North Stand, Somerset Park Stadium, Ayr

13 Mar

Client - Ashleigh (Scotland) Ltd

An exciting and ambitious new stand for Ayr United Football Club.

Working alongside Denham Youd Architects and Ashleigh (Scotland) Ltd, we’re involved with the delivery of a new north stand at Ayr United’s Somerset Park Stadium.

We are providing civil and structural engineering consultancy services on the development, which features a 748-seater stand beneath a cantilevered steel roof.

The scheme also includes a plush new hospitality suite catering for 198 guests, integrated within the structure. In addition, the club’s operations centre will occupy purpose-built offices within the new stand.

The new stand will have wheelchair access throughout, electric vehicle infrastructure, and inside match-day space for players’ families.

A range of measures will be implemented to reduce the demand for energy in the proposed development. This includes good levels of natural daylight throughout, the façade and layout of the building being designed to take advantage of solar gains in winter, excellent fabric performance for new thermal elements and openings to reduce heat loss, a high level of air tightness, and use of heat recovery technology.

We were previously involved with the Somerset Hub just outside the ground. This space houses the club shop, staff offices and an impressive supporters’ bar.

The club plans to open the new facility in 2024.