Walraven Yeti® feet in use on the new Everton Stadium

Everton Football Club are building a brand new, state of the art stadium on the banks of the River Mersey. The estimated cost of the project is £500m and it will have an ambitious curved ‘bowl’ design made up of steel and glass.

The challenge of a curved construction

Walraven were invited on site to discuss a number of challenges they were facing with the M&E installation.

Firstly, due to the curved design of the structure, the contractors (Laing O’Rourke) were looking for M&E supports that could sit on the curved surfaces and still support the installation correctly. The second issue they had was the requirement for anchors suitable for a high C4 environment due to the proximity to the river.

Walraven Yeti® feet provide the solution

We recommended our Walraven Yeti® 480 support feet which can cater for pitched surfaces up to 7°. This would allow them to safely support the electrical containment and ducting on the curved construction. The Yeti® system also met the sustainability and environmental requirements for the project.

Regarding the anchors, typically specialist anchors for C4 environments are expensive. Walraven were able to offer a more cost-effective alternative solution which was the use of Walraven concrete screws with a special corrosion-resistant coating provided by a partner supplier.

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