechnical experience and capability appropriate for stadia design and construction. This includes:

• Geotechnical site investigation

• Residential, commercial and industrial developments

• Engineering geological mapping and geohazard assessment

• Liquefaction analysis and remediation

• Ground improvement design

• Foundation design for structures (shallow and deep)

• Slope stability and excavations

• Construction management and supervision

At SKM we understand the challenges associated with construction in a today’s Christchurch, we have a proven technical skill and experience needed to address the seismic design issues. We routinely carry out seismic hazard assessments and have specific earthquake resilience design experience and can advise on how to improve the seismic performance and future proof your investment.


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Wind StudiesSKM has experience over many years of providing advice on the specification and procurement of wind studies for stadia and the surrounding environment.

The determination of wind loads on and around a building through testing in a wind tunnel can be advantageous for a number of reasons.

• The form of the building is unusual and does not comply with limitation of codes of practice

• The wind environment around the building is of importance (e.g. for pedestrian comfort)

• The structure is particularly responsive to wind

• Efficiencies in the design can be generated on the basis that wind loads calculated by design codes of practice are conservative.

• A precise understanding of the nature of the movements of the building is required

SKM has relationships with the key wind laboratories which have experience of testing structures such as this and in the Qatar region. Where necessary and appropriate Computational Fluid Dynamics can be adopted, as an alternative to wind tunnel testing.


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Haifa Stadium


Crowd ModellingOur in-house capability and experience in crowd modelling helps our clients and partners to plan, design and operate sports venues and associated transport infrastructure to maximise spectators’ experience. We work across a range of disciplines to help optimise crowd movement in a safe, timely and efficient manner for a range of operational situations.

Our work in this field often involves close collaborative working with others, including co-location, to provide insight and understanding to inform the appraisal and evaluation of designs and strategies and to facilitate the decision making process.

The crowd modelling carried out for the London 2012 Temporary Basketball/ Handball venue was able to visually demonstrate that the initial orientation of the venue within the Olympic Park would not create a pinch-point to circulation flows around the outside of the venue, either under normal conditions or under a worst-case evacuation crowd management plan.

Subsequent simulation of crowd movements within the venue led to a design change requiring the construction of an additional vomitory in the upper bowl level. The proven value of the crowd modelling was the ability to clearly demonstrate by means of video clips and graphic outputs that static analysis calculations of egress/ evacuation clearance times, based on BS9999, differed from dynamic crowd modelling predictions. The modelling enabled the design team to gain an essential appreciation of where improvements in performance could be most cost effectively realised by making changes in the proposed bowl layout.

Working in collaboration with Fire Engineers and Safety Officers, the simulation modelling was also used to verify that proposed evacuation plans, including the use of safe havens for wheelchair users, would achieve required venue clearance times.




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Building Information Modelling (BIM)At SKM we have embraced BIM technology as a vital part of the delivery of our projects. By implementing BIM on our projects we have been on a journey to understand what it really means to us and to our clients.

Through our ongoing research work with an industry partner architect we refined the process of producing a BIM model which integrates building services, structural engineering design and architectural layouts. This has enabled us to develop a robust design circle that allows our designers to work in a 3D environment and collaboratively resolves the coordination of structure, building services and architecture. Throughout this design process, the client, contractor and supply chain partners are part of the ‘refining’ process and have the opportunity to inject their specific expertise at the right time.

The next phase of BIM development involves the use of 4D and 5D elements of BIM, where the construction phase of a project is planned in real time (4D) and through accurate scheduling of materials are robustly costed (5D).

The Contractor’s construction programming skills can be ‘attached’ to a BIM model which provides a visual display of construction tasks and helps to consider build sequences and material deliveries. The ability to review material quantities and schedules as the model evolves through the design stages helps keep project costs transparent and within budget, therefore reducing the need for (costly) Value Engineering exercises.

BIM offers the opportunity to build and maintain early relationships with specialist suppliers and manufacturers so project conditions can be established to facilitate the increased use of off-site construction solutions.

BIM can improve the design and build process by allowing specific elements in the model to be considered giving contractors the scope to input subcontractor expertise at the right time. BIM empowers consultantsto improve the poor reputation of waste in the construction industry by managing information more effectively.


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Environmentally Sustainable DesignDesigning and delivering buildings that are iconic, functional and sustainable, means that Environmental Sustainability needs to be an integral part the vision and future of any major sports venue. SKM takes a holistic approach, and our sustainable strategy considers the broader precinct development and all interconnected infrastructure.

We adopt a regenerative design method which is an innovative, closed cycle approach, rather than the traditional linear attitude to sustainable design. It takes into account all of the elements of the precinct as one system and investigates how the buildings, infrastructure, people and the site can operate as a closed environment, with outputs feeding back in to the site in a cyclical manner. This allows us to explore the potential of the site to be self sustaining in terms of energy, water waste, food, structures, materials and daily activities, resulting in the site as a regenerative system which could provide for continuous replacement, through its own functional processes of energy, waste and materials used in its operation.

These integrated sustainable design solutions result in the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, energy efficiency, reduction in potable water use, minimisation of waste, and reduction in environmental impacts. The outcome is a zero environmental impact precinct with iconic, highly innovative technological buildings balancing the requirements of functionality, innovation and environmental sustainability, and addressing the following key aspects:

• Climate responsive architecture, create microclimates within buildings and precincts

• Whole of life design that results in zero environmental impacts, in essence be regenerative

• Efficient and ecologically responsible, by applying regenerative architecture, expressive forms that merge shelter with environment, harnessing energy flows

• Adaptive capacity to changes in climate, supporting continued resilience






Mechanical and Electrical EngineeringDelivering design solutions that are low in energy usage/carbon emissions and deliver sustainable outcomes are a key to successful project delivery and contribute towards an overall sustainable development. We look to identify a clear scope and performance parameters for the development as early as possible, understanding the legacy use of the development where this differs to initial usage and consider this in developing the design.

The design process needs to create a lean building which responds well to the local climate, applies a highly efficient services design and finally uses renewable technologies where applicable to provide energy. We create flexibility in the design, respond to the uses of the venue, work together as a holistic design team, developing holistic solutions, and a design which considers the health and safety of the construction workers and building users.

Our input to the building services design starts very early in the design process where we engage with the team to inform the building envelope, its form and orientation to maximise passive solution opportunities and minimise cooling loads by reducing the effect of external gains. We apply 3D CAD modelling and BIM technology as early architectural conceptual models can be used within thermal modelling analysis tools and computational fluid dynamics to analyse how the building or specific elements are predicted to perform and test alternatives.

To reduce the overall energy demands in buildings we introduce thermal mass to act as a damper to smooth out the diurnal temperature fluctuations and reduce energy demand. We can phase change materials to supplement building mass and provide even greater thermal storage, allowing the building to develop its own response to external climatic influences.

Computational fluid dynamics is used to test, substantiate or identify such opportunities to reduce carbon emissions. Natural or mechanical systems are used to provide pre cooling of the structure/building mass prior to events to reduce peak energy usage.

We consider the energy strategy of the whole precinct development to develop or identify opportunities to create a low/zero carbon solution which may well consider other local energy users either as a financial benefit to our client or as a mechanism for smoothing out load profiles in a district energy scheme.


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Sports LightingAll sports venues require appropriate levels of lighting to suit the event and most importantly to cater for the developments in television broadcast such as HD, 3D and super slow motion camera technologies. To maximise the use of limited space and expensive facilities, venues are increasingly being used for a range of different sports and even for other events as well, such as concerts, theatre performances and exhibitions.

Media coverage, and television coverage in particular, is playing an ever-increasing part in sporting events and this means there is a demand for lighting that will enable excellent image quality whilst also limiting the glare and distraction for players, spectators and referees. The quality of the lighting installation is one of the main factors that determine the quality of a venue.

