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Fibreglass Floor Grating Provides Platform for Spectacular Olympic Games Opening Ceremony - 2004Fibreglass Floor Grating was selected for its excellent anti-slip qualities, exceptional strength and the ability to support thousands of competitors. August 2004, and the eyes of
the world are on Athens as the centrepiece of the Olympic Games
Opening Ceremony is revealed. The Olympic Arena has been transformed
into a vast man-made lagoon, where performers will walk on water,
and on which thousands of competitors will greet the watching
world. Everything was centred around a vast man-made lagoon, which covered the stadium floor and contained over 2 million litres of water measuring almost 10,000 square metres. A submerged Fibreglass Grating platform enabled performers to appear to ‘walk on water’. A giant fireball was launched
through the air, igniting the lagoon on impact and lighting
up the Arena in flames forming the shape of the Olympic Rings.
The flames were powered by a sub-water gas system just below
the water level. The lagoon had taken six hours to fill, yet in just three minutes the water would drain away leaving a platform on which thousands of the world’s finest competitors would make their entrance and mark the start of the competition. So, a material was required
strong enough to withstand the weight of thousands of people
yet be completely non-slip even when underwater. With a stadium full of seventy-two
thousand people, and over four million watching worldwide, there
could be no room for accidents or errors. We are proud to say that only Fibreglass Grating Mimi-Mesh grating met and exceeded specifications. Fibreglass Grating Limited, a supplier to Stage One Creative Services who were commissioned by Jack Morton Public Events, the producers of the Opening and Closing Ceremonies.
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