Hampden Park

Today we were at Hampden Park which has been transformed into a major athletics venue for Glasgow 2014.

Engineers pioneered a raised deck system made up of 1,200 panels supported by 6,000 steel posts and weighing over 1,000 tonnes. It is the first time this technology has been used on this scale. A further 16,000 tonnes of stone, tar and rubber have been placed on top.

This novel technique designed for Glasgow 2014 is now being called ‘the Glasgow solution’ and will allow future track and field athletics events to be held at stadia, which are not purpose built.