Achieving the required amount of light for the event that is taking place and providing flexibility, control, efficiency and maintainability for the venue demands that the design of the sports lighting installation be considered at the very outset, aiming angles and glare control will significantly influence elements of the geometry of the stadium in particular the roof. SKM work from concept stage with key suppliers of sports lighting equipment to establish a scheme that informs the evolution of the stadium design as a whole





Fire and SafetySafety in sports grounds is subject to numerous national and international standards both from Governments and individual sports bodies. Experience in dealing with fire and safety strategies is essential when planning and designing a new facility. SKM bring a wealth of global experience to the planning, design and commissioning of stadium systems to ensure that spectators are both safe and comfortable and can circulate throughout the venue with ease and in a secure environment.

Our most recent experience has been on a number of venues for the London Olympics where we have either designed or tested and commissioned fire and safety systems in three of the main venues on the Olympic Park. Large crowds need particular levels and methods of control during fire and other security events. Evacuation must be planned and controlled so as to be safe and speedy thus avoiding accidents. The physical design of the venue and the technology systems deployed must be designed to operate together with the venue management teams and we understand and facilitate this process of coordination and development throughout the project.

A successful venue can only be achieved through the detailed and thorough testing of systems through cause and effect scenario testing and exhaustive system testing. We understand the importance of this process and have detailed systems in place to monitor and drive these operations based upon our experience in venues such as the Olympic sites, Skilled Park and Suncorp Stadium, to ensure a successful project for our clients.


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Swimming Pool DesignThe successful design of swimming pools requires highly detailed coordination between the pool systems, the internal environmental controls, and the structure. SKM are experienced in the M&E and structural engineering design and, working with a pool filtration/systems specialist, can develop an appropriate design to suit the Client’s needs.

Environmental control of both temperature and humidity is of paramount importance in swimming pool facilities. In addition there is often a requirement to provide a different environment for the spectators and the design of this has to be carefully engineered to avoid unwanted interaction between bather and spectator environments. The pool water filtration and disinfection system plays a vital role in the operational success of a swimming pool, considering bather density, water quality and operating costs to achieve a safe and healthy environment for pool users and operators.

The swimming pool environment is aggressive and close attention to detail of material specification, in conjunction with effective environmental control is required to prevent premature failure of structure, finishes and services. Our extensive experience allows us to select and specify robust materials and finishes.

The lighting design in a pool, including controlled daylighting, needs careful consideration to ensure correct lighting levels can be maintained for competition and public swimming, whilst balancing this with avoidance of specular glare from the water. Underwater lighting is important for safety and for media coverage. Maintenance of luminaires must be considered with access being integrated into the design from the outset.

Our structural engineers are well versed in the design of swimming pool tanks, which may be stainless steel or reinforced concrete, with or without a liner. Water retaining concrete requires very careful coordination with the pool systems and equipment and detailed consideration of how the pool will be built.

For competition standard venues, tank dimensions are critical and allowance is made for touch pad, grout and tile thicknesses. The structure of the tank must be coordinated with the water and air circulation components such as edge transfer channels, supply pipework, drainage and dry ducts.

For flexibility, pool tanks are sometimes equipped with moveable walls and/or floating floors and the activating cables and hydraulic rams all need to be coordinated with the tank structure.


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Stadium Australia, Australia

Sinclair Knight Merz provided multi-disciplinary engineering services for Stadium Australia, the focal point for the 2000 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The stadium used state-of-the-art technology and world class engineering solutions.

The stadium is now being reconfigured from athletics to a traditional football arrangement, suitable for hosting the Rugby World Cup later this year. This involved the removal of the temporary end stands and construction of permanent seating. Also, the lower tier seats at the sides of the stadium have been slid inwards towards the field. The final works in the re-configuration is the construction of the end roofs. This is currently underway.

The firm provided civil and structural engineering services for the 110,000 seat stadium. It also carried out the building services design including passive and mechanical ventilation; electrical power, light and communications; hydraulics; fire protection; and lift services. Significant features of the project included:

• 295 m clear spanning roof trusses over the east and west stands

• 16.5 metre long cantilevered seating tiers• the adoption of a range of construction methods to

meet the challenges of programme and budget• minimisation of water usage through roof water

‘harvesting’ for non-potable uses and the reticulation of grey water

Estadio da Luz, Portugal

SKM provided multi-disciplinary design services on a very rapid construction programme, enabling the stadium to be completed in 2 years in time for Euro 2004.

Having been employed by Benfica football club to develop a world class stadium design with HOK Sport Architects, SKM were novated to the contractor to deliver the scheme.

SKM placed a team of engineers and technicians in Lisbon throughout the construction period in order to work with the contractors team. They were backed up by a delivery team in London and New Zealand.

The site of the new stadium is highly constrained, bounded by major highways and partly overlapping the existing stadium which was to remain in use until the project was completed. This had a major influence on the phasing of the works which the design process had to adapt to.

The team also adopted local construction techniques into the design, for instance floor structures formed from a composite of in-situ beams and precast planks. To suit a changing construction programme, the upper tier was designed to incorporate a steel frame.

The roof structure features 200m span arches which are supported on novel ‘supercolumns’ which are independent of the superstructure in order to isolate the roof seismically. The arches are tied across the roof plane in order to avoid excessive forces being exterted onto the columns.

Athens Olympic Stadium, Greece

SKM were employed in 2002 to assist the Greek main contractor on the dramatic new roof structure over the Olympic Stadium in Athens. The contractor required SKM to develop the scheme design by Santiago Calatrava, devise and incorporate value savings and to work with the steelwork fabricator and erector to develop a deliverable construction methodology.

SKM carried out the detailed design of the structure utilising sophisticated second order analysis techniques. Extensive liaison was required with both Santiago Calatrava and the Italian steelwork subcontractor in order to develop the design.

As the design progressed an erection methodology was formulated, where possible devising techniques to avoid adverse impact on the sensitive structural design, but as required incorporating the construction process and phasing into the finite element model and analysis.

SKM also provided M&E services to assist with the coordination and development of the mechanical and electrical systems in the roof.

The project, which involved sliding the two completed halves of the roof 55m into position over the stadium, was completed in time for the Olympic Games.

SKM also provided similar services on the Olympic Velodrome for Athens 2004. Prior to the Games we also assisted the opening ceremony contractor with the design of the cable structures supported from the roof.




Wellington Community Sports Centre, New Zealand

As the Principal Consultant, SKM led the design team for the new indoor sports centre. Requirements included 12 sprung-floor courts, spectator seating for up to 2,200 people, three meeting rooms, a café and function area with seating for up to 100 people, 317 onsite carparks and an outdoor half court. The concept focused around delivering a building that would also serve as a gateway to the city, given its prime location near the Wellington Airport. The sports centre demanded a high quality urban design solution that was both sustainable and aesthetic, whilst delivering benefits to the local community over its 70-year design life.

The design of the centre was complex due to its location in a seismically active region and on a brownfield site near the coast, making the building prone to high winds and corrosive sea salt. The building was designed to respond to these risks through innovative, environmentally and economically sustainable solutions. The ASB Sports Centre is visually sympathetic to its neighbourhood and landscape and provides the community and schools in the Wellington area with world-class playing and training facilities for numerous indoor sporting codes.

Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin, New Zealand

Forsyth Barr Stadium is the world’s only permanently covered stadium that boasts a natural turf playing field. To design such a massive and complex roof spanning between two independent building structures in a seismically active country and subject to snow and temperature extremes, required careful consideration of complex load cases and structural responses. Ensuring mandatory levels of reliability for such a structure required significant innovation in development of the structural design. SKM provided structural engineering services, incorporating some novel approaches to seismic energy dissipation to help keep the roof structure as slender as possible to minimise shadowing of the turf. The structure also has to maintain its integrity under severe wind, snow and earthquake conditions. Several techniques were used to achieve this in addition to usual careful analysis and detailed design. Completed just in time for the Rugby World Cup, the stadium hosted four games during the tournament. A home for 30,000 fans – no matter the weather.The project was selected for a Silver Award at the Association of Consulting Engineering New Zealand (ACENZ) INNOVATE NZ Awards of Excellence 2012. The stadium has received much interest from overseas, including as a finalist at the International KPMG Stadium Business Awards 2012 “New Venue” category and the World Stadium Awards 2012 “Engineering excellence in stadium development” category.

