The Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre which was reconstructed for the 2006 Commonwealth Games is an excellent example of the creative use of Orrcon Smart Steel Hollow Sections.

With over 800 tonnes of pipe and RHS, the centre demonstrates how architects are increasingly incorporating steel hollow sections in lieu of traditional hot rolled steel members and concrete to enhance the design of major construction projects.

The reconstruction saw the existing Aquatic Centre extended with a new covered outdoor Olympic sized swimming pool, permanently roofed grandstand for 3,000 spectators and additional temporary roofs which are capable of attachment.

Extensive use of Orrcon Smart Steel Hollow Sections distinctly enhances the elegance and practicality of the centre's design.

Samaras Structural Engineers, who were responsible for the main structural steelwork, fabricated the steel elements at their Adelaide factory. Once fabrication was complete, over one hundred semi-trailers were used to transport the sections to the site in Melbourne.