The spider 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 a 16m height. 628 pieces of 250kg screen, printed glass are to be fitted which will cover 2800m on the east and west sides of the Aquatics Centre and to let natural light into the swimming pool area.
GGR also previously installed glazing during the construction of the Aquatics Centre in 2011, using a UNIC URW-506 mini crane and 1000kg capacity Hydraulic 1000 glass vacuum lifter to fit glass panels to the underneath the starting blocks inside of the pool.
It will take 70 days to install the 628 panes of glass that make up the external walls of the building. It is expected that the team to get through 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.