TelstraClear Pacific Events Centre, New Zealand

SKM designed all structure and building services for the NZ$32 million TelstraClear Pacific Events Centre in Manukau City which houses a 700 seat theatre and a 3000 seat sports arena under a single clear-span roof. This multi-award-winning events centre was developed at Manukau City on a very tight budget and a demanding site. It incorporates a 700 seat theatre back-to-back with a 3,000 seat sports arena, together with perimeter exhibition space. Promoting the cultural diversity of the community, the master plan also maximises commercial opportunities to add value to the site. The building caters for complex functional requirements, including concurrent multiple use.


Stadium MK


Dubai Sports City, UAE

SKM was commissioned by Sports City to act as the verifying engineers for the structural, mechanical and electrical design of Sports City Stadiums S1 and S3.

S3 stadium is a 30,000 seat cricket stadium. The verification work included development of two separate finite element models for the concrete bowl and fabric roof. A form finding exercise was undertaken to verify the geometry of the fabric clad pre-stressed cable roof. SKM also worked in alliance with the roof design subcontractors to develop a methodology for interpreting the wind engineering data obtained from wind tunnel testing.

S1 stadium is a 16,000 seat multipurpose indoor arena. It is a circular structure, approximately 130m in diameter, with a steel dome shaped roof.

SKM performed a dynamic review of both stadiums to ensure the stadiums are not susceptible to unforeseen dynamic responses.

Peter Mokaba Stadium, South Africa

SKM was appointed as a sub-consultant to AFRICON (Aurecon) to provide the structural engineering concept and scheme design for the 45,000 seat stadium, one of the ten host venues for the Football World Cup 2010.

SKM’s design input began in 2006 with a blank piece of paper and was carried out at an intense pace to allow construction to commence on site in February 2007.

The Client’s brief was a cost effective design that could easily be adapted to legacy mode after the World Cup events. SKM’s aim was to produce a simple yet innovative stadium design that would easily allow the target construction dates to be met.

The design is inspired by culture and simple construction. It is based upon the iconic ‘Baobab’ tree, indigenous trees with large diameter trunks that support each corner of the stadium which accommodates vertical circulation ramps and service cores where the steel structure holding up the roof is anchored. The trunk effectively provides sufficient space for the circulation of the crowds and the branches provide support for the 170 metre long roof trusses allowing a clear view of the pitch from every seat. The building comprises an upper and lower tier on all 4 sides and apart from the roof, is predominantly of concrete construction. The main frame is of in situ concrete construction with the bulk of the seating units utilising pre cast concrete units.

Cuiaba Stadium, Brazil

SKM has been appointed to work alongside GCP Architects in Sao Paulo to provide structural engineering design services as well as a consultancy and review role for one of the 12 stadiums for the FIFA World Cup 2014.

The £140 million stadium in Cuiabá will be called `Arena Cuiaba’, also known as `Novo Verdão’, the `Big Green’ will seat a capacity of 42,500 people for the World Cup in 2014. After the tournament, the legacy design will reduce the stadium to a 28,000 seat capacity and parts of the long seating and roof structures will be removed and re-used.

The key features of the stadium will be a simple yet rational scheme design that demonstrates cost efficiencies for the client and a long-term sustainable legacy. The materials for the stadium will be sourced locally and the uncomplicated structure will achieve the strict FIFA requirements and standards for World Cup football club design.

Sustainable design and factors like environmental impact will be strongly considered to ensure the stadium meets the demands of a changing market.

Brazil is a new market for the Buildings and Infrastructure team in the UK. In a country where sport is considered as a religion, football stadiums are regarded as high profile projects in the sports and social world of one of the key emerging economies in the global market place.

This project exemplifies SKM’s continuous presence in major sports events like the Olympic Games and Football World Cups.




Manor Park Sports Centre, UK

This proposed development was withdrawn due to political and funding issues at tender design stage. The design aimed to provide a wide range and scale of sporting facilities and provide an iconic building.

The development comprised a 25m long by 6 lane swimming pool with floating floor facility, new fitness suites, indoor and outdoor changing areas to replace the existing facilities, a sports hall with 6 badminton courts, multi-use areas/studios, fitness area and associated management facilities. The development was to be constructed in a single phase.

The structure comprised a steel frame that is braced in two directions for lateral stability and had pre-cast concrete unit upper floors acting, wherever possible, compositely with the steel frame to provide a more efficient structural frame. Long span timber trusses were to be used to provide a column free area in the sports hall, with long span beams utilised over the swimming pool.

The building services design focussed on achieving the correct internal conditions for the sports, changing and in particular the pool hall environment with its warm, humid and corrosive atmosphere. The scheme targeted BREEAM ‘Excellent’ standard and a 10% renewable energy requirement to meet the RSS requirement.

Eton Manor, Olympic Trainng Venue, UK

The new training facilities at Eton Manor in East London, to the north of the Olympic Park, have been constructed for the 2012 Olympic Games.

SKM provide M&E Technical Reviewer services for the design and construction of the facility, which includes 5 Olympic sized temporary swimming pools, tennis courts and a sports hall. The venue was used for competitive events during the Paralympic Games, and it will become a local amenity for the community post Olympics.

Mt Smart Stadium, New Zealand

Mt Smart Stadium has been upgraded by the addition of an East Stand which has added an additional 8,000 seats to the stadium’s capacity. The new stand increases the venue’s flexibility and user amenity in the hosting of a range of sporting and entertainment events. The stand’s facilities include offices, function rooms, catering facilities, exterior seating and relocated tower floodlights.

SKM provided integrated civil, structural and building services engineering design for the stand’s development

The new stand, opened in January 2005, comprises a long span cantilever steel roof with an innovative backstay support configuration above the stand building. The stand building has three large levels incorporating the gym and offices for the Warriors team, a full level for corporate entertainment and an upper level with a large concourse/foyer area. Food and beverage outlets are provided on all levels. To minimise the intrusion of columns in the warriors gym area and in the corporate entertainment area very long spans were adopted, requiring post tensioned concrete construction and very careful considerations of the dynamic effects.




Stadium MK, UK

The first phase of this 30,000 seater stadium has been completed at Milton Keynes and provides the venue for Milton Keynes Dons’ (formerly Wimbledon Football Club) home games now that they have moved into the area. The stadium is funded through partnership with Asda Stores Ltd, the supermarket chain, and the site features their new supermarket and a non-food retail development.

The stadium’s signature is provided by a continuous floating roof. SKM have developed innovative structural concepts in order to provide a lightweight, buildable and striking solution. The scheme also incorporates a 180 bed hotel, a ballroom capable of seating 800 people and an arena, backing onto the stadium space, to provide a truly multi-functional sports and leisure venue.

Throughout the design and construction the Client’s brief has evolved as his business plan has developed. SKM have been adaptable and proactive to incorporate changes to the design whilst maintaining the flow of structural information for tender and construction. Our experience and knowledge of stadia, our holistic approach to design, and our delivery skills have enabled the Contractor to develop a fastrack programme in response to the Client’s requirements.

The project was completed on time and to budget in 2007.

Nanjing Olympic Facilities, China

Design of a stadium, arena, aquatic centre and tennis complex. Sinclair Knight Merz was appointed to carry out the structural concept engineering for the main stadium and other venues for the 2005 China Games. The complex will be built as the centrepiece of the new West Nanjing City Centre.

The scope of work carried out by the firm included a 60,000 seat stadium, 13,000 seat indoor multi-use arena and auditorium, Olympic standard indoor swimming pool and a 17 court tennis complex.

The design was hailed in China as modern and unique with a ‘distinct visual effect’, yet still in tune with Chinese traditions.

Skilled Park Stadium, Australia

SKM combined with Populous Architects to design the new 27,000 seating capacity Stadium on Queensland’s Gold Coast. SKM has developed the following sustainable features for the stadium:

• Rainwater harvesting and storage in a 320,000 litre catchment tank for pitch irrigation

• A Waste Minimisation Strategy has been developed with the primary objective being maximised recycling, including a dedicated waste storage and separation area

• Development of a ‘Transport Management Plan’ in consultation with Gold Coast City Council, Translink and other authorities to achieve the 80% commuting rate for users of the building

• Initial construction works fully integrated 90% of the stadium fit out, resulting in reduced construction waste

• Architectural design has focused on exposed surfaces and fixtures (such as bare concrete, glass and steel), reducing the need for finishing materials such as paints and associated toxic emissions

• Native landscaping and use of drought resilient plants.


