Stahl Sheaffer is providing structural engineering for the renovation of the 63-year-old stadium’s west side, beginning with the demolition of the press box and stadium seating, as well as structural modifications to the East and North. The project will include a rebuild of those stands, which will maintain bowl-style seating. Improvements will include additional chairback seating on the west lower level, as well as luxury amenities, suites, and loge boxes with theater-style seating. Restrooms, concessions, and stadium WiFi facilities also will be upgraded. Our team analyzed the steel structure to remain for modifications to expand the east concourse, and remove x-bracing to accommodate circulation on the field level, concourse level as well as the addition of new vertical circulation. We have supported the project during construction with on-site observations and reports, and quick response to unforseen conditions during construction. The four-year, $700 million renovation is scheduled to be completed in time for the 2027 football season.

As part of the renovation of Beaver Stadium’s west side, Stahl Sheaffer coordinated and designed the structural supports for the new sponsor signage and roof-tip signage at the West Shore Home Field entrance to the Stadium. The timeframe was very tight and required heavy coordination with the steel fabricator to expedite fabrication and simplify installation. The sign is supported by two structural steel tubes that are supported by two existing structural steel columns of the scoreboard towers, with an outrigger seat connection to allow the framing to bypass the concrete columns which support the ramp and north upper concourse/seating section. Steel tubes are over 100 feet in length (around 90 feet between supports) and were shipped to the site in one piece. The sign is installed in sections and attached using a steel angle clip to each tube member.  

Stahl Sheaffer designed the roof-top signage to eliminate the need to reinforce the roof due to added snow drift. Consideration for thermal movement to avoid an introducing stress from movemnt to the roof framing was paramount to the design. The frame assembly was coordinated with both the fabricator/erector as well as the sign manufacturer to allow the combined structure and sign to be segementally disassembled, removed to accommodate re-roofing in the near future, and then re-assembled over the new roof.