Stryker Sports Complex, Wichita, Kan.

by Rosa Soto | 1 January 2021 12:00 am

To expand Stryker Sports Complex, an indoor soccer facility was constructed with a 392-footlong by 267-foot-wide, clear span metal building system with a 40-foot eave. It has a standing seam roof and metal panel walls.

The indoor soccer facility houses 118,756 square feet; spaces for concessions, offices and restrooms make up 8,300 square feet. The concessions, ticket booths, a press box, restrooms and space for bleacher seating was built with concrete masonry unit and steel.

Stryker Sports Complex has capacity to host 900 soccer teams per event. In addition to the new indoor soccer pitch, the project includes renovations and an addition to a soccer stadium at the complex, including stadium bleachers and a scoreboard.

Crossland Construction Co. Inc. was general contractor and erector for the metal building system as well as the renovations and addition to the existing stadium. Other general contractors managed other phases of the project including the soccer pitch, earthwork, infrastructure and site paving.

For the indoor soccer facility, Crossland Construction crews constructed a preengineered metal building supplied by Varco Pruden Buildings. For the roof, the company installed Varco Pruden Buildings’ SSR System in White. For the walls, Crossland Construction installed Varco Pruden Buildings’ reverse-rolled RPR Panels in Ash Gray.

Extensive communication among project team members, which included many general contractors, subcontractors and designers, was essential to meet project schedule requirements. Jody Wiggins, project manager at Crossland Construction, says, “Our teams collaborated by using the construction scheduling software Asta (Asta Powerproject project management software is a product from Project Analytics Inc.), communicating the completion schedule to all parties, through daily meetings with the onsite foreman to ensure everyone was on the same page, and with toolbox safety meetings to share and track our safety goals.”

Another challenge was weather. Rain and mud caused delays including to erection of the metal building. “To combat this issue, we installed rock crane paths that allowed us to make progress through the mud,” Wiggins says.

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