Skilled Park Stadium


American Express Community Stadium, UK

SKM worked for design and build contractor Buckinghams on this new 22,500-seater stadium for Brighton and Hove Albion FC. We were appointed to carry out the civil and structural design.The stadium is sited on the outskirts of Brighton, adjacent to the University of Brighton. The building was dug into the side of a hill, up to 13m in certain locations, so significant external works were required, including large cuts in to the chalk strata.

The construction of the building comprises the roof; two curved steel trusses spanning 180m which carry the main roof rafters and cladding. The roof was clad in a blue tinted polycarbonate. The two trusses are located on large concrete thrust blocks at either end, and there is a continuous tension ring running around the roof to deal with the loads generated from having curved in plan trusses. There are 4 separate stands, each of which is of steel beam and metal deck construction.

SKM have applied their expertise in long span roof design, including incorporation of erection method implications, and carried out detailed assessments of the dynamic behaviour of the stands structures under crowd loading utilising our specialist structural dynamics team.

The stadium won the 2011 Structural Steel Awards.

Olympic Basketball Arena, UK

In 2007 an SKM led Design Team was appointed to design the 12,000 seat Basketball Venue for the 2012 Olympic Games in London. SKM, along with their Architect and Sports Architect sub-consultants, provided full multi-disciplinary services on this, the largest temporary venue ever built for an Olympics. The brief called for a temporary venue, a world class sporting arena built for the Games, and dismantled afterwards to avoid the classic ‘white elephant’ which typically burdens host cities after major events. In meeting these stringent requirements the brief called for a highly sustainable and cost effective venue, as appropriate for a building with no long term legacy.

In combination, these requirements formed an extremely challenging brief. To meet this, the SKM led team have worked collaboratively to devise a building largely formed out of off-the-shelf components which can be reused after the Olympics. The building components have been reduced to their minimum level, or eliminated entirely, and materials and construction techniques selected which enabled simple deconstruction and recycling of bespoke products. After considering a number of approaches to the contradiction of a ‘sustainable temporary arena’, the SKM team adopted a solution where the separate building components are reused, but not necessarily the building as a whole. However, some elements cannot be easily re-used once incorporated into the construction, and therefore a ‘less is more’ approach is suitable.

Olympic Handball Arena, UK

SKM provided structural and MEP engineering services on this multi-purpose legacy arena on the Olympic Park.

Working for the design and build contractor, SKM took the scheme design for the arena and updated it to cater for non-compliance issues in relation to the brief. We then developed the design to construction status, incorporating construction techniques preferred by the contractor.

The building is located on very poor contaminated ground on the Olympic Park. Piled foundations and ground slabs catered for these conditions, and incorporated a gas membrane.

The design includes precast blade vomitory walls, connected to a steel frame with cast in plates.

The roof structure spans in two directions, hence computer modelling was carried out to determine the effect of the erection method on the final stresses in the roof elements.

The arena is a legacy venue, used as a multipurpose facility for the local community, It incorporates retractable bleacher seating,and light pipes in the roof to allow natural daylight into the internal spaces.


Sports City, Dubai S3


Wembley Stadium, UK

Sinclair Knight Merz, as part of the Mott Stadium consortium between Mott McDonald, SKM and Connell Wagner formed part of the multi-disciplinary engineering team for Wembley Stadium.

Wembley Stadium is a recognisable feature with a 315 metre arch structure making it the longest single span roof structure in the world.

SKM were responsible for the design of the structural steelwork for the bowl structure including the perimeter prismatic truss that forms the interface with the roof structure. This also incorporated the reinforced concrete shear cores that resist wind loading on the building. SKM were responsible for the design of two of these cores to resist enormous horizontal loads, applied to the very top of the cores, from cables supporting the main roof arch in the temporary condition before the structure was complete.

The project used the newest technologies to create a venue fit for the new millennium, with hotel, exhibition and retail facilities. The involvement of SKM in this project demonstrates skills in the following areas:

• design of roof structures for landmark stadiums• design of grandstands subject to extreme crowd loading

for sports events and concerts• design of major multi-purpose stadiums.

Suncorp Stadium, Australia

Sinclair Knight Merz was engaged to undertake an Environmental Impact Study (EIS) into the effects of a new stadium at Lang Park, in Brisbane. The proposed project involved the establishment of a world-class facility with seating for 52 500 for rectangular pitch sporting and entertainment events.The proposed project involved the establishment of a world-class facility with seating for 52,500 for rectangular pitch sporting and entertainment events.

The EIS was prepared for the then Queensland Department of Tourism, Sport and Racing and was based on a comprehensive and holistic approach to community consultation, leading to very focussed impact mitigation strategies for the predicted social, economic and physical impacts for the project. The EIS presented strategies to achieve a very high patronage of public transport to overcome existing traffic impacts and existing impacts on the surrounding community,

The Stadium consultation process involved iterative consultation with community members as detailed design was being carried out, consultation was then fed into the design and environmental impact processes. The consultation covered parking, transport, social impacts, visual impacts, construction impacts, noise, air, and light pollution and contributed to the development of mitigation strategies, including ongoing consultation mechanisms.

Aberdeen Sports Village, UK

This £22 million landmark building is a joint venture between Aberdeen City Council, University of Aberdeen and Sports Scotland to provide state of the art indoor sports facilities at the site of existing Chris Anderson Stadium.

The building comprises of principally three large enclosed halls, a central access route, associated offices and plant accommodation plus squash courts and a feature entrance foyer. The 100x70m football hall houses a full size pitch. The roof is composed of planar trusses spanning the full width of the pitch from the street to the northern edge of the building. The linear athletics hall houses the 100m track, pole vault, long jump and various throwing sports. Its main features are a triple height façade, dramatic tied barrel vault roof and high level truss supporting the fitness suite floor.



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SPORTS ENGINEERING


Our TeamSKM’s sports engineering team is located in our offices around the world, with our centre of excellence in the UK. As a truly global business we have the technical, organisational and cultural capability to deliver projects locally utilising the strength of our international skills.

On each project we bring our best people together to form highly capable teams. We recognise the importance of the local conditions and market on our designs and ensure that we bring that local knowledge to the project from the outset. Where we are working outside of our regional coverage, we often partner with local firms to bring that expertise into our team, whether it be knowledge of local ground conditions, preferred forms of construction or regulatory issues.

Because of the way we work, we are a very well connected business with strong personal relationships. This means that our teams are generally experience at working together having delivered previous projects collectively. Our global reach gives opportunities to staff to geographically move around the business, hence engendering a culture of knowledge sharing which enables us to deliver our sports engineering skills internationally.

Our key staff are committed to and experience in delivering projects wherever they are in the world, and have worked together on a number of projects. They are used to travelling to lead our stadium designs and acting as points of continuity between our offices, whether that is communicating daily via our HD video conferencing facilities, or face to face in locally held meetings.

Our New Zealand staff, including those in our Christchurch office, have highly relevant experience in the design of high quality sports facilities, including Forsyth Barr Stadium. Combined with our global skills SKM are well positioned to deliver venues as part of the Christchurch reconstruction.




Amex Sadium, Brighton, UK


Nick LingBSc (Hons) Building (Civil/Structural) Engineering, University of Bath, UK. 1993 CEng (2000) MIStructE (2000)

Technical Director – Structural EngineeringNick is a Technical Director in our Buildings Team with 19 years of experience working on challenging, architect led projects. In particular over the last 10 years Nick has led SKM’s sports engineering team, being responsible for most of its stadium and arena projects around the world, although he has a broad range of experience working in a variety of sectors. Nick is a qualified Structural Engineer with a holistic approach to design, developing concepts collaboratively through gaining a full understanding of the Client’s, Architect’s and MEP Engineer’s requirements. He is an ‘architect’s engineer’, able to sketch out ideas and concepts and bring pragmatism and value to the team’s aspirations. He has a working knowledge of structural dynamics and the effect of the crowd behaviour on structures. Nick specialises in long span roof structures, having designed free standing roofs of over 300m in length between supports. This includes an understanding of the construction, erection and de-propping of such structures and the integration of these processes into the structural design. Through working on complex stadium projects, Nick understands how the various, and sometimes conflicting, requirements of different disciplines need to be integrated together, and he brings a holistic approach to design and design management to help lead the team towards a well coordinated and high value solution.

