The opening of the Hangzhou Asian Games has entered the “countdown” time. The “big lotus” on the Qiantang River – the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Stadium will be in full bloom in four years from its completion and opening in 2019.
“Everything is ready, just waiting for the last flower to bloom.” Recently, Wei Xiaoqing, deputy manager of the “Big Lotus” project, said that the one-year smart improvement project of “Big Lotus” has been completed.
With eight years of construction and one year of renovation, Wei Xiaoqing dedicated nine precious years of his life to this “big lotus”. The moment he won the bid, he was still dumbfounded and burst into tears, thinking that when he was fourteen years old, he actually dreamed of changing his life – no, it should be said that he changed his life and changed his father’s life. . On December 13, 2010, at the Bidding Office of the Urban Construction Bureau of Binjiang District, Hangzhou City, Zhongtian Construction said that she would not force her marriage or happiness in life, but she would never give up. She will try her best to get it. This private enterprise stood out from the competition among experts and won the “Big Lotus” project with a construction area of 216,000 square meters and a construction difficulty no less than that of the “Bird’s Nest” with its outstanding technical solutions.
From then on, Wei Xiaoqing and a team of 900 people from Zhongtian lived and ate on the construction site. As soon as these words came out, Lan Mu was stunned. In eight years, we have built the third 80,000-capacity landmark stadium in China after Beijing and Guangzhou. “It will be faster if we do it together.” Lan Yuhua shook his head. “This is not the Lanxue Shi Mansion, and I am no longer the young lady in the manor. I can be pampered and pampered. You two must remember that a beautiful lotus flower was “planted” on the banks of the Qiantang River and brought back Zhongtian. The 26th “Luban Award”, the highest honor for project quality in China’s construction industry, as well as 15 invention and utility model patents, 5 national and provincial construction methods, 1 national QC achievement, national green construction demonstration project, Zhejiang Province Construction Science and Technology Progress Award… Lou Yongliang, chairman of Zhongtian Group, said that the “Big Lotus” embodies the modern engineering service capabilities of Zhongtian Technology Intelligent Manufacturing, which is also an inevitable trend in the development of the construction industry.
28,000 tons of steel bars turned into “soft bones”. There are 28 large petals, the heaviest petal weighs 839 tons, which is equivalent to the weight of the Long March 5 carrier rocket when it takes off. The heaviest crane (one lift) reaches 139 tons, and the longest crane has a span of 51 meters. “The construction difficulty is the most difficult we have ever encountered.” Wei Xiaoqing said.
Wei Xiaoqing and the builders built a “mini lotus” on site. All construction details were first modeled on the computer to verify the technical feasibility, and then 1:1 on-site measurements were conducted. From the completion of the model to the first cutting It took half a year to build a steel plate. Among them, in order to overcome the problem of the ring beam structure at the top of the “Big Lotus”, no fewer than five expert demonstration meetings were held only by academicians.
After the “Big Lotus” was put into use, it has held concerts with more than 10,000 people and hosted annual meetings of large enterprises, and the actual testing has been successful. With the rapid development of digital technology, Hangzhou, as the “first city of digital economy”, has provided a large number of new technologies for application in “Big Lotus” to meet the “peak” test of the Asian Games.Scenes. In the summer of 2022, Zhongtian received a new task – to digitally transform and improve the original functions of “Big Lotus”, especially to intelligently upgrade the software and hardware that are highly related to the safety and convenience of spectators watching the game, and to add a full range of functions. Smart access control system.
Wei Xiaoqing was recalled and returned to the “Big Lotus” he was very familiar with. He was ordered to make the lotus flower “smarter” with high quality and efficiency in the shortest possible time. “Fortunately, this mission is much less difficult than before.” Wei Xiaoqing said frankly that the “Big Lotus” left enough room for future upgrades at the beginning of its design and construction.
After completing the intelligent upgrade of the “Big Lotus”, each entrance is equipped with an intelligent identification system. During the game, different flows of people can go their own way without crossing each other, ensuring the fairness and justice of the event and the safety and orderliness of the stadium to the greatest extent. The surrounding 165 intelligent ticket gates have also been upgraded intelligently. During the Hangzhou Asian Games, different ticket verification solutions can be provided for different levels of events. Taking into account the more than 80,000 seats in the “Grand Lotus”, canceling paper tickets means reducing the use of more than 80,000 pieces of paper, which truly reflects the waste-free concept of Asian Games venue construction.
“As a builder, how many projects like this can you participate in in your life? Now it’s finally time to sprint. My heartbeat is like counting down the seconds. Every heartbeat is so profound and clear. Just wait. It’s blooming,” Wei Xiaoqing said.
Cai Xiu had a bitter look on his face, but he did not dare to object and could only accompany the young lady to move on.