Leading plastics manufacturer Brett Martin has supplied more than 21,000m2 of Marlon CS Longlife rooflights for the landmark transformation of the former Olympic Stadium. Marlon CS Longlife corrugated polycarbonate was chosen to provide a robust and resilient transparent roof system which was also lightweight enough to offset the amount of steel used to create the longest cantilevered roof of its type in the world.
Offering an array of characteristics including superb strength to weight ratio, impact resistance, long term weatherability, ease of workability, fire performance and over 90% light transmission, the specification of Marlon CS Longlife polycarbonate sheets enabled the stadium designers to achieve a roof structure which simply would not have been possible at this scale ot...