Significant Project Experiences:Cuiaba Stadium, Brazil World Cup 2014Project Director - New 40,000 seat stadium, working with local architect and engineering team to deliver a scheme design for a stadium which can be built using local practices and construction methods. Currently under construction.

Basketball Arena, London 2012 Olympics Design Director - New 12,000 seat arena for the London Olympics and Paralympics. SKM led team in collaboration with Wilkinson Eyre Architects and KSS Architects. Located on the Olympic Park and designed to be dismantled and relocated. The largest enclosed temporary Olympic venue ever built.

Amex Stadium, Brighton, UK, 2000 to dateProject Director - New 21,000 seat stadium for Brighton and Hove Albion FC with KSS architects, completed in 2011. Complex curved in plan, curved in elevation trussed roof structure. Phase 2 currently underway to expand capacity to 30,000 seats

Peter Mokaba Stadium, South Africa World Cup 2010Project Director - New 40,000 seat football stadium in Polokwane designed in conjunction with AFL Architects, featuring construction methods to suit local practices, and a trussed roof structure architecturally designed to reflect the region’s natural features.

Estadio da Luz, Lisbon, Euro 2004Structural Design Leader - New 60,000 seat stadium for Benfica FC, including insitu and precast reinforced concrete basements and stand structures and the 200m span steel arch roof structure, all to modern Eurocode earthquake requirements.

Chris DeshonBachelor of Engineering (1st Class Honours Civil), University of Western Australia Bachelor of Science (Computer Science/Information Technology), University of Western Australia

Principal Structural EngineerChris is a senior engineer with over 18 years experience in the design of structural building projects, particularly Sports Stadia. He has been involved with many international stadia projects and has worked on a wide variety of projects within Western Australia, interstate and overseas. Chris is familiar with all standard forms of construction commonly adopted in Western Australia.

Significant Project Experiences:Cricket Stadium S3, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesVerification (and later design) leader for new cricket stadium constructed as part of the Sports City project development. The verification encompassed architectural, MEP and civil/structural with subsequent site construction works undertaken by the SKM Dubai office. Following the verification the client engaged SKM to undertake design modifications to the building to improve functionality (as outlined and recommended in the verification reports). The team was truly global with architectural verification (sub Consultant) undertaken in Manchester, UK; the Building services undertaken in Sydney, the structural verification undertaken in Perth and Sydney, local inputs provided from Dubai.

Indoor Sports Arena S1, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesLead Engineer for the design verification of the proposed new indoor arena constructed as part of the Sports City project development. The verification encompassed architectural, MEP and civil/structural verification with site construction works undertaken by SKM Dubai office. Following the verification the client engaged SKM to undertake design modifications to the building to improve functionality (as outlined in the verification reports).

Benfica (Estadio da Luz), LisbonSKM Project manager responsible for the fast-track delivery of engineering services (Civil, Structural and Building services) for the new 65,000 seat stadium. The stadium, home of prominent football team Benfica Football Club hosted the final of the Euro 2004 football competition. The stadium was constructed adjacent to the existing facilities and the construction staged to minimise disruption to the football club. The stadium features four arches high above the roof which appear to hover above the seating.


Rob HazellBEng (Hons) Civil / Structural Engineering, Bath University CEng MIStructE

Associate Rob is a key member of our sports engineering team, being responsible for the project management and delivery of many of our recent stadia. He is a practical engineer focussed in achieving efficient designs and programme deadlines. He holds strong relationships with contractors, who value his pragmatism and delivery focus, along with his experience of many sports projects.

Significant Project Experiences:• The Amex Stadium, Brighton – New 30,000 seat stadium for Brighton and Hove Albion FC with KSS

architects working for D&B Contractor BGCL. Scheme featured a complicated curved in plan curved in elevation trussed roof structure

• The Handball Arena, 2012 Olympics – Project Director for this new 8,000 seat arena for the London Olympics working for D&B Contractor BGCL. Long span steel roof truss design.

• Wolverhampton Wanderers FC North and East stands redevelopment. New stands for Wolverhampton Wanderers with AFL Architects and D&B Contractor BGCL

• City of Salford Community Stadium. New stadium for the City of Salford and the Salford Reds rugby league team. Working for D&B Contractor BGCL.

• Stadium MK retail unit and stadium conversion. The construction of a new retail store and the completion of the stadium works, leading on from our original work on the design of the stadium in 2006. We are working for D&B Contractor BGCL.

• Brentford FC - New £300m redevelopment in the heart of West London, includes the construction of a 20,000 seat football stadium, 2000 residential units as well as a sports complex comprising sports halls and swimming pools.

• Southend United FC - £70 million. Major site redevelopment including the construction of a 22,000 seater stadium, a 120 bed hotel, 130 unit residential buildings and 150,000 sq ft of retail. The stadium, hotel and retail buildings are of steel frame construction, with a fully integrated cantilever roof linking them together. The residential buildings are of RC construction with 2 storey deep sheet piled basement structures.

• The County Ground, Bristol – Project Director for the refurbishment / upgrading of an existing cricket ground. Work involves a new terrace structure plus significant remodelling of existing pavilion and has been designed to be phased to suit the cricket seasons.

• Stadium MK - £42 million. Project Manager for the construction of a new 30,000 seat stadium in Milton Keynes as part of a large redevelopment. A steel frame on piled foundations supports a tapered cantilever roof. A 1200m2 steel framed ballroom facility forms part of the west stand and a multi use steel framed arena structure is located to the rear of the south stand. Working for D&B Contractor BGCL.

• Wembley National Stadium Redevelopment - £660 million. 90,000 seat sports arena responsible for leading the structural design of the upper tier, hotel, club and upper concourse stadium levels, stability cores and the lower roof.

• Everton Football Club - Liverpool. A new stadium which forms part of a major redevelopment in the centre of Liverpool. The design for this stadium was taken up to scheme stage.

Martin WillisMEng (Hons) Civil Engineering University of Newcastle Upon Tyne HND Civil Engineering Studies Nottingham Trent University

AssociateMartin is a Project Manager within the Cirencester structure team. His role covers the day to day management and overall delivery of projects. He has experience of design and delivery of projects in all forms of building materials for both new build and refurbishment projects. Recent projects include the mixed use development, Pioneer Point in Ilford East London and Martin was instrumental in delivering the first Environmental Format store for Tesco in Cheetham Hill, Manchester.

Significant Project Experiences:• City of Salford Community Stadium – The new Community Stadium in Salford provides a community facility

the comprises a stadium pitch, training pitches complete with changing facilities, office and community facilities, concessions and large function spaces. The stadium has a capacity of 12,000 spectators at the completion of phase 1, rising to 20,000 through future phases. The site is located in an area with deep made ground and ground gas all considered within the incorporated foundation solution. The stadium construction is primarily a structural steel frame with a stayed long span cantilever roof to the main west stand. Architect: AFL.

• FC Gabala Sports Complex - The FC Gabala Sports Complex development comprising of a new Academy and a new Stadium in Gabala in northern Azerbaijan in a region of high seismic activity. The Academy includes office space, changing accommodation, medical facilities, residential accommodation, indoor sports hall, fitness centre, gymnasium and a swimming pool. Externally there will be a combination of natural turf and artificial turf pitches both full size and half size. The Stadium includes 15,000 covered seats generally on a single seating tier. The Stadium will also include kiosks and toilets for spectators, hospitality function space, hospitality seating, executive boxes, VIP directors’ box, lounge with 50 VIP seats, players changing and warm up areas and press and media facilities. The building will also include office space for the football club, hotel accommodation and car parking spaces for players and staff and coach parking for fans. Architect: AFL.

