Unity Stadium & Arena Seat Specifications

UNITY GENERAL DESCRIPTION

This dynamic product with its adaptable design, has an obvious family relationship with the existing Albany Origin Seat, by mirroring the distinctive features that identify the Albany Origin Seat:

• Scallop
• Flexing Back

• Out trim shape
• Narrow back, large seat
• Albany brand as presently shown

The Albany Unity can be surface mounted on concrete, frame mounted, or frame mounted on a tier.

As with the Albany Origin, the Unity is available in nine deep pastel colours, as well as a wide range of custom colours.

The seat has been designed to pass the most demanding standards and comes with a ten year guarantee.

Other general characteristics of the aesthetics of the range that have been maintained, in the design of the Albany Unity are:

• comfort
• strength and stability
• cleanliness
• abuse resistance

The feel of the aesthetic was identified to be casual not formal, so that it is appealing to all regional geographic groups.

The design forms of the seats maintain the sensuous, curvaceous, feminine (but not delicate) form that the Albany Origin now has.  This aesthetic is essentially different from the industry norm of robust and masculine seating designs.

In addition the seat shall feature:

•  The seat shall feature a flexing back to provide a balance of patron comfort,  performance and flexibility, whilst maintaining its full strength.

The seat shall incorporate a full lower back to eliminate interference from the feet of the people behind.

• The seat shall be guaranteed to maintain its original colour with minimal fading for a ten year guarantee period.

• Perforations in the seat base and back minimize water entrapment and provide ventilation for those hot summer days.

• Special tamper proof installation fasteners are used to prevent vandalism.

• The seat has been designed to pass the most demanding standards.

• The compact dimensions of the seat allow easy access along the rows and aids compliance issues.

• We can supply special resin packages to provide any specified level of flame retardancy.

• Two digit seat numbering is provided as standard, other numbering systems can be provided.

• The products life expectancy is at least 20 years.

• Our polypropylene plastic formulation has been balanced for colour stability and strength retention in harsh UV conditions.  Little fading will occur over the ten year guarantee period.

Specification Details

The Unity Stadia Seat 

 1. General 

The Unity Stadia Seat is a fixed shell plastic stadium seat, injection moulded in polypropylene and direct to the concrete or supported on a medium, hot dipped galvanised or powder coated, corrosion resistant steel frame. 

 2. Specific Specifications 

 2.1 Where steel sections are used in lieu of a direct fix to concrete, the supporting beam structure shall be a minimum of 40 X 40 X 3mm section.

2.2 The seat shall feature a flexing back to provide a balance of patron comfort, performance and flexibility, whilst maintaining its full strength.

2.3 The seat shall incorporate a full lower back to eliminate interference from the feet of the people behind.

2.4 The seat shall be guaranteed to maintain its original colour with minimal fading for a five year guarantee period.

3. General Specifications 

3.1 A single, two or three digit numbering system shall be supplied.

3.2 Aisle end of row identification plates shall be supplied.            

3.3 The seat shall provide posture positions in accordance with AS/NZ 4438 and Work Safe Australia dimensions for fixed chairs.

3.4 The seat shall be supplied so that the system will not fatigue in its useful life.

3.5 The seat shall embrace the sustainable environment considerations of reduce, reuse, recycle, accordingly all components are to be recyclable.

4. Test Criteria 

The seat shall be designed to withstand the dynamic loading of spectators in accordance with BS4875.  In addition, the seat shall meet the following load criteria:

4.1 Seat Static Load Test: load applied 2000N X 10 times. 

4.2 Back Static Load Test: load applied 760N X 10 times. 

4.3 Seat Fatigue Test: load applied 950N X 200,000 times. 

4.4 Back Fatigue Test: load applied 330N X 200,000 times. 

4.5 Seat Impact Test: impact 6.4kg X 10 times @ 300mm. 

4.6 Back Impact Test: impact 6.4kg X 10 times @ 620mm.

4.7 The seat shall meet the minimum requirements of BS4875 and be fully tested by independent test authorities.  The supplier shall submit such data with each tender.

4.8 The moulded seat shall be produced from polypropylene impact co-polymers, formulated with ultra violet light stabilization and anti static inhibitors.

4.9   For seating modules, incorporating a fire retardant to the co- polymer, the following shall apply:

Ignitability Index: 0

Spread of Flame Index: 0

Heat Evolved Index: 0

Smoke Developed Index: 3               

5. Structural Steel Criteria 

Structural steel elements when used shall comply with the following or equivalent country standards:

5.1 All workmanship and materials shall be in accordance with AS4100 and AS1554, unless varied by the lead contract documents.

5.2 Unless noted otherwise, all material shall be:

• Grade 300 hot-rolled plates complying with AS3678.
• Grade 300 hot-rolled flats, TFC, TFB, angles 100 X 100 each or 125 X 75 VA  and smaller complying with AS3679.1.
• Grade 300 plus UB, UC, PFC and angles 125 X 125 each or  150 X 90 UA and larger.
• Grade C350RHS, SHS complying with AS1163.

5.3 Welding shall be carried out in accordance with AS1554.1, welding consumables shall be E48XX or W50X U.N.O.  All welds shall be 6mm CFWSP category U.N.O. CPBW shall be SP category U.N.O., inspection shall be carried out to AS1554.1, and all welds shall be 100% visually scanned.

For CPBW allow for physical testing (intervals to be nominated).  Butt welds shall be complete penetration welds to AS1554.

5.4 Provide seal plates to all hollow sections, provide vent holes to hollow members and drain holes.  All members which are hot dipped galvanised.

5.5 Structural steelwork shall have the following surface treatment in accordance with the specifications.

Element	Surface Cleaning	Protective Coating
All	All	Hot dip galvanised

 

6. Fixing Criteria 

Fixings - all mechanical anchors nominated shall be a minimum of Hilti M10 X 60mm.  HSC under cutting anchors, or approved equal, installed in accordance with the manufacturers specifications.

 7. Assembly Criteria 

Seating shall be assembled in accordance with the suppliers, document Q.A.   installation procedure.

8. Installation Criteria 

Installation shall be in accordance with the clients nominated seating layout drawings for location, seat height, seat number and seat colour.

Any variations between approved client drawings and actual site dimensions are to be clarified and approved by the client prior to proceeding with any set out work.

It is the responsibility of the client to establish aisle location points.

Alternatively, if no aisle locations are established, the installer shall locate a grid reference on the platform (by survey if no existing accurate reference is available), and measure an offset to the nearest aisle edge (distance determined from client drawings).  Measure and mark out several aisles on either side of the adopted reference point, or as close as to the next available grid reference location as possible.  Calculate the offset from one of the measured aisle locations to the next nearest grid reference point, check dimension for accuracy.  Check measure between aisles for accuracy and have client approve.

Install seat in accordance with suppliers nominated Q.A. procedure.

9. Plastics Criteria 

The machine set up and moulding conditions will be to the moulders Q.A. procedure.

Critical production checks are:

• Remove excess flush around parting lines.
• One sample per hour to be checked using the GO-NOGO jig.
• Component colour, mouldings to be checked each shift against approved colour chips.
• Mouldings to be placed in individual poly bags and placed in carton.