Case Study 1
David Beckham Football Academy
Project Objectives
To design and build a relocatable structure in Greenwich, London to house the David Beckham Football Academy, along with the necessary changing rooms, offices and a museum.
Challenges
Permanent building specifications to allow the structure to remain in-situ for 5 – 7 years, and yet using components which would enable it to be removed and relocated at the end of this period
The Solution
A mixture of exciting architecture, to create an urban design using existing engineering infrastructure which complies with all local planning requirements.
The use of standard components on site allowed the building to be erected in the shortest possible time, just 20 weeks from design brief to handover.
The Result
• A superb, large, clear-span, steel-framed, permanent yet relocatable building, used by up to 250 people for up to 12 hours per day, delivered on time and within budget.
• Two bays, each 76 metres wide by 100 metres long and an eave height of 11.5 metres, providing a total covered playing area of 15,200 metres (approx 161,000 sq feet).
• As the need for foundations has been kept to a minimum, once relocated, the existing site will be returned to a clean site with the minimum of time, effort and cost.
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