• London 2012 Olympics – Basketball Arena - The Basketball Arena for the London 2012 Olympics is a temporary venue with the brief stating that evaluation of the most appropriate design approach was to ensure value for money to include the use of modular assemblies, relocateable systems, temporary components and hired solutions wherever each approach is deemed appropriate. The construction consists of an external 114m x 96m clear span demountable steel portal frame, internally the seating bowl is provided by a temporary scaffold seating contractor which sits on foundations and steel frames that provide clear access for toilets and the stair and lift cores. Architect: Wilkinson Eyre & KSS.


Andy WoodhouseBSc Hons. 1981 National Pool Plant Operators Certificate. 2000

Technical Director – Building ServicesAndrew has been involved in the management, design and supervision of building services engineering projects both in the UK and abroad. He has a strong track record in providing building services design solutions to sport and leisure developments, including stadiums, aquatic centres and arenas at international, national and community level.

He was the lead engineer, coordinating all other disciplines on the Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games Aquatics centre and lead the building services on the Manchester Commonwealth stadium and later the transformation to the City of Manchester stadium (home to Manchester City FC). His experience in swimming pool venues has involved him in major projects in Beijing, Turin, Norway and the UK. The approach to swimming pool design requires close coordination with all parties to minimize energy consumption and the risk of condensation causing premature failure of building components and equipment.

He has demonstrated the application of novel solutions to assist in meeting the aspirations of the team whilst ensuring the environmental conditions and energy efficiency are not compromised.

He was recently responsible for the strategy and design of the ventilation systems for the London 2012 Basketball Arena and building services Technical auditor and Supervisor for London 2012 Handball Arena and Eton Manor Venues.

Significant Project Experiences:• London 2012 Olympic Games Eton Manor Training Venue. Leading the External Technical Reviewer (ETR)

role for the building services component of this facility comprising 3 x 50m, 10 lane pools, water polo and synchronized swimming pools, indoor tennis centre, outdoor tennis and hockey facilities.

• London 2012 Olympic Games Handball Arena. Technical director responsible for the MEP audit of this new 7,000 seat arena which will host the handball events during the 2012 Olympic Games. Acting as ETR and supervisor under NEC3 contract.

• East Northants Leisure Centre. Responsible for multi-disciplinary design of a new leisure centre for the Local Authority incorporating 25m 6 lane pool, learner pool, 8 court sports hall, extensive health and fitness suites.

• Dubai Sports City S4. Technical director responsible for the audit of all building services elements of a 60,000 seat, multi-purpose stadium to host football, rugby, athletics and American football for the Client.

• University of Lancaster Sports Centre. Responsible for the contractors MEP design for a new sports centre with 25m, 8 lane pool, 6 court sports halls, climbing wall, extensive health and fitness facilities, wet and dry changing facilities.

• University of Kent. Project Director responsible for the delivery of building services on a number of upgrades to the University sports facilities including sports hall, fitness suite, dance studio and weights area.

• Khalifa Stadium, Abu Dhabi. Carried out design status review on behalf of potential design and build contractor for 60,000 seat stadium with movable roof.

• London 2012 Olympic Games. Temporary basketball arena. Responsible for the mechanical services design for 12,000 seat arena, athletes changing accommodation and Olympic Family facilities. Carried out cfd to verify design and evaluating spectator and athlete area temperature profiles. Carried out condensation risk analysis associated with the fabric enclosure.

John NaylorBSc (Hons) – Electrical and Electronic Engineering with First Class Honours

CEng – Chartered EngineerJohn is National Technical Leader of the UK Buildings Services group based in London with particular experience in large scale complex projects both in the UK and Europe acting as Project Director, Project Manager, Lead Designer, Electrical Engineer and Lighting Designer. John has over 25 years experience in both the public and private buildings sector undertaking projects that have ranged in scale and complexity and have included major area redevelopment schemes, large public buildings, sports venues, listed buildings and financial sector buildings complete with data centres and the need for resilient infrastructure. John has managed these projects from concept through to commissioning and delivery and whilst working for a major property developer John has invaluable experience as an end user.

As global Practice Leader for Buildings Electrical Engineering John brings leading skills in the electrical engineering design field including power, lighting and fire systems together with an ability to lead multidisciplined design teams on major schemes.

Through his work on major projects across the world John has leading experience in the initial infrastructure planning phases of large projects progressing into strategic design concepts and leading design teams through the development of detailed and coordinated designs. With an imaginative yet practical approach there is a focus on achieving solutions that bring usability, efficiency and flexibility.

Significant Project Experiences:Basketball Arena, London 2012 OlympicsProject Director Building Services – New 12,000 seat internal arena to stage the 2012 Olympic/Paralympics Basketball Competition leading the coordinated building services input within a multidisciplinary team where SKM took the project lead for delivery of the complete design including architecture. The largest enclosed temporary Olympic venue ever built.

Handball Arena, London 2012 Olympics:Project Director – New 7,000 seat indoor arena to stage the 2012 Olympic/Paralympics Handball, Modern Pentathlon and Goalball competitions. External technical review role overseeing the technical design on behalf of the ODA for both the games and legacy applications. Building services supervisor role during the construction phase.

Eton Manor, London 2012 Olympics:Project Director –New 10,000 seat Paralympic tennis venue, Olympic tennis training and 5No training pools on a site adjacent to the main Olympic Park. External technical review role overseeing the technical design on behalf of the ODA for both the games and legacy applications. MEP supervisor role during the construction phase.

FC Gabala, Azerbaijan:Building Services Project Director – New 15,000 seat football stadium and academy facilities including pitch lighting, safety systems, swimming pools and indoor sports/gym facilities. The project also included residential facilities for players and trainees.

ICC Cricket World Cup West Indies 2007:Building Services Project Director - Strategic engineering, construction, safety and event operational advice to the International Cricket Council in respect of the development of 11 stadia for the 2007 World Cup. The project comprised significant elements of temporary structures and associated building services to provide World Cup to legacy flexibility/transformation.


Louise TuckerBachelor of Engineering (Civil) with First Class Honours University of Canterbury, New Zealand

Member, Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand (Civil and Structural Practice Area)

Chartered Professional Engineer

Senior Structural EngineerLouise is a Senior Structural Engineer and Design Manager in our Buildings Team with over 15 years of experience in the construction industry. In this time, Louise has worked predominantly in New Zealand and Australia, but also has experience with projects in both Asia and Europe. Louise’s strengths lie in working with a team to deliver large projects within programme and on budget. She has high level communication and organisational skills essential for pulling together the specific requirements for a project and providing direction to the delivery team.

Louise has worked on a number of sports projects during her career from technical analysis and input on earlier projects, such as Estadio da Luz and Oaka Stadium to design management on later projects such as the Otago Stadium.

Significant Project Experiences:Otago Stadium, DunedinProject Director for the structural engineering design of the 30,000 seat bowl and ETFE clad roof stadium for the Rugby World Cup 2011.

Indoor Community Sports Centre, Wellington City CouncilDiscipline leader for the structural, civil and geotechnical aspects of the concept design for the new twelve court indoor netball facility at Cobham Drive.

Oaka Stadium Roof Review, Aktor, GreeceProject engineer in the London office reviewing and providing enhancements to the Santiago Calatrava designed roof over the existing 75,000 seat stadium for the Contractor, Aktor. This included an overall review of the Calatrava roof design as well as reviews of the construction methodology, temporary support structures and reviewing options for reducing the overall roof weight.

Estadio da Luz, Lisbon, Euro 2004Member of the New Zealand team undertaking the verification of the detailed design of the stadium bowl foundation and roof structure for the new 60,000 seat football stadium for Benfica FC. The verification included an independent review of seismic, concrete and steel design to the Eurocodes along with the detailed documentation produced by the Sinclair Knight Merz London office.

Trudi CarterBachelor of Engineering (Civil) with First Class Honours University of Western Australia

CEng Member, Institute of Structural Engineers

Senior Structural EngineerTrudi is a Senior Structural Engineer currently based in the buildings team of our Melbourne office. Prior to Melbourne, Trudi spent 7 years working in SKM’s London office, where she worked on a number of sports projects, from the large-scale, iconic Wembley Stadium to the smaller, flexible spaces of the University of Surrey Sports Centre and the Hathershaw and Fitton Hill Community Centre. She has strong-interpersonal skills, quick understanding and an excellent work ethic.

