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Lagos Arena, Nigeria

Years: 2014-2015

Value: £38m

Undertaken while at Battle McCarthy

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Project Brief:      

12,000-capacity mixed-use arena built to house live music, exhibitions and sports. Predominantly traditional procurement route with phased transition to Nigerian Subconsultant during the Stage 04 phase for C&S and M&PH disciplines.

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Challenges:        

One of the main challenges was to develop and fix a clear brief with various specialists and a client new to developments of this kind. The design included a 75m span roof with suspended VIP boxes and a variety of rigging requirements, fixed and retractable seating with cantilevers, and highly loaded restricted depth floors.