Ford Field Roof Project

The detroit group trying to attract a major league soccer franchise will not retrofit ford field with a retractable roof to sweeten the expansion bid the free press has learned.

Ford field roof project.

Paula tutman gives us a behind the scenes look at the work being done from 1 500 feet in the sky. The windows along the ceiling are frosted to mimic the automotive factories that are prevalent in metro detroit. Indianapolis colts detroit lions. Partnership between indianapolis ind based hunt construction group and detroit owned jenkins construction is contracted to build the majority of ford field including the playing field seating bowl and roof and white olson llc of detroit is contracted to handle the reconstruction of the warehouse.

Ford field is a multi purpose indoor stadium located in downtown detroit michigan and home of the detroit lions. Diagnostics staging the project began almost a year after the original moisture diagnostics in late. Sunday 11 01 2020. Lead contact gary storm senior principal kansas city 1 816 412 1852.

Unlike most domed stadiums ford field allows a large amount of natural light to reach the field thanks to immense skylights and large glass windows at the open corners. The mammoth domed roof of ford field home of the detroit lions and a multi purpose indoor stadium underwent an energy efficient upgrade when its roof was restored in 2016 by beachwood ohio based tremco roofing and building maintenance. Sunday 10 04 2020.