Ascot England

Architect: HOK Sport + Venue + Event
Engineer: Happold
Client: Ascot Racecours
Detail calculations: Zenkner & Handel
Main contractor: Laing O´Rourke
Roof construction: Waagner Biro AG Wien
Project starts: November 2003

The Ascot Racecourse is with a renovation of approx. 293 million euro the largest project of its kind in Europe. The structur off the spectator´s is determind over easy-weight roof construction, which represents an architectural reproduction of the free fences within the course lies. The roof structur from steel tubes is on the one hand through diaphragm fields and on the other hand by a sheep-metal taken of.

Projektteam : Handel, Kernler