Reliant Stadium
Client: Harris County Sports and Convention Corporation
Project Value: $449M Reliant Stadium Complex
Products: Track-IT™, Construct-IT™
Key Facts
- Stadium includes a seating capacity of 69,500 and a retractable roof.
- Aggressive 32-month construction schedule was met.
- Software utilized in both the design phase and the construction phase.
Architects were selected to begin design for the first-ever NFL retractable roof football stadium in 1997. The intention was to create a football stadium that would operate like an open-air facility but have the comfort of an indoor arena. The building was ultimately designed with a retractable roof, that is 265 feet off the playing field, and nearly 2 million square feet. The stadium was completed within 32 months of the formal March 9, 2001 groundbreaking. The 32 month construction schedule was impressive when you consider that the project manager had to assure that more than 1,065 daily workers were in place prepared to assemble the 17,274 tons of structural steel and 160,000 cubic yards of concrete contained within the stadium. Other challenges included the assembly and installation of 14 press boxes with 240 workstations, two scoreboards (each is 42 feet tall and 275 feet wide), 11 elevators, 20 escalators and four stairways accessible to the public.