SUPER SPAN

by David Platten, P.E., Joseph Dowd, P.E., and John Aniol, P.E.

From the January 2010 issue of Civil Engineering

"The design of the new Cowboys Stadium in Dallas was meant to provide the winning combinations of a larger, more technologically and environmentally advanced sports venue than the team’s previous home while re-creating the iconic “hole-in-the-roof” design of the former facility. But the new stadium—which features the largest single-span roof structure in the world—also adds a mechanized twist to the story: the opening in the new stadium’s roof can be closed..."