Montreal Olympic Stadium Roof Problems

From falling concrete to holes in the roof a timeline of the olympic stadium s struggles.

Montreal olympic stadium roof problems.

Ah the never ending saga of montreal s olympic stadium. Montreal s iconic olympic stadium is sporting a new look. Amidst the announcement of a new roof the tower s renovation included the removal of concrete panels that covered a large section of the tower s outer walls that were replaced with 580 self cleaning floor to ceiling windows. To this day in a northern canadian.

Lack of public tender the design and use of concrete instead of steel ignoring recommendations that would have saved upwards of 146 million an impossible construction schedule scope creep and late design changes. It cannot be used if there is more than three centimetres of snow on top of it. After announcing that montreal s olympic stadium will be getting a new 200 300 million dollar roof in time for the world renowned soccer tournament montrealers were having trouble justifying why anyone. Stade olympique is a multi purpose stadium in montreal canada located at olympic park in the hochelaga maisonneuve district of the city.

The quebec government has committed to a new 250 million roof for montreal s olympic stadium by 2023. The cost overruns can be blamed on every decision that went into this project. Montrealers have been dealing with the stadium s problematic roof for years. Built in the mid 1970s as the main venue for the 1976 summer olympics it is nicknamed the big o a reference to both its name and to the doughnut shape of the permanent component of the stadium s roof.

The technical ring and stadium holds maybe 30 per cent. Around 70 per cent of the roof is held by the tower. With radio canada reporting in may it had torn 677 times over the last year and 7 453 times over the past 10 years. It was recently revealed that workers at the stadium have had to repair nearly 7 500 tears in the roof since 2007.

Thirty years after its initial construction the stadium s 541 foot tower has been revamped both inside and out as it hosts new offices for desjardins accèsd. The big o s roof has been plagued with problems ever since it was constructed for the 1976 olympic games. Montrealers have strong reaction to olympic stadium roof renovations. Dismantling montreal s olympic stadium would be foolish says man in charge.