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Light Gauge Steel Structures Solution for Sports Centers

Project Overview

Project Name: Zibo Sports & Cultural Center

Location: Zibo High-Tech Zone, Shandong, China

Total Building Area: 25,000 sqm

Building Structure: Light gauge steel structures with large-span box girders

Year Completed: 2024

The Zibo Sports & Cultural Center is a landmark project featuring advanced light gauge steel construction and a highly efficient light steel structures system. Designed as a landscape-integrated architecture, the building adopts a striking horn-shaped form, supported by a single-span fish-belly box beam with a maximum span of 50 meters. The heaviest structural steel component reaches 109.5 tons, with a 3.6-meter web height and 0.9-meter flange width, using a 70mm thick flange plate for optimal strength and stability.

The roof is fully green-covered, blending the building with its surrounding park environment. The light gauge steel structures support diverse interior spaces, including a children’s swimming hall, basketball court, gym center, public reading room, and cultural exhibition halls. This light steel structure design delivers superior seismic performance, faster installation, and higher durability, making the center a benchmark for modern sports architecture in China.


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  • Project Overview
  • Modular Technical Specifications
  • Customization Service Overview
  • Core Product Advantages
  • Functional Capabilities & Applications

Project Overview


Client Requirements & Background

This project aims to create a modern, landscape-integrated cultural and sports complex that combines athletic, cultural, and leisure functions. It requires large-span column-free spaces to accommodate a children’s swimming pool, basketball courts, a fitness center, a library, a cultural hall, and other multi-purpose areas. The building must blend naturally with the surrounding park landscape, reflect ecological and artistic values, and enable rapid construction with long-term sustainability.


Special Project Challenges

Large-Span Structural Requirements: A maximum span of 50 meters without interior columns to ensure open sightlines and spatial flexibility.
Complex Architectural Form: A highly dynamic, horn-shaped roof design requiring precise structural execution to achieve the desired visual impact.
Green Roof Integration: Full roof greening demands a structure capable of supporting soil and vegetation loads, with integrated waterproofing and drainage.
Multi-Functional Space Adaptation: The structural system must accommodate varying environmental and usage requirements, such as humidity in the swimming area and vibration in the basketball halls.
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Solution Highlights

Using advanced light gauge steel construction technology combined with modular design and digital fabrication, we delivered:

Large-Span Lightweight Structure: A fish-bellied box girder design ensures structural strength while significantly reducing self-weight, achieving a clear 50-meter span.
Precise Realization of Complex Forms: BIM technology and CNC manufacturing guarantee accuracy in curved components and overall architectural expression.
Green Building Integration: The light steel roof system is designed with built-in interfaces for greenery, seamlessly merging architecture and landscape.
Rapid and Efficient Construction: Factory prefabrication and on-site assembly of light steel structures significantly shorten the project timeline and minimize on-site disruption.


Product Technology & Specifications


This project utilizes a high-performance light gauge steel structures system, specially developed for large-span public buildings and architecturally complex cultural and sports venues. The system integrates structural efficiency, aesthetic expression, and construction convenience, making it ideal for projects with high demands for spatial spans, architectural forms, and construction schedules.


Key Product Parameters (Modular Presentation)

Module

Parameter

Specification / Description

Main Structural System

Maximum Span

50 meters

Main Beam Type

Fish-bellied Box Girder

Maximum Single Piece Weight

109.5 tons

Maximum Web Height

3.6 meters

Flange Width

0.9 meters

Maximum Flange Thickness

70 mm

Light Steel Features

Structural System

High-Strength Cold-Formed Thin-Walled Light Steel Structure (light gauge steel construction)

Connection Method

High-Strength Bolting + Partial Welded Joints

Corrosion Protection

Hot-Dip Galvanizing + Coating Protection System

Fire Resistance Rating

Meets public building fire safety standards; can integrate fireproof coatings

Roof System

Roof Type

Landscape Green Roof

Green Load Preparation

Integrated drainage layer, root barrier, and lightweight planting substrate

Waterproofing System

Multi-Layer Composite Waterproofing

Construction Advantages

Prefabrication Rate

≥85%

On-Site Work Volume

Significantly reduced, mainly limited to lifting and assembly

Construction Period

30%–40% shorter compared to traditional structures




Technical Details


Structural Design: The light steel structures use box sections and a fish-bellied curved design to optimize load paths, achieving a visually lightweight yet structurally robust solution.

Manufacturing Process: Components are digitally cut, prefabricated, and coated in the factory, ensuring precision and quality while minimizing on-site work.

