BRAND-NEW
Tikkurila Protects Steel Structures of the World’s Largest Indoor Ski Centre
T
he world’s largest indoor ski
the roof structures, will comprise of
anti-corrosive Temacoat Primer and
centre is under construction at
150 components and weigh about
high-solids polyurethane topcoat
Lørenskog, Norway, approximately
500 tonnes. The complex has been
Temathane PC 50. The combination
20 kilometres east of Oslo. The
designed by Norwegian Halvorsen &
provides excellent weather and
six-story skiing complex houses a
Reine AS and the opening is scheduled
abrasion resistance for steel, stainless
downhill ski slope over 500 meters
for early 2020.
steel, aluminium and zinc surfaces.
long and a suspended cross-country
Over 60 companies are involved in
ski track. Tikkurila partners with Ruukki
building the EUR 105 million ski centre.
High-performance protection
Construction in providing the steel
Ruukki Construction, a subsidiary
The quality standards for the ski
structures for the site.
of SSAB, is in charge of designing,
centre’s steel structures and protective
The ski centre has a snow-covered
manufacturing and installing the steel
coatings are very high. The minimum
area of around 40,000 square meters,
frame and load-bearing sheets.
structural steel grade was S355, but
which is the equivalent of five football
The steel structures are manufactured
certain structures of longer span
pitches. The downhill ski slope,
in Ruukki’s Peräseinäjoki and Oborniki
distances required S550 high-strength
equipped with three ski lifts, will be
units, where they are also coated
steels. Protective coatings had to meet
accompanied by a cross-country ski
with Tikkurila’s polyurethane system
corrosivity category C3-H according to
track. The ski track, suspended from
TP131. The paint system includes
EN 12944-2.
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“These standards are exceptionally high for indoor steel structures. All outside structures had to be galvanized steel”, explains Mika Jäsperlä, Design Manager of Ruukki Construction. “In protective coatings, we must consider not only the final purpose of use, but also logistics. An element made for indoors has to withstand varying weather conditions during transport, such as overseas shipping. Our epoxy primer gives steel structures excellent chemical and abrasion resistance and our polyurethane topcoat protects them from the weather and ultraviolet radiation. This ensures, that the final structures fully match the architects’ vision”, says Mikko Soini, International 1
Figure 1: The steel structures of the world’s largest indoor ski centre are coated with Tikkurila’s polyurethane system TP131. The paint system includes anti-corrosive Temacoat Primer and high-solids polyurethane topcoat Temathane PC 50.
Key Account Manager at Tikkurila Oyj. For further information: www.tikkurila.com
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