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Football stadium in 4 months

Facilities for football stadium SV Wehen-Wiesbaden, called BRITA Arena, was realised by FAGUS, Slusovice, CZ.

Author: group of authors

Published in: Stavebnictví a interiér 1/2008

Photographs: archive Fagus

Facilities for football stadium SV Wehen-Wiesbaden, called BRITA Arena, was realised by FAGUS, Slusovice, CZ. Fagus uses fibre gypsum boards Fermacell for interior cladding delivered by Xella Trockenbau-Systeme Praha.

„Football club that from nowhere progress to the 2. bundesliga, needs stadium during 4 months. German football club SV Wehen- Wiesbaden played only with special permission on hosting playground without stands for spectators.

Now club want to build stadium in 16 weeks for almost 13 000 spectators. For realization this mega construction they need professionals like a Construction program manager Matthias Schöner. He already built ALLIANZ Arena in Munich. Now's project several times smaller, but finish time is much more ambitious.

Stands in BRITA arena were built from steel constructions and other facilities from FAGUS modules. But BRITA had a complication with infrastructure around new arena, which isn't for such construction ready, also problem with power grid for warming pitch, and last, but not least, deadly finish time.

This way was BRITA Arena introduced by PRO7 German TV station – „ Fastest construction in Germany: Build stadium in four months".

Fagus company took part on this project build - up functional buildings inclusive showers, VIP- box as well as rear for fans, like snack bar, cash desk, toilet etc. For the fastest way to finish this was choose build it from our modules.

8. May 2007 = 102 days before opening began site excavation. In half June we're received an order and already toward the end of July were first containers delivered - we are speaking about 170 modules.

Modules were unloaded on future football pitch and by the help of crane were assembly on the right place. Everything was according to German’s Bundesliga specifications.

Over all obstacles was inauguration of BRITA- arena in 11.October 2007, when home club SV Wehen joust with Borusia Dortmund.

Fagus modular building with cloakrooms, bathrooms and VIP

Cashdesks, takeaways and toilets

For interior cladding fiber gypsum boards Fermacell were used in entire building