There isn't a bad seat in the house at the newly re-developed Sydney Football Stadium in Moore Park.
Already an icon, and a site of rich sporting history, the new 42,500-seat stadium that was designed by Cox Architecture elevates player and fan experiences by amplifying traditional stadium features into stunning designs that afford modern conveniences.
Designed with huge crowds and state-of-the-art technologies in mind, this project is an excellent example of how Rondo's expertise in customised and compliant wall designs cater to crucial elements such as crowd pressure, and Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment (FF&E).
With large amounts of visitors moving through high-impact zones of the stadium at any one time, internal walls in areas like hallways and thoroughfares are subject to added crowd loads.
Rondo Design Engineers calculated these non-standard loads to produce customised wall designs that are compliant with the National Construction Code sections associated with horizontal imposed actions relating to crowd movement.
Engaged by Builder John Holland, contractor Sydney Plaster implemented the compliant Rondo designs, where back-to-back Steel Studs at 250mm centres were installed with two rows of double punch nogging tracks for our MAXIjamb® Studs.
This firmly supported Gyprock’s Impactchek™ 13mm thick plasterboard, by allowing the heavy loads to be transferred from the plasterboard, directly into the Steel Stud frame.
Our Rondo steel framing and compliant designs are ideal for crowd pressure walls due to the ease of installation and safety.
In areas like security rooms, attachment of FF&E also contributed to loads on the walls, where heavy security system hardware weighing up to 65kg was attached to 5.7m high walls, while protruding 500mm out from the plaster board.
In most wall scenarios, the wind load would exceed seismic forces, but in this case, the added weight of FF&E was required to be included in load calculations, which greatly increased the seismic load, causing it to surpass standard wind load forces.
Taking the customised approach, Rondo Engineers designed security room steel stud walls to meet the higher load to ensure seismic requirements and compliance was met.
This really highlights the importance of a project-specific design approach, and how compliance factors affected by the presence, positioning, and weight of FF&E on walls, can transform the definition of a compliant design.
We were thrilled to be part of this exciting project. As big footy fans here at Rondo, we can’t wait to experience the game at this incredible venue.
Featured Rondo Products
MAXIframe® EXTERNAL WALL FRAMING SYSTEM
STEEL STUD & TRACK FRAMING SYSTEM
KEY-LOCK® Concealed Ceiling System
DUO® Exposed Grid Ceiling System
Key Contributors
Architect – Cox Architecture
Builder – John Holland
Contractors – Sydney Plaster