Sydney Cricket Ground Grand Stands

The establishment of the Sydney Cricket Ground dates from 1854 and since then, it has been into a sacred site of Australian sport. a venue revered by sporting stars and spectators alike, the SCG is easily recognisable by its heritage listed members and ladies pavilions.

The heritage listed members stand incorporates an earlier three storey stuccoed brick club room at the rear As well as Lady Members Stand which is an elegant two-level grandstand constructed of cast iron and with an extensive three storey members' room at the rear.

The existing coating on the heritage listed Ladies and members stands failed in many spots resulting in water leakage to the heritage structure. Years of partial repairs and patching with various materials declined the integrity of the floor coating allowing water reach to the stand’s structure and the lower spaces. In addition, using inadequate material and application process resulted in slippery or very coarse, hard to clean patches all over the floor.

Replacing the existing floor coating in both Ladies and members stand with a durable, trafficable waterproofing membrane to withstand tremendous movements of the building during the matches and to meet the strictest Australian standards for the safe, non-slip floors  

• Sika proposed fully removal of the existing floor coating from all raisers and landings, removal of all sealant in the joints, Prep and sand the surface followed by applying Sikafloor 160 broadcasted with 30/60 quarts sand, then applying 3x coats of Sikafloor 400N.
• For the non-slip, 8% of white Aluminium Oxide was mixed into the final coat of Sikafloor 400N to achieve P5 anti-slip rate.
• Sikafloor 400 N was thickened by Sikadur 513 for the vertical application on the stand raisers.
• Corner joints were sealed using Sikaflex Fillet and trafficable joints by Sikaflex TANK
• Sika also proposed to carry out a 20 m2 test sample on the Ladies stand to asses the substrate conditions,moisture content of the substrate and to conduct a Pull of test and slip testfor documentation purpose.