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Super-Sized
Bronze Casting
Challenges
Skanska
Pegasus Slaying Dragon
Sculpture, Gulfstream Park,
Hallandale Beach, USA
For the erection of the extraordinary Pegasus
bronze sculpture in Florida, it posed some serious
challenges to the contractors, Skanska Construction
Group, in providing safe access and support to the
exceptionally large and complicated sculpture during
erection.
And statues do not come much bigger. It is the height
of an 11 storey building - 110 feet (33.5 m) in height; 200
feet (61 m) in length and weighs 472 tons.
The Gulfstream Park located between Miami and Fort
Lauderdale, is home to one of the most famous racetracks
in the world.
Austrian-Canadian businessman and horse expert,
Frank Stronach, is currently expanding the Stronach Groupowned
facility through the addition of a theme park. At its
centre, since the end of 2014, stands a spectacular piece
of bronze artwork: Pegasus, the fabled winged horse from
Greek mythology, forms an ensemble with a dragon as a
symbol of positive strength and the victory of good over
evil.
In order to be able to safely realise the bronze sculpture
on site as well as within the planned time frame,
Skanska worked with the Miami-based scaffolding contractor,
Scafform, who decided to use the Peri UP Rosett Flex
modular scaffold system. The modular scaffold system
could deliver the flexibility and versatility necessary. The
system can be adapted to the complex geometry in 25 cm
The elements in the scaffolding allowed for adjustments
in 25 cm steps and so could be shaped
around the statute which has no straight lines.
The scaffolding had to be close enough to provide
access to all the surfaces for the finishing work.
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