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| Acciona builds Wroclaw stadium for Euro 2012  Spanish builder Acciona has won a contract - through its Polish subsidiary Mostostal Warszawa - to build the 40,000-capacity Wroclaw (Poland) municipal stadium, one of several new similar installations built for the 2012 UEFA European Football Championship, which will be hosted jointly by Poland and Ukraine. The contract is worth 730 million zlotys (around 170 million euros) and, apart from Mostostal, the winning consortium includes Mostostal's subsidiary Wrobis, Greece's J&P Ajax and design firm MCD.The stadium will have a stand-out construction feature: a steel-ring mesh surrounding the whole exterior, which will give the stadium a light and translucent look. Thanks to the technology and materials used for the mesh –Teflon-coated glass fibre- the stadium can be illuminated in a variety of ways, which means that it can be used for events other than football, such as rock concerts and other shows. Wroclaw stadium's cutting-edge design turned out to be one of the most attractive elements of the project put forward by ACCIONA. The idea is to turn this European Football Championship venue into an iconic feature of the city's urban landscape. write your comments about the article :: © 2009 Construction News :: home page |