MANILA - Philippine Arena (50,000)

[ugoki09]

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Hanwha E&C to build world’s largest domed arena near Manila

Korean builder strives to become one of the world’s 100 largest construction firms

Hanwha Engineering and Construction Corp. began work on the world’s largest domed arena in the Philippines on Thursday.

The work for the $175 million contract, signed on Aug. 4, got underway in a ceremony attended by Hanwha E&C officials including vice chairman Kim Hyun-chung and those from the Filipino Christian organization Iglesia Ni Cristo that issued the contract.


Hanwha E&C vice chairman Kim Hyun-chung (right) and chief of Iglesia Ni Cristo Eduardo Manalo shake hands after the groundbreaking ceremony near Manila on Wednesday. (Hanwha E&C)

The facility located near Manila, named the Philippine Arena, will be fitted with 50,000 seats and its domed roof will be nearly 36,000 square meters, making it the world’s largest domed arena, the company said.

Hanwha E&C said that the work will be carried out over 30 months to be finished early 2014.

“By winning this contract for building the world’s largest dome arena, the company was able to prove its technological capabilities and the ability to carry out overseas projects,” Kim said in a statement. The company said that in the biddings for the contract, it competed with China’s Jiangsu International and the Philippines’ largest construction company EEI Corp. The project will be conducted in design-build process in which the contractor is responsible for all related processes from designing to building the facility, the company said.

“As the bridgehead for the Southeast Asian market, the project is expected to bring opportunities for more civil engineering and construction projects in the region.”

The project opens a new market for Hanwha E&C, which has focused mostly on the Middle Eastern markets, as it drives to become one of the world’s 100 largest construction companies.

Earlier this year Hanwha Engineering and Construction announced plans to become one of the world’s top 100 builders by 2015 with an annual sales figure of 5 trillion won ($4.65 billion), and win contracts worth 7 trillion won in that year.

The plans also revealed that the company will diversify its overseas portfolio to include civil engineering projects, and to expand into solar power and other renewable energy businesses.

Also as part of the plans, the company hopes to expand its overseas generated income by more than 20 percent each year with the aim of raising 40 percent of its annual revenues from overseas sources by 2015.

In the Middle East, Hanwha E&C has made significant headway this year, winning a series of contracts including an urban development project in Iraq.

The contract, issued by Iraq’s National Investment Commission, is valued at $7.25 billion, making it the largest overseas construction project to be won by a Korean construction firm.

Under the contract, Hanwha Engineering and Construction will build a planned town at a location 25 kilometers east of central Baghdad. The town will be built over an area of 1,830 hectares and contain 100,000 new homes, the company said.

By Choi He-suk (cheesuk@heraldm.com)

http://www.koreaherald.com/national/...20110818000649

[ugoki09]

Hanwha Engineering wins US$175 mln deal from Philippines

SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Hanwha Engineering & Construction Corp. said Wednesday that it has clinched a US$175 million deal to build a domed concert hall in the Philippines.

Under the deal with Filipino Christian foundation INC, Hanwha Engineering will build a 50,000-seat "Philippine Arena" with a floor area of 74,000 square meters on the outskirts of its capital Manila.

http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/busi...008900320.HTML

[Jericho-79]

Doesn't Asia already have the Tokyo Dome?

[Sonrise]

It looks like it's gonna be a church, that's one big church. Wrong forum though.

[red_eagle_1982]

Originally Posted by Sonrise

It looks like it's gonna be a church, that's one big church. Wrong forum though.

How'd you come to that conclusion that it's going to be a Church? Even though it's an INC project, the title of the project is Philippine ARENA. Doesn't sound like a church to me.

[red_eagle_1982]

Originally Posted by Jericho-79

Doesn't Asia already have the Tokyo Dome?

Yes. So?

The INC is envisioning the Philippine Arena to be a multi-function facility. Religious services, concerts, sports events etc.

The INC needs something like this. And hey, good for Philippine sports too.

[Axelferis]

do they plan to host football matches?

If so we can't consider it is the bigger arena?! Solna,Lille,Dallas are as big as this new one?

[MS20]

^Basketball and concerts most likely. No football.

[El Doctore]

This should be put to proposed, since the work didn't start yet.

[Lord David]

It will be interesting as to what the interior of this arena will look like.

It probably won't host grass based sports since it's cheaper not to have permanent grass on the arena floor. However, it should be designed that should the occasional football or rugby game be held, lower level seating can be removed to fit a regulation sized pitch, at lower capacity.

The Philippines could also use a proper national stadium, is there enough room near this arena to build one that seats at least 70,000? So, it would only see a handful of games a year sure and the occasional major event, but regular use as an outdoor concert venue and religious venue seems adequate to justify it.

[anak_mm]

maybe if football becomes really popular in the country, right now its basketball arenas everywhere

Originally Posted by Axelferis

do they plan to host football matches?

If so we can't consider it is the bigger arena?! Solna,Lille,Dallas are as big as this new one?

Originally Posted by Jericho-79

Doesn't Asia already have the Tokyo Dome?

i think indoor arenas are different from stadiums, tokyo dome & dallas are considered stadiums not arenas



this better have a nice architecture like their churches

[Aka]

Of course this is a stadium. Can you imagine a 50k arena with a field with the same size as a basketball one? Those views would be even more terrible than what you get at the US Open.

[diz]

Originally Posted by El Doctore

This should be put to proposed, since the work didn't start yet.

Already broke ground. This thread actually started there.

[anak_mm]

the philippines had the largest domed arena in the world couple decades ago, wants the title back?

heres a basketball game with 100k+ PA would only be less than half of this, but then this is a stadium

[ardvo]

The Philippine Arena
http://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/...61_13872_n.jpg
The Stadium

[ardvo]

The Stadium

[ugoki09]

W O W ! ^________________________^

[diz]

whaat.... so it's an arena! and then there's a stadium.

i'm thinking about converting to INC now

[aserongasero]

then everybody was rendered speechless...

[kfa15]

Originally Posted by diz

whaat.... so it's an arena! and then there's a stadium.

i'm thinking about converting to INC now

>> Actually they're 3 major construction will be built at the same time & same location the Phil. Arena, NEU Stadium & a EGM Hospital.