Awaiting the 2012 European Football Championship: some features of the reconstruction of the stadium of the "Olympic" National Sports Centre in Kiev

The article presents results of reconstruction and new construction works at the National Sports Center "Olympic" stadium in the city of Kyiv, which are being performed in Ukraine as preparations for the final tournament of the UEFA European Football Championship 2012. It describes conceptual designs and layouts involved. Totaling data are presented concerning the number of spectators, the built-up areas, the infrastructure. Structural designs of steel and ferroconcrete constructions are described, results of their computational analysis are included The article also presents data regarding the manufacturing and erection of structures.