Honolulu, HI | 50,000 seats
The Aloha Stadium is a 50,000-seat facility where four of its six stands are able to reconfigure from football to baseball season. The stadium is an unpainted corten steel structure which has suffered Hawaii’s corrosive atmosphere and never stopped rusting. Inspection of the stadium indicated that corrosion losses of primary structural members ranged from 15% to as high as 80% in localized areas.
The State of Hawaii contracted with our firm to perform a complete “as designed” and “as is” analysis of the stadium, render an opinion of its safety and recommend any structural repairs that may have been required. Our firm was contracted to complete all the analysis and engineering repair work in 5 months before the University of Hawaii football season was to start.
The analysis of the stadium was performed using the SCADA and SAP computer programs. The two “typical stands”, one “fixed” and the other “movable”, were modeled for a computer run. These models consisted of 2000 primary members. The analysis indicated that emergency repairs were required which included the strengthening of the upper concourse diaphragm and bracing the “knee” of the main bleacher frames. Work was completed in time for the University of Hawaii football season opener.
