The crane and glass sucker were able to lift the first of the 1.5m by 3m glazed panels from a ground level stillage and install them at 16m high. The crane will fit 628 pieces of 250kg screen, covering 2,800m on the east and west sides of the Aquatics Centre and letting natural light into the swimming pool.
GGR also installed glazing during the construction of the centre in 2011, using a UNIC URW-506 mini crane and 1000kg glass vacuum lifter to fit panels underneath the starting blocks inside of the pool.
It will take 70 days to install the 628 panes of glass on the external walls of the building. It is expected the team will install 10 panes a day and finish the outside of the Aquatics Centre in late September.
Once complete the Aquatics Centre will be a public swimming pool as well as an elite training facility and competition venue.
