SABIC
Glazing is used for UEFA Euro 2008™ Stadiums
SABIC
Innovative Plastics' high performance Lexan Thermoclear sheet is used
for the roofs of four renovated or newly built stadiums for the UEFA Euro
2008 football championship, taking place in Austria and Switzerland from
June 7th to 29th, 2008. These include the Tivoli NEU Stadium in Innsbruck,
Salzburg Wals-Seizenheim Stadium in Salzburg, Wörthersee Stadium
in Klagenfurt, all three based in Austria, and Stade de Suisse Wankdorf
stadium in Bern, Switzerland.
The
Wankdorf facility will feature 4,000 sq. metres of Lexan Thermoclear sheet,
and the Austrian stadiums will be glazed with more than 30,000 sq. meters
of Lexan Thermoclear sheet. This versatile thermoplastic glazing material,
which has been used in arena roofing and other glazing for more than 25
years, delivers a unique combination of advantages in roofing for large,
complex structures like stadiums: light weight, high impact resistance,
and the ability to be easily formed into compact shapes.
‘Many demands are placed upon new sports stadiums and arenas, including
safety, comfort, durability, and design excitement,’ said Michel
van Acht, building and construction industry manager for Speciality Film
& Sheet, Europe, SABIC Innovative Plastics.
‘By choosing high-performance Lexan Thermoclear sheet, designers
and architects can achieve the clarity of glass while overcoming its drawbacks
of heavy weight, design restrictions and fragility. The properties of
Lexan Thermoclear can be enhanced with special coatings and tints for
aesthetics, excellent weathering performance, improved light transmission,
and easy maintenance.’
Lexan Thermoclear sheet from SABIC Innovative Plastics is an impact-resistant,
multi-wall polycarbonate (PC) glazing material. It features a proprietary
surface treatment on one or both sides that provides excellent resistance
against degradation from UV radiation, while transmitting visible light
very well. It withstands high wind and snow loads, and storms. The multi-wall
construction of Lexan Thermoclear sheet also ensures excellent thermal
insulation.
Compared to glass, Lexan Thermoclear sheet is significantly lighter in
weight while offering high stiffness and more than 250 times the impact
resistance to reduce the risk of breakage from wind, hail, and other extreme
weather, as well as vandalism. Further, unlike glass, this material can
easily be cold-formed into many different shapes and configurations.
Beginning with its first application in a stadium in Split, Croatia in
1979, Lexan Thermoclear sheet has been selected for several Olympic arenas,
including the Barcelona and Sydney facilities, as well as six stadiums
that hosted the UEFA Euro 2004™ football championship in Portugal.
Lexan sheet glazing materials can help to deliver measurable return on
investment through ease of installation; lower insurance costs through
resistance to break-ins, weather damage, and vandalism; and less need
for replacement due to UV degradation, weathering, and breakage. Most
of these products are covered by a minimum 10-year limited written warranty
against excessive yellowing, loss of light transmission, and loss of strength
due to weathering.
In addition to roofing and escalator enclosures, SABIC Innovative Plastics
' Thermoclear sheet products have been used in separation walls, dugouts,
balconies, walkway enclosures, and entranceways.
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