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.

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.


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:

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.

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.

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.

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





Functional Performance: From Public Venues to Industrial Spaces
Our technical system offers strong functional adaptability to meet the stringent demands of diverse scenarios:
Achieving Long Spans & Heavy Load Capacity
Meeting Strict Vibration & Deformation Control
Integrating Diverse Building Envelopes & Systems
Compliance with Fire & Durability StandardsWe 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.


