Braga Municipal Stadium
Secil - Companhia Geral de Cal e Cimento, SA and the Order of Engineers have awarded the Secil Civil Engineering Award 2005 to Braga's Municipal Stadium, with a structure design by Eng. Rui Furtado, who coordinated the AFAconsult team.
Rui Furtado — AFAconsult
Braga (Portugal)
Civil Engineering
More about the Braga Municipal Stadium
The project for the stadium structure, which consumed more than 50,000 hours of work exclusively in Civil Engineering, is characterised by the innovative technical solutions developed, the technology employed, especially in terms of testing and roofing, and the rigorous planning of the construction work.
According to Rui Furtado: "it is gratifying to reach the end of the project and realise that to speak about the Stadium structure is also to speak about its Architecture. And to explain its Architecture is to tell the story of the problems that Engineering had to face". A source of pride for the Engineer, more so since the Stadium project was nominated as a national candidate for two international awards in the field of engineering - the FIB (Federation Internationale du Béton) and IABSE (International Association for Bridges and Structural Engineering) awards.
It is worth remembering that the Braga Municipal Stadium was distinguished in 2004 with the Secil Architecture Award, a project designed by the architect Eduardo Souto de Moura. This is the first time the same work has been awarded in both categories of the Secil Award, which highlights its complexity and excellence.
| Client: | Municipality of Braga |
| General Project: | Ricardo Meri, Enrique Penichet, Atsushi Hoshima, Diego Setien, Carmo Correia, Luísa Rosas, Jorge Domingues, Ricardo Rosa Santos, José Carlos Mariano, João Lima |
| Architecture: | Souto Moura – Arquitectos, Lda. – Eduardo Souto de Moura; Carlo Nozza |
| Landscaping: | Daniel Monteiro |
| Consultants: | Arup Associated – Dipesh Patel (Stadium revise) |
| Engineering: | AFAssociados – Projetos de Engenharia, S.A. |
| Coordination: | Rui Furtado, Carlos Quinaz, Renato Bastos, Pedro Moás, Rui Oliveira |
| Structures: | Rodrigo Andrade e Castro, Pedro Pacheco, Miguel Paula Rocha, António André, João Dores, Sérgio Vale, Nuno Neves, Rafael Gonçalves, Andreia Delfim, Miguel Braga, João Coutinho, António Monteiro |
| Hydraulic Inst.: | Maria Elisa Parente, Joana Neves |
| Electrical Inst.: | António José Rodrigues Gomes, António Ferreira, Luís Fernandes (RGA) |
| Mechanical Inst.: | José Silva Teixeira, Tiago Fernandes (RGA) |
| Safety: | Christian Aoustin (Gerisco) |
| Excavation: | Estevão Santana, João Burmester |
| Street works and infrastructures: | Estevão Santana, João Burmester; António Silva Cardoso (Geotecnia); Cêgê (Geotecnia); Ove Arup & Partners – Andrew Alisop / Andrew Minson (Estudo do Vento) |
| Consultants: | RWDI – Mark Hunter / Michael Soligo (Ensaios em modelo rígido); DMI – Danish Maritim Institut – Aage Damsghaard (Ensaios em modelo aeroelástico); Instituto Construção da FEUP – Elsa Caetano (Dinâmica) |
| Final project for the roof cables: | Tensoteci – Massimo Marini, Massimo Majowietcki; Soares da Costa, S.A. – Luís Afonso, Diogo Santos |
| Supervision: | Municipality of Braga – DOMSU – Manuel Afonso Basto, Carlos Amaral, Luís Almeida, Filipe Vaz, Eduardo Leite, Paula Pereira, Cidália Rodrigues, Márcia Rodrigues, J. Rodrigues |
| General excavation: | Aurélio Martins Sobreiro, Adérito Faneca |
| Containment: | ACE – Assoc. / Tecnasol – Mário Duarte, João Falcão |
| Structures, Installations, Finishings and External Spaces: | ACE – Assoc. / Soares da Costa, S.A. – Lionel Correia, Jorge Oliveira, Mário Duarte, Mário Pereira, Santos Costa |
