Analysis, design and construction of the olympic sculptures, AMP tower, sydney

摘要

As part of AMP's sponsorship of the Sydney Olympics three Olympic suculputes were erected onto the turret of AMP Tower, Australia's tallest building. The sculpaures had to be designed to be strong enough towithstand ultimate wind speeds of 230km/h, yet hight enough to be lifted into place by helicopter. UNique "conical" shaped connectors were developed to allow a simple and fast connection to the Tower once each sculptuer was owerved into place during the helicopter lifting process. Through the use of sophisticated three dimensional modelling, ongoing design refinement with the suclpotor and full loads testing prior to erection, Hyder were able to develop a light yet robust design.