DuPont Tyvek Subtex

Case Study: MCA Indoor Cricket Academy (Stadium)

Project background:
Mumbai Cricket Associations state-of-the-art indoor cricket
academy facility is equipped with seven pitches, bowling
machines, gymnasium and other facilities needed for a
cricketer to enhance his skill.
This world class indoor cricket stadium has seven retractable
nets equipped with video cameras at both the bowlers and
batsmen end to conduct minute study of their flaws. The
academy also boasts of temperature and humidity controlled
environment under simulated climatic conditions, prevalent
among the major cricket playing countries.
The wide ranging world class facilities at the indoor stadium
extend from the viewing gallery for coaches, a dedicated
gymnasium and changing rooms for players, fully equipped
medicine, physical and endurance training facilities, flood-lit
night training facilities, other facilities ranging from
physiotherapy dietary consultancy services, yoga and
mediation centres all aimed at raising world class cricketers.
The famous cricketer, Sachin Tendulkar is known to practice
at this stadium.
The roof of the stadium is of metal and needed to be insulated
for the spectator comfort.

General information:
Period: July 2007 August 2007.
Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Owner: Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA)
Architect: Shashi Prabhu
Main Contractor: B.G. Shirke, Pune.
Metal sheet: Color Roof India Ltd. (CRIL)
Supplier for insulation: A. M. Industries, Mumbai
Installer of insulation: Poonam Metaroof, Mumbai
Surface Insulation Area: 1600 Sqm.

Installation Description:

Placing the Tyvek Subtex insulation over the purlins

and fixing the Manglore tile profiled metal sheets over
the insulation to the purlins by Self Drilling Self
Tapping screws. The overlap joints of the insulation are
stapled and sealed.

Why DuPont Tyvek Subtex was

chosen:

Light weight and easy to install

The substrate and the blanket of DuPont Tyvek

Subtex are inert materials in case of contact with
water.

The contact of the product with the skin does not

represent any risk in normal condition of use.

The substrate i.e. Tyvek, allows water vapor to pass

through for drying of insulation in case of water
infiltration or interstitial condensation.

Has low thermal conductivity.

The substrate i.e. Tyvek has high tear strength, it does

not tear easily during installation as the case may be in
Aluminum foil substrate.

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