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300PLUS ®Erina Ice WorldErina Ice WorldSTRUCTURAL STEEL ADDS SPARKLE TO NEW VENUEIce World at theErina Fair shoppingcomplex on the NSWCentral Coast, is yetanother exciting newdevelopment usingstructural steel toconstruct a fresh,bright and spaciousvenue awash withlight, colour andmusic.This exciting new venue now standsready to train the next generation ofAustralian skaters.Opened in November 2003, Ice World ispart of the $210 million expansion of theshopping centre managed by LendLease’s Retail Group.When Lend Lease’s Retail Group planneda major expansion of the Erina Fairshopping centre on the central coast ofNew South Wales, just north of Sydney,they wanted a drawcard that would attractthe rapidly growing young population tothe centre.An ice skating rink was their answer soLend Lease’s Retail Group invited CooperDevelopment Corporation to build an icerink on a design/construct/operate basis.The invitation to build the project cameas a result of the enormously successfulconstruction of Cooper’s Glaciarium atBaulkham Hills, a north-western suburbof Sydney.Cooper Development Corporation’sDesign Manager Ken McPhail said mostice skating rinks in Australia havetraditionally been large industrial sheds.“Our design starts with a desire topresent a fresh and bright new imagewhich is why the entire rear wall abovethe grandstand on the south side of thebuilding is one huge exposed structuralsteel window – as close as we canimagine in Australia to an outdoorskating centre.”A structural steel frame was the obviouschoice for this project, which is 16 metreshigh, 80 metres long with a span of 48metres. The heart of the building is the60 x 30 metre Olympic sized ice rinkoverlooked by a steel framed grandstand.Party rooms, corporate meeting rooms,a skate shop and change rooms makeup the rest.onesteel solutions issue 5 page 18