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Intuit Dome: Basketball Stadium Pushes the Boundaries of Arena Construction

Engineering News-Record·7 months ago
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Intuit Dome Inglewood, Calif. Award Submitted by: AECOM Turner NBA Joint Venture Region: ENR WEST Owner: LA Clippers Lead Design Firm: AECOM Technical Services Inc. General Contractor: AECOM Turner NBA Joint Venture Civil Engineer: D & D Engineering Inc. Structural Engineer: Walter P Moore MEP Engineer: Henderson Engineers Owner’s Representative: CAA Icon Spanning 1.1 million sq ft, the Los Angeles Clippers’ new home builds upon decades of stadium construction, bringing Inglewood, Calif., a sustainable, durable and technologically advanced venue. A limited site and nearby airspace required a carefully choreographed construction effort. The stadium’s 2,784-ton roof is supported by seven 120-ton primary trusses, the steel for which was erected from within the bowl using lattice boom crawler cranes instead of tower cranes. On the outside, a 2,791-ton diagrid structural steel frame clad in PTFE and ETFE panels gives Intuit Dome its iconic look, which was inspired by a basketball net.…

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