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The construction site for replacing the roof of the Olympic Stadium is entering a symbolic phase. Teams are now busy dismantling the white Sheerfill canvas from the roof, visible from the outside.
Preparation for several weeks
A first opening was created a few weeks ago in order to bring down materials from the niche, remains of the old roof.
Once the materials were brought down, the teams then tackled the blue canvas, visible only from inside the Stadium, revealing the steel structure that connects the roof to the 26 cables attached to the mast; these two components are also the subject of a promotion competition for which the public is invited to vote for their favorite.
Then, the mobile cranes come into action: at the end of them, nacelles containing the workers. A first team attaches a section of the canvas to the crane in order to recover it safely when it is detached, using a hoist system. The second team then comes into play and proceeds to cut the targeted section.
On the playground, a team of around ten people collect sections of canvas in order to fold them for storage.
The teams will work until the construction holidays, dismantling a little more than half of the white canvas, revealing the structural part of the current roof. The dismantling will continue until the end of the summer, before proceeding with the deconstruction of the metal part and the removal of the cables in the fall. |