Trudi enjoys the highly technical challenge of sports structures, and has experience in resolving issues associated with long span structures, structural dynamics, and crowd loading to walls and balustrades. She also understands the specific requirements of swimming pool halls from her work on the olympic size swimming pool at the University of Surrey. This includes the tank, servicing requirements, water treatment and choice of materials and detailing suit the corrosive environment.

Significant Project Experiences:University of Surrey Sports CentreLead Structural Engineer on the University of Surrey Sports Centre development. The building comprises two main sports halls, fitness centre, squash courts, bar/café, changing areas and a 50m swimming pool. SKM were involved in the project since feasibility and scheme stage, however Trudi’s involvement was in progressing the scheme from Stage C to Employer’s Requirements for tendering, and then working with the contractor following novation during construction.

Hathershaw and Fitton Hill Community CentreDesign Engineer on this Community Centre development located outside of Manchester comprising single and double storey height wings for Nursery, Youth Hall, Gym, Meeting Room and Office facilities. Responsibilities on this project included the design of substructure, the majority of the superstructure and compilation of building control calculations.

Milton Keynes StadiumDesign Engineer involved at two stages of the works, developing the structural concept design towards building approval from client and then in the detailed design phases. Responsibilities included developing the concept design of the initial roof concept in conjunction with the Architect and roof specialist, and development of the detailed design for the Western Stand including the dynamic analysis of the rakers and long span stand structures.

Wembley StadiumDesign Engineer working within the Mott Stadium Consortium on the £350 million redevelopment of England’s national football stadium. Responsibilities on this project included technical support for site during construction, detailed structural design for areas that required further development, site inspections and site meetings with subcontractors.


Mike PurvisHNC Civil Engineering from South Bank Polytechnic

Senior EngineerWith 30 years experience, Mike has gained broad and valuable knowledge of the technical and project management challenges faced by building and infrastructure projects, in particular in the following areas: finite element analysis of reinforced concrete flat slabs, long span and slender structures including complex FE, buckling and dynamic problems, and designing with a wide range of building materials, including glass, ETFE, timber, steel, concrete and masonry.

Working as a Technical Associate, Mike develops conceptual and detailed technical solutions to ensure that the requirements of the Client’s brief are met in an innovative way. He has significant experience of modelling in both analytical and CAD environments with packages such as Robot, 3D-CAD (Microstation) and also has strong RC detailing, draughting and IT skills. During his career Mike has developed a highly innovative approach to design with demanding architects and clients on a number of the companies signature structural projects. He brings a wealth of technical expertise in design with all major structural materials.

Significant Project Experiences:• City of Salford Community Stadium – The new Community Stadium in Salford provides a community facility the

comprises a stadium pitch, training pitches complete with changing facilities, office and community facilities, concessions and large function spaces. The stadium has a capacity of 12,000 spectators at the completion of phase 1, rising to 20,000 through future phases.

• FC Gabala Sports Complex - The FC Gabala Sports Complex development comprising of a new Academy and a new Stadium in Gabala in northern Azerbaijan. The Academy includes office space, changing accommodation, medical facilities, residential accommodation, indoor sports hall, fitness centre, gymnasium and a swimming pool. Externally there will be a combination of natural turf and artificial turf pitches both full size and half size. The Stadium includes 15,000 covered seats generally on a single seating tier. The Stadium will also include kiosks and toilets for spectators, hospitality function space, hospitality seating, executive boxes, VIP directors’ box, lounge with 50 VIP seats, players changing and warm up areas and press and media facilities.

• London 2012 Olympics – Basketball Arena - The Basketball Arena for the London 2012 Olympics is a temporary venue with the brief stating that evaluation of the most appropriate design approach was to ensure value for money to include the use of modular assemblies, relocateable systems, temporary components and hired solutions wherever each approach is deemed appropriate.

• Eden Project, Cornwall (all phases) – Senior engineer responsible for the design of the Biome superstructures and foundations, Senior engineer responsible for the design of the Core structure. The project is one of the major Millennium Commission schemes to form a botanical garden and education resource centre within a former china clay quarry.

• National Botanic Garden of Wales - Principally involved in developing the scheme design. The Great Glasshouse is the architectural centrepiece of the garden, and contains botanic specimens from Mediterranean climates around the world.

• Wembley Stadium, London – Involved in evaluating the dynamic performance of the seating terraces.

Trevor RobertsonBE(Hons), Civil/Structural, University of Auckland, NZ.

CPEng, IntPE, FIPENZ

Principal Structural Engineer – New ZealandTrevor is a structural engineer with over 40 years’ experience in a wide range of engineering projects, is a Senior Principal of SKM and Principal Structural Engineering for New Zealand. He is Past President and Life Member of the Structural Engineering Society New Zealand and a member of the New Zealand Earthquake Engineering Society, the Timber Design Society and the Cement & Concrete Association.

Trevor is highly experienced, meticulous and forward thinking. He has a wealth of experience in inter-discipline co-ordination and management, built on his background in the building industry as a structural engineer and project manager of large multi-disciplinary projects. He has a strong interest in seismic engineering and has been actively involved in the recovery phase of the recent devastating Christchurch earthquakes. He has a practical trait and is skilled at identifying practical constructable solutions.

Trevor was recently lead structural engineer for the Forsyth Barr Stadium project and formerly lead structural engineer for design of Auckland’s TelstraClear Pacific Events Centre both of which won an ACENZ Silver Award and the latter the overall IPENZ Engineering Excellence Award 2006. He was recently Project Director for the Te Puia Maori Arts and Crafts Institute Redevelopment for which SKM won the New Zealand Timber Design Society Supreme Award.

Significant Project Experiences:Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin, NZ, Rugby World Cup 2011, 2006 - 2011Lead structural engineer for structural design and construction observation of a unique fully enclosed transparent roof 30,000 seat rugby and multipurpose stadium for Dunedin. This is the first stadium in the world with a natural turf under a permanently closed roof. Multiple award winning project.

North Harbour Stadium Scheme Design, Auckland, 2008Lead structural engineer for scheme design to substantially expand the existing stadium as a potential primary venue for Rugby World Cup 2011.

TelstraClear Pacific Events Centre, Manuka, 2002 - 2005SKM Team Leader and lead structural engineer for 3,000 seat indoor sports arena and with 700 seat performing arts theatre incorporating large span roof with doubly curved plywood shell roof sections. A major challenge was presented in acoustic separation of the two back-to-back venues. Significant savings were achieved through innovative approach to the foundations on poor soil. Multiple award winning project.

Mt Smart Stadium New East Stand – Auckland, 2002 - 2005 Project Director for the new 8,000 seat stand for Auckland Regional Council, covering structural, mechanical services, electrical and civil engineering.

Aotearoa Cultural Centre, Auckland, 2002Lead structural engineer for concept phase of proposed $220 million 6000-seat auditorium, cultural centre and retail development, Princes Wharf, Auckland. Project included seismic strengthening of old wharf and new 65 m span timber barrel-vault roof.

Quay Park Arena Concept Design, Auckland, 2000Lead structural engineer for bid scheme design for 10,000 seat indoor sports arena to be located on Quay Park, Auckland McLean Park.


Tim EleyBEng (Hons) Civil Engineering, University of Brighton, UK.

CEng MIStructE

Associate – Structural EngineeringTim is a structural engineer with significant experience in complex structures and has worked in Australia, UK & the Middle East. Tim has been responsible for the structural engineering documentation, delivery and resource management for various challenging sports projects from conception through to construction. Tim is able to work with high profile Architects to deliver technically challenging concepts with practical solutions. Tim’s experience extends to include design management and delivery of complex multidiscipline projects. Tim is experienced in all aspects of stadium design and has performed a number of technical, design management and client facing roles.