Joint Detailing: Critical connections are reinforced with plates and multiple bolts to ensure safety and reliability under large spans and heavy loads.

Sustainability Features: Steel is recyclable, construction waste is minimized, and the green roof enhances thermal performance and ecological benefits.




Project Applicability

This light gauge steel structures system has been successfully implemented in large-span projects such as sports venues, exhibition centers, and transportation hubs. It offers an optimal structural solution for modern public buildings, balancing economy, speed, and aesthetic control.

For further details such as technical drawings, calculation reports, or construction process documentation, please contact us. We provide full-cycle light steel construction solutions from design and manufacturing to installation.


Customized Structural Solutions Tailored to Your Project


We understand that every building project is unique—from its specific functions and spatial requirements to its environmental conditions and aesthetic vision. Drawing on our experience with complex forms, long spans, and green integration in projects like the Cultural & Sports Venue, we provide deeply customized Light Steel Structure systems. Our core offering is not standard components, but a proprietary structural system built exclusively to match your project's DNA.


Our customization services encompass the following dimensions:


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Space & Form Customization
Whether for the dynamic, flowing shapes required by a sports venue or the efficient, regular layouts of an industrial park, our Light Gauge Steel Construction technology can adapt. The structural system flexibly accommodates various architectural forms—your design is not limited by the structure.

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Performance & Load Customization
We integrate all load conditions—such as high-density storage in logistics centers, requirements for flexible partitions in R&D facilities, or vibrating machinery in workshops—into our computational models for targeted design and reinforcement.

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Climate & Sustainability Customization
Structural design is deeply integrated with local climate data (wind, snow, solar radiation) and your sustainability goals (green roofs, Building-Integrated Photovoltaics, natural ventilation), much like how the venue's structure seamlessly merged with its vegetated roof.

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Process & Interface Customization
We collaborate closely with facade, MEP, and interior fit-out teams from the outset. Interfaces and installation conditions are reserved during the structural design phase, ensuring smooth construction and eliminating costly rework.

Core Product Advantages


  • Rapid Construction

    Design Freedom & High Fidelity

    The system excels at realizing complex 3D geometries and vast, column-free spaces. Similar to the venue's 50-meter clear span and trumpet-shaped curvature, we ensure high-fidelity translation of design intent, where structural components themselves possess aesthetic expression.
  • Green & Sustainable

    Rapid & Lean Construction Process

    A factory prefabrication rate exceeding 85% focuses on-site work on efficient lifting and precise assembly. This significantly compresses the project schedule while dramatically reducing wet trades, construction waste, and site disruption.
  • Robust & Durable

    Full Life-Cycle Sustainability

    The primary steel is recyclable, and the lightweight nature of Light Steel Structures reduces foundation loads. Combined with integrated design (e.g., green roofs, reserved PV supports), it enhances the building's environmental performance from the outset.
  • Cost-Effective

    Superior Structural Performance & Durability

    The use of high-strength steel and advanced connection techniques ensures safety and reliability. The system can meet stringent wind and seismic requirements and is protected by multi-layer anti-corrosion treatments for long-term durability in diverse environments.
  • Cost-Effective

    Excellent Cost & Schedule Predictability

    Digital design drives precise factory manufacturing, controlling material waste and error risks at the source. The clear prefabrication workflow results in more transparent and controllable project budgeting and scheduling.

Functional Performance: From Public Venues to Industrial Spaces


Our technical system offers strong functional adaptability to meet the stringent demands of diverse scenarios:


8.jpgAchieving Long Spans & Heavy Load Capacity
The system can economically achieve clear spans exceeding 60 meters and provide reliable heavy-load structural solutions for cranes, moving equipment, and high-density storage.
14.jpgMeeting Strict Vibration & Deformation Control
For applications like sprung sports floors, precision laboratories, or manufacturing workshops, we can tune the structural design to control vibration frequencies and deflections, ensuring user comfort and process requirements.


12.jpgIntegrating Diverse Building Envelopes & Systems
Whether for a venue's metal roof and curtain wall with vegetation layers, or an industrial building's skylights, ventilators, and large-diameter piping, our structural system enables integrated design for optimal performance and aesthetics.
13.jpgCompliance with Fire & Durability Standards
Through computational analysis and detailing, the system can meet various fire resistance ratings from 1 to 3 hours, and provides enhanced protection schemes for specific environments like high humidity or corrosive atmospheres.


We believe true customization begins with a deep understanding of your project's vision. Let's harness the limitless potential of Light Gauge Steel Construction to build your next landmark space together.

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