Recently, CSCEC completed the first hoisting of the steel structure for the Serbia National Football Stadium, marking the start of the steel structure construction of the project. The company is responsible for the design, fabrication and installation of the steel structure.

The stadium is billed as the world's first "garden football stadium." Located in the Serbian capital of Belgrade, the venue covers a total floor area of about 76,000 square meters and incorporates roughly 12,600 tonnes of steel. When finished, it will seat more than 52,000 spectators, making it the only stadium in Serbia to meet the dual standards set by both the FIFA World Cup and the UEFA European Football Championship.

Rendering of the Serbia National Football Stadium

It's a rare cable-supported stadium in the world. Its massive circular rings are made up of 44 compression ring beams, and every joint has to fit with near-perfect precision.

To keep assembly errors to a minimum, the project team deployed high-accuracy laser trackers alongside a two-pronged approach: digital 3D simulation assembly and physical cyclic pre-assembly using a scale model built at a 1:10 ratio. This allowed engineers to identify and correct any potential discrepancy before actual construction began. Across all 44 compression ring beams — totaling 719.4 meters in length — the cumulative deviation was just -0.43 millimeters.