The Savilahti Sports and Events Centre in the City of Kuopio is a meeting place for approximately 2,500 people. The events centre is located in the heart of the Savilahti district of the Depot area and is the end point of the park and local service complex. The centre is part of the district’s security by providing a shared civil protection shelter for almost 7,000 people. The multi-purpose centre moves a large number of schoolchildren, students, sports and sports clubs and individual residents. At the same time, it provides space for various events, such as concerts, seminars and tournaments, main league games and international matches.
The project of the City of Kuopio included a new suspended joint support system, which is intended to act as a level for building services and provide the users of the sports hall with the desired architectural environment. The joint support system performance requirement complies with EN1090 EXC-2, which was manufactured, delivered and installed by Metallipalvelu Hartikainen. Before delivery to the site, the installation schedules and installation sequence were agreed upon in the kick-off meeting, taking into account the site schedules by work phase. The delivery included primary structures to be attached to the rock and secondary structures, the installation of which was a large part of the project. The installation schedule was affected by other construction tasks inside the cave. The surprising challenges of rock construction brought changes to the overall schedule, which brought changes to the installation schedule and installation sequence for us. Despite the changes, we were able to complete a successful project together with the main contractor. The installation phase was technically challenging, because Metallipalvelu Hartikainen installation team had to work in a cave and the structure was attached to the rock as a hanging installation. The final inspection was carried out according to the schedule and the project was handed over to the customer with a seal of approval.
Metallipalvelu Hartikainen manufactured the structures at its own factory in Juuka, scheduled the deliveries, ensured that the site schedule was suitable for the rest of the project as a subcontractor, performed the site installation and controlled the high-quality end result.