The Anonymous Widower

Wimbledon’s Roof

The new roof at Wimbledon appears to be a success.  I say appears, as so far it hasn’t needed to be used and it looks like from the BBC’s weather forecast that it won’t be needed for the start of next week.

There is a good description of the roof on this web page.

Looking at the design as an engineer, it would appear to be simple, unobstructed and does what it is supposed to.  I also think that the policy of the All-England Club of not disclosing the cost may work in the designer’s favour, when they repeat the design elsewhere as they surely will.

So so far so good!

June 28, 2009 - Posted by AnonW | Sport | Engineering, Tennis