Date: 26 November 2024, Tuesday
Time: 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Venue: Lecture Theatres – TU103, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Speakers:

• Wei Lin, Associate Director, Arup Hong Kong
• Daniel Hill, Senior Associate, Robert Bird Group Hong Kong

Synopsis:
Set to open to the public in March 2025, the Kai Tak Sports Park is the largest sports infrastructure project in Hong Kong’s history. Designed with the captivating theme “Pearl of the Orient”, the Main Stadium’s striking pearlescent façade forms a prominent feature against the backdrop of Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour. The stadium features 50,000 seats, an acoustically sealed retractable roof, flexible pitch system to allow it to host a variety of events, and a full-height, glazed façade on the south to provide expansive views across Victoria Harbour.
In this technical talk, Arup and Robert Bird Group will jointly present on the design and construction of the Main Stadium with a focus on the long-span roof design and construction challenges.
Wei Lin from Arup will provide a brief project overview and share his experience in deriving the structural design concept of the long-span steel roof structure for the Main Stadium. He will also talk about some particular highlights of the design including steelwork design optimization, design for constructability and DfMA, and how these principles were implemented for the successful fabrication, delivery and erection of the roof steelwork.
Daniel Hill from Robert Bird Group will talk about the methodology and sequence of erection for the Main Stadium roof structure, including the temporary works design required to strand jack over 10,000t of the roof steelwork. He will also share details of RBG’s staged construction analysis, used to verify that the roof had sufficient strength and stability throughout construction.

About the Speakers:
Wei Lin is an Associate Director based in Arup’s Hong Kong office with over 15 years of international experience and a proven track record in leading multi-disciplinary teams for delivering complex projects including long-span structures, tall buildings, large-scale mixed-use developments, and complex architectural forms. Wei has particular expertise in the efficient structural analysis and design of long-span and tall building structures and is a strong advocate for design excellence and achieving elegant solutions through collaboration, optimsation and design for constructability.
Daniel Hill is a Senior Associate and the Construction Engineering Lead in Robert Bird Group’s Hong Kong office, where he has been based since 2019. Daniel has over 14 years’ experience in the design and coordination of both temporary and permanent works across a broad spectrum of global projects.

Daniel has significant experience in the development of construction methodology and erection sequences, temporary works design and staged construction analysis for complex and long-span
structures.

Fee:
The seminar is free of charge.
CPD certificate will be issued to the attendee after the seminar.

Registration & Enquiries:
Please complete the registration at the following link by 22 November 2024:
https://forms.gle/qj9ygkFv621qzpSa9
The number of participants is limited to 130. Application will be accepted on a first-come-first-served basis and priority will be given to members of HKIE Civil / Structural Division. Successful applicants will be informed by email.

For enquiries, please contact Ir Henry Lam at hkieciviltechnicalmeeting@gmail.com.