Steel stands for Lord’s redevelopment

Forming part of Marylebone Cricket Club’s (MCC) ongoing masterplan to redevelop the world-famous and historic Lord’s Cricket Ground, two new steel-framed stands are currently under construction.

The new Compton and Edrich stands are both three-tier structures and together they will accommodate around 11,600 spectators at the Nursery End of the Ground.

Also, forming part of the scheme, a walkway linking both stands at second tier level and spanning beneath the existing media centre is also being built.

Working on behalf of ISG, Severfield is fabricating, supplying and erecting 2,300t of steelwork for the project.

Buro Happold Senior Structural Engineer Paul Eddleston said: “The choice of steel for the main frame was determined following a fully detailed design, programming and cost option study led by Buro Happold, comparing in detail steel versus precast versus in-situ solutions.

“It was the examination of the outcomes of the Buro Happold-led exercise that resulted in steel being selected for the frame, whereas the initial project assumptions had been for a concrete frame.”

Work on the Compton and Edrich stands is due to complete in April 2021.