New sport and activities complex for Trnava

• Name

  New sports and adventure world for Trnava

• Country

  Slovenia, 2014

• Categories

  Grouts
  Release Agents

• Products

  Ortolan Premium 702
  Emcekrete 60 A

The “City Arena” was an ambitious project and is one of the biggest investments in the city. In addition to the stadium, which was named after Anton Malatinsky, the famous football player and coach of Spartak Trnava, it also includes a shopping mall. The goal of the investors and builders was to combine the enthusiasm for sport with a generous shopping and adventure experience. The client and financier of the stadium was the Slovakian state, which wanted to build a modern sport facility there that should meet the requirements of UEFA and FIFA and have 19,000 seats. City Arena Inc., a company of EuroMax Slovakia, was the investor responsible for the shopping centre. In addition to a two-storey underground car park for 1,000 vehicles, the concept also included office space of 2,670 m² as well as a shopping centre with 23,660 m² of space and a multiplex cinema with 600 seats.

MC products for high-quality exposed concrete surfaces

Since the start of construction work in March 2014, MC-Bauchemie had been supplying the ZIPP-STRABAG precast plant near Trnava with, among other things, high-performance superplasticisers and process oils as well as casting compounds and concrete cosmetics. ZIPP-STRABAG produced high-quality precast elements for both the stadium and the shopping centre. MC already had a long-standing, trusting relationship with the company, based on the exact matching of MC products to the special requirements placed on the concrete elements. The complexity of the project required a lot of detailed work, which was carried out in close consultation with the customer.

 

For the production of the precast concrete parts, MC recommended a high-performance polycarboxylate ether-based superplasticiser of the Muraplast product family, which is characterised by above-average water conservation and high early strength of the concrete and is suitable for the production of high-quality concrete surfaces. Due to its excellent properties, it is also generally used for high-performance concretes. With Ortolan Premium 702, the choice fell on a release agent with excellent release properties, which is excellently suited for the production of high-quality exposed concrete surfaces (exposed concrete classes SB 3 and 4). In addition, Emcekrete 60 and also concrete cosmetic products had been used on site. Emcekrete 60 is a ready-to-use casting concrete that only needs to be mixed with water and is characterised by very good flow properties and high initial and final strengths. MC concrete cosmetic products are used to optimally repair damaged and soiled areas in exposed concrete surfaces.