Emirates stadium

Emirates stadiumEmirates troughHistorical background (who wants the advise? And why?)The Emirates Stadium is built on a former brownfield industrial estate known as Ashburton Grove in Islington, capital of the United country to interpret a home ground for Arsenal FC. Arsenal FCs preceding(prenominal) stadium in Highbury, of which it was named after, was located a mere half a mile away from the emirates.The efficiency of Highbury was small in comparison to other top-flight status football clubs and therefore expansions were proposed. However, referable to surround transport and re locatingntial amenities, further to local authority planning objections, the room for expansion was rattling peculiar(a) at the existing ground. Corporate hospitality management via corporate viewing boxes is a key tune network to Arsenal FC as a means of securing plugs for the benefit of the clubs financial great. Highbury however, was incapable of accommodating the expanding wealthiness o f prospective clients bearing interest in the club. The proposition of enhancing corporate relationships and negotiations was a key figure in the framework plans for a untested stadium.Sporting successes at Arsenal FC had besides widened their fan base and the quest for match tickets was outweighing the supply. Stakeholders at bottom the ownership of the club were subsequently underutilised and opportune revenue was missed this was sacrificial to the prospects of succeeding(a) investment.After selective consideration of various locations suitable for Arsenal FC and their respective fans it was therefore decided on the turn of the millennium, that a new stadium was to be developed on the Ashburton Grove site. The capabilities of generating greater capital to enable the club to financially contest with some of the biggest football teams in Europe whilst also providing low class facilities to their numerous supporters showed an unwavering determination for the clubs advancement. This was the birth of the Emirates Stadium. Islington, London was before hand, a waning borough and the new stadium was seen as a solution to contribute to the regeneration of the atomic number 18a. BUY OUT EXISTING OCCUPANTS ON ASHBURTON GROVE very expensive Islington councils waste recycling plant Royal mail Holloway delivery smudge Two bridges oer the Northern city railway were also built connecting the stadium with drayton set wer also built. Structure of the project (Financing, Objectives, Constraints etc.).In order for Arsenal FC to fund the approximate 275m project, the sale of existing surplus land assets was necessary to enable their financiers to provide sufficient supporting gain for a causal agent in obtaining a large loan to fund the remainder.Highbury was demolished and redeveloped (with the exception of the east stand due to heritage listing) into what is now known as Highbury Square an allotment of housing units that were sold to generate everywhere 300m in fin al completion sales (currently payable in instalments to Arsenal FC). Sportswear manufacture Nike, also contributed to the project funding through their multi-million pound sponsorship deal that is still binding at present.At the jump of 2004, the project order date, Ashburton Properties, a subservient of Arsenal Holdings plc, was created in order to gain access to a loan over 200m from a banking assembly that specialised in stadium facilities management and funding. Noteworthy banking companies within this assembly include the RBS (Royal Bank of Scotland plc), The Bank of Ireland and Allied Irish Banks plc.Towards the end of 2004, a 100.2m corporate sponsorship deal had been struck between Emirate Airlines and Arsenal FC. One of the significant call of this deal comprised of Emirates owning the naming rights of the stadium of which lead to the stadium being known as the Emirates Stadium and not its original Ashburton Grove.Multi-faceted, Analysis, FeasibilityComplicated exchan ge flow, site assembly, waste plant location, residential, demolition and disposal, advertisements.Highbury re-development2-stage tender Taylor Wimpey Sir Robert McAlpine Main Contractors ( there Project Manager was Gulf Christiansen) overly did Excel Centre, London.Construction team was entirely site-based (Contractors and Consultants) problems were solved quickly, minimal expense, dispute resolution.Financial, Programme capital proof of delivery time half way through season? X Time of the essenceStakeholder depth psychology (Conflicts and resolutions)Construction of the Emirates stadium began promptly once the tender had been signed in February 2004. Leading UK building and well-bred engineering company Sir Robert McAlpine was awarded the contract as the main contractor to complete the job.Global designs practice populous (formerly known as HOK Sport) were responsible for the architecture and design of the stadium. They have been and are currently lead architects on many larg e projects of similar nature throughout the UK and across the globe e.g. Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales Wembley National Stadium, London and the 2014 Asian Games Stadium, Incheon, South Korea.UK-based consultant engineers Buro Happold provided solutions in both structural and services engineering design to the stadium.Arcadis AYH (formerly AYH) were initially appointed as project and cost managers to the project, however, their role quickly expanded as the administering and relocation of over 80 businesses at Arsenal FCs former site was required. This allowed for commercial and residential developments within Islington to be cross-funded and finally made provision for the new housing allotments and a new waste and recycling centre for the Islington Borough. personal funded, Private project/ contract (Onus on who?)Local communities business displacement, working with local authorities.Sustainability issues and agendas (Impact, Conflicts and resolutions)Due to the Emirates stadiu m being built upon a former brownfield industrial site, Buro Happold thought it was necessary to carry out an environmental impact assessment of the estate so that any contaminated earth found could be re-generated and re-used to provide better ground conditions for the stadiums foundations.Buro Happolds engineering expertise in developing the form and structure of the Emirates Stadium was exhaustively examined to minimise the environmental impact and reflect the aspirations of the local community. One of the most noticeable design solutions provided by Buro Happolds to meet these objectives, is the clear downward sloping roof that forms a inwrought dish of which augments the stadiums micro-climate.When designing the project, inhabited tried to coalesce the necessitate of the end-users with an environmentally sound structure. As the Architects of the stadium, their ideas implemented took account of multiple contributors to the sustainable agenda that is ever-growing in the UK, p articularly within urban areas such as greater London.The incorporation of natural passive ventilation systems throughout the stadium has made way for a more pleasant environmental climate whilst also deducing the need for mechanical ventilation systems of which can add to the released emissions count.Solar power systems through glass cladding and skylights have also been fitted to contribute to their power-saving ethos that could potentially prove money-saving during the lifetime of the project.Not yet does the stadium have sustainable measures integrated into its design but the surrounding new-build developments have also been built to standards set out under the BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method) Eco Homes guidelines. These form part of the legislation for Sustainable Homes a benchmark in voluntary frameworks for sustainable development.Desso Sports Systems a company that specialise in artificial turfs for sports and recreation currently pr ovide the stadium with their pitch. They say that their synthetic grass fibres can be recycled for civil-engineering applicationsor as artificial turf and are keen to stress the point that only environmentally friendly, perishable chemical products are used to clean the turf. RegenerationBrownfield siteSection 106 TCPA, obligation to support and further project areaNewlon Housing Trust Social HousingEvaluation of risks Even with the new Emirates stadium as the home ground for Arsenal FC, the current demand for tickets still greatly outweighs the supply. The board of directors are said to be in the process of looking to expand the stadium as a result. It is however, very unlikely that the extent of the supply will be matched by the demand due to the sheer fan-base the football club possesses and the feasibility of constructing such a vast amount extra to the existing development.The risks of this potential expansion include jeopardising the sustainability issues mentioned (above) s o that the stadium only meets the demands of the present and is sacrificial to meeting the demands of the future (Brundtland). What also needs to be borne in mind is to what extent the extra capacity will bring in terms of revenue. With economies of scale in highly populated areas such as London, the capital gain of a greater number of sales made may not prove profitable and could drastically add to the clubs general net doubt thought to be around 200m 3Q 2009.Motor vehicle use and other forms of hole-and-corner(a) transport have not been well incorporated into the stadiums design and surrounding location. This has not been by error and the developers are trying to promote the use of public transport (possibly tied in with the sustainable communities agenda). There have been recent upgrades on the tube at Holloway Station (Arsenal FCs local station) and more buses have been added to frequently provide services to the stadium.The potential risks of relying on public transport are inaccuracies in times, traffic over-crowding and provision for disabled supporters access to the ground.ProgrammingBusiness displacementCompulsory purchase ordersFinancial mildewStigma with football stadiums e.g. Wembley, Birse walker stadium, laing orourke millennium stadiumEconomic and business related factorsFrom a selling point of view the emirates stadium was purely financially driven. The clubs successes had expanded to a rate which was over-utilising its existing resources and many opportune costs resulted. As an innovation to providing Arsenal FC with the maximum potential for revenue gain, a exclusively new and improved stadium for the entire club was seen as the most serviceable concept to adopt. renewalNot about football stadium, regeneration of IslingtonTrying to get on the local authorities sideReflection on projects managementREFERENCES* Arcadis AYH (2006), Professional Services Property Lifestyle Stadia Sports Projects Emirates Stadium, available from Accessed 08/02/10.* Building (2007), Emirates Stadium boosts Arsenal FCs Results Football clubs income jumps 46% following move from Highbury, available from Accessed 08/02/10.* DesignBuild-Network (2008), Projects Emirates Stadium, Ashburton Grove, London, United Kingdom, available from Accessed 08/02/10.* DesignBuild-Network (2008), Projects Emirates Stadium, Ashburton Grove, London, United Kingdom Specifications, available from Accessed 08/02/10.* E-architect (2008), Arsenal Stadium, London Information and Photos, available from Accessed 08/02/10.* Sir Robert McAlpine (2006), Projects Emirates Stadium, available from Accessed 08/02/10.