Cases Studies

Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology

Project: Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge Category: Education Products: Side Rails Scale: £200m project. 27,000 m2 building including 60 tonnes of Metsec light gauge steel C section side rails Metsec has supplied 55 tonnes of light gauge steel C section side rails to take the secondary cladding on eight towers included in a £200m state-of-the-art new … Read more

Wimbledon Centre Court Roof

Project: Wimbledon Centre Court Roof | Product: Purlins | Architect: HOK | Engineer: Capita Symonds | Fabricators: Watson Steel Structures and voestalpine Metsec A roof doesn’t get much more complex than that created for Wimbledon’s Centre Court. The design, from architects HOK, includes a retractable centre portion with an intricate and unusual fixed perimeter. The … Read more

The Oval Cricket Ground

Metsec supplied 41 tonnes of light gauge galvanised steel zed purlins for the highly complex curved roof of the new OCS Stand at the Brit Oval cricket ground in south London. The new stand has increased the ground’s capacity from 18,500 to around 23,000. Structural challenges on the £25 million stand’s roof included curvature in … Read more

Ricoh Arena, Coventry

  Project: Ricoh Arena, Coventry Product: Purlins Metsec supplied over 200 tonnes of light gauge, galvanised steel zed purlins and side rails to the £54 million Rioch Arena home of Coventry City FC. The complex also includes a hotel, exhibition and conference facilities. Wind loading was critical in the design of the stadium roof support … Read more

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