Stadium

JohannesburgSouth Africa

2010

•Owner: City of Johannesburg•Construction Companies: Grinaker LTA / BAM

International bv. Soccer City Joint•Architects in assosiation: Boogertman Urban

Edge & Partners•Concrete supplier: W G Wearne

Soccer City Stadium, JohannesburgProject detailsProject Details:Soccer City (also known as the FNB Stadium) was earmarked to host both the opening and final matches of the2010 Soccer World Cup.

Soccer City Stadium is situated in Diepkloof, Soweto some ten km south of Johannesburg city. Built in 1987,the FNB stadium has played host to some of the most memorable matches in South African Soccer history.

Part of the FNB Stadium was demolished to construct the new Soccer City stadium. The design selected for thestadium was the calabash, or “African Pot”, to present that would be automatically associated with theAfrican continent.

Due to the congestion of the reinforcing steel and height of the 120 sloping façade columns, an innovativeform of self compacting concrete (SCC) was introduced to ensure a defect-free off-shutter finish. Aninnovative mix design done by CHRYSO South Africa to meet the (SCC) requirements.

Concrete formulation:• Total volume of concrete -65 000m3•Concrete elements - All elements were produced on site and the concrete was supplied by the mobile RMCbatch plant erected on site.

Key figuresSlabs: 65 000m2Piles: 1 200Roof fabric: 370 000m2Precast elements: 14 000

Results:

CHRYSO®Fluid Optima 100 - Produced very high performance concrete with extended workability.CHRYSO®Fluid Optima 206 - Mainly used for the precast elements.High water reduction to be achieved, combinedwith a increased period of workability retention even at low W/C ratios.CHRYSO®Fluid Optima 207 - Used in SCC in order to maintain workability and to obtain high early agestrengths.

CHRYSO® SOLUTIONS

CHRYSO®Optima 100CHRYSO®Optima 206CHRYSO®Optima 207

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