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Award of Merit, Sports/Entertainment: Morodok Techo National Stadium
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The 60,000-seat tensile system stadium resembles a ‘dragon boat’ in which Chinese travelers first came to Cambodia in the 13th century.
Photo by PengQiang
Morodok Techo National Stadium Project of Cambodia
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Award of Merit, Sports/Entertainment
Submitted By: China State Construction Engineering Corp. Ltd.
Owner: Cambodia Technical Committee for Construction of Morodok Techo National Stadium
Lead Design Firm: China IPPP International Engineering Co.
General Contractor: China State Construction Engineering Corp.
Other Contractors: China Construction Eighth Engineering Division Co. Ltd.; CSCEC International Construction Co. Ltd.
Encircled by a water-filled moat, the 60,000-seat stadium resembles a dragon boat on which Chinese people voyaged when they first traveled to Cambodia in the 13th century.
A cable-stayed tensile structural system more typically deployed on bridges includes 325-ft-tall herringbone three-dimensional curved surface concrete cable towers as well as 70 multi-angle high-cantilever ring columns and double curved ring beams.
The team formed a complex-shaped formwork system and an inclined cable-tower building platform to help construct the unusually shaped cable towers with large inclinations. The comprehensive multi-functional venue not only meets requirements for large-scale intercontinental competitions, but it can also host performances, exhibitions and conferences.
Completed below budget and on schedule in four years, the $170-million stadium will serve as the main venue of the 2023 Southeast Asian Games.
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