Background
The Scottish Rugby Union's ambitious redevelopment of the national rugby ground, Murrayfield in Edinburgh, has resulted in the creation of a modern all-seater stadium which provides first class facilities to spectators.
The transformation of Murrayfield was designed by the architects Miller Partnership of Glasgow and London and the roofing contract was completed by Briggs Amasco of Edinburgh.
Mindful of the tragic Bradford football stadium fire where 55 lives were lost, the Scottish Rugby Union, together with the designers and the local safety teams and fire brigade, decided that a smoke control system should be one of the fire safety measures for Murrayfield.
The Building
Murrayfield Stadium built in 1925 was originally an all-standing ground with seating in the West stand only and had a spectator capacity of around 70,000. Over a 3 year period the stadium was redeveloped into an all-seater ground, with a number of hospitality suites in the North, South and West stands. 67,500 people can now enjoy supporting their teams whilst being protected by a Colt smoke control system.
The Colt Solution
Although the stands are open-fronted it was essential that smoke ventilators were installed to enable the safe evacuation of spectators, by reducing the risk of smoke becoming trapped at the rear of the stands in the event of a fire.
Working closely with the design team the requirements of the smoke control system were discussed and resulted in the installation of pneumatically controlled louvred Seefire ventilators. Operation of the ventilators is from a central control panel also provided by Colt.
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