LOCATED JUST TWO KILOMETRES FROM DUNEDIN'S CBD AND AT THE GATEWAY TO THE CITY'S FAMOUS UNIVERSITY PRECINCT, OTAGO STADIUM WILL BECOME THE CORNERSTONE OF A VIBRANT, MODERN CITY THAT REACHES DOWN TO THE SEA AND INTO THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF ITS PEOPLE.

Lund South completed the concrete structure contract in a 50/50 arrangement with Amalgamated Builders Ltd.

The South Stand, comprising a 10,856 seat stadium to the front, and a 5 level 22m high, 130m long, 18,000 m2 building behind was started on August 15 2009.

The main structure, to full height was completed by March 5 to allow the stadium steel roof structure to proceed. It will be 100 % complete by May 2010.

The South Stand structure was completed by both ABL and Lund staff. ABL crews generally completed ground floor work, and precast installation. Lund staff were generally responsible for all work above the first level. Both ABL and Lund staff for all above ground work were under the direction of a Lund senior foreman.

The North stand, an open 20m high structure seating 10,856, was started on November 9 2009 and will be complete by April 30. It would have been completed even earlier, by mid March 2010 if precast supply was able to keep pace with construction onsite.

The North Stand structure, 130m long, involved structural challenges not experienced before in the South Island - 15 degree inclined precast columns, 16m high, weighing 40T. 28T L shaped combination bleacher beam and upper columns, erected 16m in the air.

The North Stand was constructed exclusively by Lund.

These feats of construction, on this scale, have not been achieved before in Dunedin.

For more information on the stadium please visit www.otagostadium.co.nz