The multifunctional sports complex will be built on the site of the former “Tineretului” Stadium in Craiova.

The sports centre will have a capacity of 6,000 seats and will include an athletics arena and a category I velodrome, the first indoor velodrome in Romania, so sports activities can take place all year round. At the moment, there is no functioning velodrome in Romania, which would allow performance athletes and cycling enthusiasts to train.

Our team provided structural design services, design of the deep excavation and excavation support works and technical assistance throughout the project implementation period.

The investment is composed of a building with a height of B + Gf + 3F comprising two grandstands (VIP grandstand and North grandstand) and two lawns (East lawn and West lawn). The infrastructure includes a basement with car parking, technical and storage areas. In addition, on the south-west side, independent of the basement of the building, an underground water tank has been provided for fire fighting.

The general construction system chosen for the superstructure is made of reinforced concrete frames.

The metal roof structure is of the “closed” type covering the entire construction. It is made of a truss system with interconnected spatial beams made of rolled metal profiles. In the transverse direction the roof structure has a span of approx. 100 m, which is supported by 2 double arched crossbeams, and in the longitudinal direction approx. 130 m.

Towards the athletics arena, the inclined raker beams have a dual role in the proposed structural solution: to support the prefabricated bleachers and to act as buttresses that will absorb the horizontal forces induced by the seismic action.

At the basement level, monolithic reinforced concrete columns and walls are provided as vertical resistance elements.

The resistance structure of the fire water tank consists of a floor slab and reinforced concrete walls.

All foundations and infrastructure works related to the sports centre with the height regime will be carried out within a deep, vertical excavation, supported on the north side by buried walls made of piles drilled in the cantilever and supported with metal battens in the rest. The overall depth of the excavation varies between -5.20 m and 6.20 m from ±0.00.

The structure of the buried water tank will be built within a deep, vertical excavation supported by buried walls of drilled secant piles supported by horizontal metal battens mounted at the level of the crown beam.