Hurlingham Racquet Centre's Light Green Roof Features Kerto(R) LVL Elements

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ESPOO, Finland, Jan. 31, 2017 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

    The Hurlingham project in London involved the construction of a sports

complex including four indoor tennis courts and four squash courts. The racquet

hall, designed by David Morley Architects, is 35 metres wide and 55 metres

long. The main span consists of suspended steel beams. To give the courts space

and reduce the costs, the beams are spaced with large gaps of 12.9 metres. To

fill these gaps, the architect wanted to see wood.

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    Wooden Kerto LVL elements support the long spans of a steel bowstring truss

    The architect and principal engineering office Price & Myers were seeking

an effective, lightweight solution for the wide span. Traditional laminated

timber combined with a solid wooden panel on top wouldn't work due to its

excessive thickness.

    The joint design work between the structural engineers and Metsa Wood

resulted in a shallower roof construction with Kerto LVL elements, still

accommodating the large span and heavy green roof. With any other material,

trusses would have had to be more densely spaced.

    The Kerto LVL elements constitute the vaulted roof construction are 12.9

metres long and have a total height of 645 mm and a maximum width of 1,200 mm.

To accommodate the curve of the structure, four different widths were

determined, totalling 140 prefabricated Kerto LVL elements. The roof elements

fit flush with the vaulted, spaced, steel bowstring truss.

    Smooth cooperation and BIM technology resulted in a perfect match

    In order to guarantee an easy installation of the roof, the supports and

the installation process were considered at the design stage.

    The depth of the Kerto LVL elements determined the depth of the curved

steel member, as the steel had to be flush with the elements to accommodate the

green roof structure above. The connection detail between the wood and the

steel element therefore were very accurately designed. The project team used

BIM technology to ensure the steel and the wood elements fitted together "like

a hand in a glove".

    The Hurlingham Racquet Centre project in a nutshell:

    The 35-by-55-metre Racquet Centre includes four tennis courts and four

squash courts.

The roof accommodated 140 Kert(R) LVL (Laminated Veneer Lumber) elements in

four widths (from 550 mm to 1,200 mm).

Kerto LVL SONANS acoustic panels were built permanently into the Kerto LVL

elements.

    The smooth installation resulted from the carefully designed connections

using BIM technology.

    The Hurlingham Club is a green oasis of tradition, renowned throughout the

world as one of the largest private clubs. The Racquet Centre, designed by

David Morley Architects, has a sunken, low-profile shape and a curved green

sedum roof to minimise the environmental impact of the building.

    Explore the construction of the Hurlingham racquet centre at

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    Metsa Wood provides competitive and environmentally friendly wood products

for construction, industrial customers and distributor partners. We manufacture

products from Nordic wood, a sustainable raw material of premium quality. Our

sales in 2015 were EUR 0.9 billion, and we employ about 2,000 people. Metsa

Wood is part of Metsa Group.

    For more information, please contact:

    Virpi Koskimies

    Communications specialist, Metsa Wood

    +358(0)-50-4522203

    virpi.koskimies@metsagroup.com

    For press information, please contact:

    Matt Trace, Director, Defero Communications

    tel. +44(0)7828663988

    matt@deferouk.co.uk

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SOURCE: Metsa Wood