Topping-out ceremony for the National Stadium in Bucharest, Romania
The topping-out ceremony for the National Stadium took place in Bucharest on 28th July 2011.
The soccer stadium for 55.000 spectators was built by the German-Italian joint venture for the municipality of Bucharest and cost 140 million EUR. It is to be used for matches involving the Romanian national team and for international FIFA matches. The first official match will take place in early September against France.
The topping-out ceremony for the National Stadium took place in Bucharest on 28th July 2011.
The soccer stadium for 55.000 spectators was built by the German-Italian joint venture for the municipality of Bucharest and cost 140 million EUR. It is to be used for matches involving the Romanian national team and for international FIFA matches. The first official match will take place in early September against France.
Bucharest is located in an area with a high risk of earthquakes, which had a decisive impact on the planning of the stadium. In addition to the grandstand roofing required by FIFA, a retractable roof over the playing area was installed similar to that in the Commerzbankarena in Frankfurt.
The stadium was planned by German consultancies on behalf of the construction consortium. Local planning consultancies were also involved in the execution planning phase.
KREBS+KIEFER was responsible for the structural design of the concrete construction and for coordinating the local checking engineers for the concrete construction and the roof.
