Platform Lift Company Assist with Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park Stadium Transformation

The Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park Stadium is one of the Olympic Park’s most recognisable venues – famed for hosting some of the most memorable sporting events of recent years including the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games.

This stadium is soon to become the permanent home of West Ham United Football Club, the new national competition stadium for UK athletes, and will also play host to several matches during the Rugby World Cup as well as other elite athletics and sporting events. With this in mind, although iconic, the building was in need of a full transformation to ensure it remains a first-class sporting and cultural facility for many years to come.

International infrastructure group Balfour Beatty had been tasked with carrying out the full transformation work on behalf of its operator E20 Stadium LLP. However, Balfour Beatty’s commercial team made contact with The Platform Lift Company to assist with this project; tasking them with the design and installation of a Platform Lift which could carry disabled individuals from the ground floor up to the announcer’s booth area.

This transformation project was undertaken using sustainable construction methods, which ensured that features of the existing stadium were recycled and incorporated into the new stadium. In line with this, The Platform Lift Company had to comply, and base the design of the lift, around BREEAM. This meant that 95% of the materials used were recyclable, and the parts for the platform lift were purchased only from organisations that had engaged within material developments using recyclable spare parts.

Sean O’Sullivan, Managing Director for The Platform Lift Company, said “We were delighted to be contacted by Balfour Beatty to assist with this project. The transformation was a great success and the stadium has an exciting few years ahead.”