The World Cup 2018 may be over, but its effects on Russia's infrastructure continue in 11 Russian cities due to its extensive investments in steel-based infrastructure, including in the form of 5 500 kilometers of modernized railways.
Other measures included the use of steel to temporarily increase the number of seats in several football arenas, as well as measures aimed at improving the sustainability of stadiums, announced World Steel, an ideal organization representing some of the largest international players in steel manufacturing.
Russia's flexible steel-framed football plans are considered to guarantee a sustainable and sport-friendly infrastructure today.
For the more than one million tourists who visited the country during four weeks of football, Russian railway authorities put more than 700 extra trains into traffic.
The trips were free for everyone with match tickets. These trains transported football supporters over the 5 500 kilometers of modernized railway lines connecting the various game facilities.
In 2015, a new steelworks plant in Chelyabinsk was opened for the forthcoming increasing demand for construction and steel.
In addition to the company's own assignments for a series of World Cup projects, the foundry JV Konar-Cimolai Steel produced the 462-meter-high Lakhta Center in St Petersburg, Europe's tallest building, and an elegant steel bridge in Chelyabinsk.
This 11,000 square meters steel-supported construction serves as a roof for an impressive stadium, which helps project light projects through the translucent shell of 8000 tons of steel.
Designed by Dutch architect Erick van Egeraat and Russian architect Mikhail Posokhin, the historic Dynamo stadium was also equipped with an overall unique steel structure that was used to reinforce the seating carriers.
Its capacity is 27,000 seats, with a possible extension of seats with up to 45,000 spectators. The used steel was specially coated with an anti-corrosion based on activated zinc to ensure long lasting protection against the extreme Moscow climate.
These transformable structures resulted in some of the most advanced design concepts.
Source: World Steel
