Construction Fixings

Safe anchorage by fischer for Olympic venues in Rio 07 September 2016

In August 2016, when the Olympic Games will be opened in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the focus will be not only be on the athletes but also on the venues. In a lot of the new arenas, as well as in the broadcasting centre, the fischer fixing systems guarantee a secure hold.  

Thanks to the high-quality of the fischer products, and the on-site services, the Brazilian fischer subsidiary won a series of contracts to deliver a variety of fixing systems for several new buildings erected in the Olympic Park in the Barra district, located in the south of Rio de Janeiro. Most of the arenas are built with supporting prefabricated concrete slabs or supporting steel constructions, which are quite demanding in terms of fixing technology.

The tennis arena, offering 10,000 seats, is covered by a metal roof that had to be fixed onto concrete pillars. For this purpose, threaded rods were used in combination with fischer injection mortar. Not far from there the three Carioca Arenas are under construction. They will host the basketball games, as well as the wrestling, judo, fencing and Taekwondo competitions. In each Carioca arena there are 6,500 seats that were fixed into the concrete substructure with the help of anchors and injection mortar.
Another architectural highlight of the Olympic Park is the Future Arena. In this Nordic looking building the handball teams will play their matches. The railings and wave breakers, which prevent the audience from uncontrollably pushing towards the field, were fixed with steel bolt anchors into the concrete base.
Olympic Games are always a global media event for which a temporary media centre has to be built. The International Broadcast Centre (IBC) is designed to host both TV and radio broadcasts. The two buildings are also located in the Olympic Park Barra and were the first venues to be handed over to the Olympic Committee at the end of last year. The main building hosts twelve studios each comprising 5,000m2. fischer Brazil was responsible for the fixing and cladding of the electric equipment and cable routes.

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