Leyton – Breaking ground
put in place, Pirtek has serviced lifting equipment, genies, scissor lifts and sky jacks. Pirtek also worked on the prototype for the innovative retractable pitch at
Tottenham’s training ground in Enfield a few years ago, as well as helping to fit it at the new stadium. Construction on the northern section of the project began in the summer
With Tottenham Hotspur due to play their first game in their state of the art new stadium this September, Pirtek is proud to have played its part in its development. The venue includes the world’s first dividing retractable, real turf pitch; allowing an NFL American Football field to lie beneath ready for use when the Premier League club is not playing football. Remarkably, the whole pitch can be withdrawn, in three sections, in only 25 minutes. In the early stages of the project, there was a lot of larger machinery involved, such as piling rigs and larger excavators. More recently, as the build stage came to an end and fixtures were being
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