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Calling all MLS fans!! ⚽️ We were so excited to have the opportunity to work on Children's Mercy Park in Kansas City. As part of a major expansion project, a large soccer ball-pattern net-like structure was to be built at the stadium, known as the Mazuma Mezzanine. The structure itself is a series of honeycomb-like hexagons connected together in a manner similar to the pattern on a soccer ball. The structure also bends around slightly as it travels upward, similar to a soccer net. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺: Because this project was all about accomplishing this design in an aesthetically pleasing way, welding was not to be used, and the connections themselves were hollow structural steel, complicating matters further. 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Since the structure's look was the main priority here, using a non-destructive connection method was important, with BoxBolts being chosen for the job. A series of BoxBolts were used at each point that the steel beams comprising the structure met and needed to be joined, accomplishing this task in a fashion that looks seamless enough to incorporate itself into the structure's overall design.

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