Teflon. The center portion of the roof, more than 120,900
square feet, will be covered in the ETFE panels.
"We told the Rangers we're going to try to make it as
light and airy in the design as possible," Hutchings said.
In all, roof construction is expected to take about
a year to complete, Hill said. Soon, a 3,000-ton,
400-foot-tall crane – one of the largest in the
The lightweight material will also be utilized along the
concourses, helping to filter natural light throughout the
levels of the ballpark. country – will be assembled on site to begin
"When you go into the upper concourse and suite levels
of the building, there are actually openings cut into the
concourses so that light will translate all the way down
into the main concourse," Matwick added. "We're trying
to make it as transparent as we possibly can." the roof structure.
Roof construction is a major focus of current
construction at the ballpark site. Work on the roof
trusses, the support system for the roof track, continues
to progress daily, said Jack Hill, Rangers senior vice
president of project development.
lifting the nearly 19,000 tons of steel needed for
"Typically, this operation will take somewhere between a
year and 14 months, from beginning to end. There's a lot
of work that has to take place to get that done," Hill said.
This article includes excepts from an article, Globe Life
Field Roof Design Announced, originally published on
the Globe Life Field website.
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