Significant Project Experiences:Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin, New Zealand (NZ$165M): Rugby World Cup 2011Structural Design Leader - for the SKM structural team for the design of this long span roof structure. The 30,000 seat stadium has a fully enclosed roof clad in ETFE and around 2,000m2 of hung facades. The structure consists of five tubular trusses spanning across the field of play and forms a multipurpose space for the community. Technical challenges included design for seismicity and the lightweight roof required wind tunnel testing to determine the dynamic load effects. The project completed in 2011. Client: Carisbrook Stadium Trust. Architect: Populus.

Doha Asian Games, Qatar. Cauldron & Opening Cereomony, 2006Structural Design Leader & multidiscipline management- Project to design a $10 million USD Cauldron as the Centre piece of the Doha Asian games 2006. The 30m tall structure consisted of a slender steel mast with a number of integrated moving mechanisms. The structure housed a gas burner with a 6m tall flame, complex issues associated with steel design at high temperatures and service routing within structural members.

Other Opening Ceremony structures included a basement and vertical lift below the field of play and 250m span catenaries for flying stages and props.

SKM provided a number of services for the project, including structural, mechanical, building services and cost consultancy. Client & Designer: David Atkins Enterprises.

Dubai Sports City, UAE – 15,000 seat Indoor Arena Roof and Bowl Verification Engineer. 2006.Dubai Cricket Stadium. Project Value US$ 200 Million. Client Dubai Sport City.

Structural Design Leader - Design verification of a purpose built 15,000 seat cricket stadium with a long span lightweight roof over a concrete bowl structure. Involved a co-ordinated review of several packages such as piling, concrete framing, steelwork and PTFE fabric. Client: Dubai Sports City

Dubai Sports City – 25,000 seat Cricket Stadium Roof and Bowl Verification Engineer, 2006.Dubai Cricket Stadium. Project Value US$ 200 Million. Client Dubai Sport City.

Structural Design Leader - Design verification of a purpose built 30,000 seat cricket stadium with a long span lightweight roof over a concrete bowl structure. The roof structure consisted of a central ring truss and a tensile fabric PTFE roof. The verification involved a co-ordinated review of several packages such as piling, concrete framing, steelwork and PTFE fabric. Client: Dubai Sports City.

David BradshawBE (1st class Hons) (Civil/Structural) Engineering, University of Canterbury, New Zealand. Diploma in Business - University of Auckland

Chartered Professional Engineer MIPENZ, MNZSEE

Principal Structural EngineerDavid brings 30 years structural and multi disciplinary technical leadership experience to stadia project teams with an ability to provide focus on innovative, cost effective and programme driven solutions that provide tangible benefits for our clients.

David’s experience working collaboratively with architects and contractors in a wide range of roles in many countries ensures that he delivers appropriate leadership and technical input to maximise the benefits from functionality, whole of life engineering, durability, constructability and safety considerations to all projects.

His particular technical expertise includes structural and seismic engineering with knowledge of structural dynamics and wind loading. He fully understands the functionality requirements and interfaces in stadia design between all the different disciplines, and has a working knowledge of those disciplines.

Significant Project Experiences:AMI Stadium - currentProject Director – Review of repair schemes for the earthquake damaged 40,000 seat AMI Stadium, Christchurch; consideration of remedial works to address the effects of seismic shaking and liquefaction settlement.

Forsyth Barr Stadium - 2011Project Director - New 30,000 seat covered stadium for the Dunedin. Involved in several stages of the design and construction of the innovative permanently covered natural turf facility utilising inflated clear PTFE sausages that allow sufficient sunlight transmission to maintain the turf.

Dubai Sports City Stadia - 2008Structural reviewer of 2 stadia under construction in Dubai. Design review of the 60,000 seat multipurpose S4 Stadium and 25,000 seat cricket stadium at Dubai Sports City including review of structural, civil, geotechnical, environmental, MEP fire and security engineering and architecture.

Liverpool Football Club, New Anfield Stadium - 2007Engineering Design Manager - New 60,000 seat stadium for Liverpool FC designed in conjunction with AFL architects including a striking cable stayed roof and massive single tier Kop to preserve that feature of the original Anfield Stadium. Project put on hold in 2007 due to change in club ownership.

Wembley Stadium - Design leader of the New Zealand part of the design team for the Wembley Stadium, London UK. This included the FEA computer modelling of the seating bowl and design of reinforced concrete parts of the structure.

Mt Smart (Ericsson) Stadium – New East Stand 2002-2005Engineering Design Manager – SKM was engaged for all engineering services for a new 8,000 seat stand including training and management offices for the Warriors and corporate hospitality facilities in conjunction with CreativeSpaces architects. To achieve a very tight construction budget and timeframe the innovative design incorporated significant prefabricated componentry.


Kimberley WylieBachelor of Engineering (Civil) (Honours), Canterbury, 2004

Member of the Institution of Professional Engineers of New ZealandKimberley is a structural engineer with 8 years experience. She has a variety of experience in the design, management and delivery of many structural engineering projects. She has a avid interest in seismic engineering and has been actively involved in many Christchurch recovery projects.

She has a strong local knowledge and understanding of both council and CERA policies.

Aspects of Kimberley’s previous experience include:

• Management of the delivery of the structural design of projects.• Collaborative working in multi-disciplinary teams.• Structural engineering design in steel, concrete, masonry and timber.• Qualitative and Quantitative Assessments and reviews for various buildings around Canterbury.• Seismic Strengthening Design for a variety of buildings around Canterbury.• Construction monitoring.

Significant Project Experience:Forsyth Barr Stadium (2009-2011)Resident Engineer at Forsyth Barr Stadium. This project involved the construction of a 30,000 capacity covered stadium in Dunedin. The project was valued at $200M and involved many complex design and construction issues. Key responsibilities involved construction monitoring of structural components on the stadium to CM4 level. Liaising with the contractor and revising the design due to changes in construction methodologies. As well as achieving several technical breakthroughs, this challenging project was delivered in time for the RWC2011 and was declared by the media to be “the best stadium of the tournament”.

Nick CalvertCPEng, MIPENZ, SESOC, BE (Hons)

Senior Structural EngineerNick is lead structural engineer for our Christchurch New Zealand office with over 10 years experience working in a variety of geographies and construction sectors. Nick has a passion for the Sports Sector through personal as well as technical interest. Nick has worked on sports projects in various roles from assisting in the design through to acting in the role of lead design for large parts of sports projects. Nick worked on the challenging Brighton and Hove Football Stadium project as lead designer of the two large (East and West) stands and introduced numerous design innovations to the project to streamline the construction of the project.

Significant Project Experience:Amex Stadium, Brighton, UK, 2008 to 2009Lead designer for the East and West stands – Nick led the detailed design and the start of the construction for the east and west stands of this 30,000 seat stadium. The structure was designed to allow for the staging of Rock concerts as well as football matches. Nick was responsible for significant innovations on the project including the foundation design of the structures bearing on chalk 5m below finished floor level and numerous value engineering options studies many of which were included in the final design of the project.

Basketball Arena, London, 2009Designer of the seating access frames – Nick carried out the detailed design of the seating bowl access structures. Since the seating bowl was temporary and was constructed from scaffolding the access structures needed to be more robust to involve lifts and stairs.

Peter Mokaba Stadium, South Africa World Cup, 2008Concept designer for the full stadium – Nick carried out the conceptual modelling of the 45,000 seat stadium which included roofs on all stands. The project involved modelling the stadium to check that the structure behaves satisfactorily and concept design of major members.

Portsmouth Football Club, 2009Designer – early scheme design for the proposed 45,000 seat stadium. Nicks role included considering how the stadium would fit the available site and how to streamline the construction on a challenging site. Nicks work identified an alternative programme that had the potential to save significant time on site. The project was then shelved.

Sami Ofer Community Stadium, Haifa Community, 2009Designer – concept design for one stand of the new 30,000 seat stadium in the seismically active area of Israel. Nick carried out the seismic and dynamic design of the stand as well as providing scheme sizing of the structural members and coordinating the structure with the architectural intent of the project.

Silverstone Pit and Paddock, 2009Designer – Value engineering exercise for the tender of the 2 story structural steel building to replace the existing pit buildings and upgrade the infrastructure at Silverstone. Numerous savings were suggested from different foundations and floor constructions to varying the structural steel grade to reduce steel mass.

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