Superior Scaffold helps the Philadelphia Eagles Go Green!
Even more green than the city is currently used to.
Superior Scaffold is helping NRG install new solar panels and micro wind turbines on the roof of Eagles Stadium, or better known as Lincoln Financial Field.
These names just kill me. What ever happened to Lambo Field, Giant’s Stadium, Mile High Stadium, Veteran’s Stadium, Soldier Field? Big, powerful, sports names…Okay, don’t get me started.
Anyway, to upgrade to a greener stadium the Philadelphia Eagles have partnered with NRG to install 11,000 solar panels and 14 micro wind turbines that will provide about six times the power (annually) used during all of the Eagles home games. That’s pretty darn cool, if you ask me.
Superior faced some pretty interesting challenges on this job. “Look at the pictures and you will see that we not only had to account for some pretty steep angles but we also had to build the scaffold to move and to fit precisely in between rows of seats,” said Superior estimator, Pat McAndrew.
It’s always fun to get to work in a cool place like Eagle’s Stadium. Now, we did get down to business too but who gets to say that they were on top of Lincoln Financial Field? (Okay, Eagles Stadium!) We do.
Superior brings its scaffolding experience and support to solar crews (see post about Camden County Wastewater treatment plant) so we were called in to provide access to the upper part of the Eagle’s nest where, on this day, crews installed new electrical conduit as part of the green upgrade.
The plan calls for the panels to be placed along 11th Street and the south façade of Lincoln Financial Field, and in the stadium parking lot. The micro wind turbines will be positioned along the top of the stadium on the north and south sides. I can’t wait to see what that’s going to look like.
We will provide you with photographs right here at Superior Scaffold blog as they become available.
You can learn more at the following links.