EDIS came to Pinnacle Scaffold with a question. How can we build temporary press boxes for the football season on the bleachers, across the field, while the new $60 million dollar stadium expansion/facelift is going on? We have people calling the game, scouts, announcers, press and members from both teams who need to be able to conduct business as usual.
The big guy, and honorary Mayor of Delaware, Tony P, looked around and then said, “On the bleachers, huh…? No problem. Let me handle that.”
The man who loves a challenge then said, “And we can put roofs over them and have observation glass installed to protect from the elements.”
Their response, “You can do that?” “Absolutely,” said Tony P.
Well, needless to say, they were thrilled and the resulting buildings are awesome. But not so fast. It wasn’t as easy as it looks. Tony P had to devise a way to get these structures built ON TOP of the bleachers and that wouldn’t be easy. He brought in the guys at Alternate Design Solutions to handle the engineering – making sure that the weight distribution would be correct on the stands so they could support everything.
ADS did their calculations and recommendations and then sent those to EDIS and the University of Delaware for approval. After a few back and forths to make sure the weight calculations were spot on – the approval came.
The Pinnacle crew was off and running. Some specialty steel would need to be added beneath the boxes themselves to distribute the load. The Fightin’ Blue Hens would be in business for the entire season!
The other obvious challenge to building this out of scaffold was that each piece would have to be carried by hand up the bleachers and then put into place making it a labor intensive job.
Pinnacle created the shell and the University of Delaware brought in someone to do the woodwork and interior because they had to bring in all of the necessary electric, video, audio and radio feeds necessary to make this a fully functioning press box.
And look at how it turned out! Each box is 14’ by 28’ and will keep business as usual as the Whitney Athletic Center comes to life on the other side of the field. (click here to read about the new athletic center)
These boxes will last the University through the season until the new improved addition is finished in the summer of 2020.
And just as a side note: We added two stair towers on the opposite side for crews to access the new construction at Tubby Raymond Field.
We were proud to help keep the Fightin’ Blue Hens up and running for the 2019-2020 football season. EDIS and the University of Delaware were pleased with the result.
And if you need an access solution call Tony P today at (302) 766-5322 today or visit www.pinnaclescaffold.com.
Here is a photo of the new structure going up in front of the stadium.
And this is a rendering of what the new press boxes and stadium will look like.
We fight for the blue and gold and we wish the Fightin’ Blue Hens an awesome season!
More about the renovation here.
https://www.udel.edu/udaily/2019/august/delaware-stadium-what-to-expect-this-fall/
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