Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Thread

WARBABY said:
I think you will find it was manufactured by a structural engineering firm, who would have coded welders, so what when wrong must be documented somewhere.
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Manchester City Council said it has settled out of court with Thomas Heatherwick Studio Limited and subcontractors Packman Lucas Limited, Flint and Neill Partnership and Westbury Structures Limited over the design and construction problems of the sculpture B of the Bang, at Sportcity in east Manchester.

A settlement figure of £1.7m has been paid to Manchester City Council. As a result of the settlement agreement court proceedings, scheduled to take place later this month, will no longer go ahead.

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Council settles B of the Bang dispute - Place North West

Manchester City Council said it has settled out of court with Thomas Heatherwick Studio Limited and subcontractors Packman Lucas Limited, Flint and Neill Partnership and Westbury Structures Limited over the design and construction problems of the sculpture B of the Bang, at Sportcity in east...
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The City Council has settled the legal proceedings brought in connection with the design and construction of the sculpture B of the Bang. The report considers the financial and other implications of the settlement and makes recommendations for the future of the sculpture.

 
Surely ADUG/City will make an offer for the land, which would expand the size of the Etihad Campus.

Three sites totalling just shy of 16 acres are up for grabs just outside the Holt Town regeneration zone.

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National Grid is selling a trio of plots off Bradford Road close to the Etihad Campus and the soon-to-complete Co-op Live arena.

Two of the plots are former gasholder sites, with the largest spanning 10 acres. The gasholder has been removed and the site has been levelled.

The second largest site is a little over five acres and also features a former gasholder, which is in the process of being removed.

The third site is a one-acre landlocked L-shaped plot close to the Blue car park at the Etihad.

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National Grid puts Eastlands land on the market - Place North West

Three sites totalling just shy of 16 acres are up for grabs just outside the Holt Town regeneration zone.
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City could extend the car parks backwards, adding extra capacity. It would also give the club a sizeable parcel of land if they ever decided to redevelop the land into something else instead of the car parks

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jrb said:
City could extend the car parks backwards, adding extra capacity. It would also give the club a sizeable parcel of land if they ever decided to redevelop the land into something else instead of the car parks

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Getting that L shaped piece of land would give them access to the tunnels that go under the railway line which surely would be helpful in access and exit to the site and improve traffic on Alan Turing Way after events. Also could be a potential railway station site in the distant future.
 
Citizen of Legoland said:
Getting that L shaped piece of land would give them access to the tunnels that go under the railway line which surely would be helpful in access and exit to the site and improve traffic on Alan Turing Way after events. Also could be a potential railway station site in the distant future.
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Good shout on the train station. Where does that line go to?
 
jrb said:
Good shout on the train station. Where does that line go to?
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Nowhere exciting which is the problem. There aren't many current services using it but it's critical for goods routes and train maintenance. It won't change for a long time but still probably worth protecting it as a possible site for the future.
 
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jrb said:
City could extend the car parks backwards, adding extra capacity. It would also give the club a sizeable parcel of land if they ever decided to redevelop the land into something else instead of the car parks

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Regarding this L-shaped land, I would turn it into Etihad Transport Hub, a lot of fans online like the trail bus service but complain about where it drops you off.

Again copying somewhere else Wembley has the pink multi-storey car that is made for buses that would fit in perfectly to that site with good access to a variety of roads and all the fans need to do is walk up Joe Mercer Way.

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The future of the site regarding public transport at the moment is buses, but buses can only carry a certain amount of people.

I agree with a train station at the site as they can carry a lot of people at one time, I have written to the major about this but no plans at the moment.

If City are planning to be a EURO 28 host I would ask the government etc to push for a railway station there

Regarding the rest of the site, City must have plans of what they are doing as looking at the drawing here some buildings are not here

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Centurions said:
I didn't know that as I'd imagined the artist welded it together themselves. You would have thought they'd have used someone who knew what the hell they were doing. I am surprised it's never been resurrected perhaps remade in a lighter more viable material.
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The artist designed it and the council contracted out the assembling of the structure and the Artist had no input, I don't know 100% but I'm guessing the contractor made alterations to the template they were given, hence the disaster we got.
 
Manchester1894 said:
If the club just had an indoor area that was warm and dry the wait for the metrolink wouldn't even be that bad..it's waiting for absolutely ages in the cold and rain that's the issue.
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This is the transport situation in a nutshell. If you've got somewhere warm and dry to wait at with toilets and the possibility of getting a drink and a snack then a lot will do that, meaning there's really no need to spend huge amounts on transport infrastructure and additional running costs.

With the Coop opening soon we may get something like that and when the North Stand is done we'll definitely have it.
 
Manchester1894 said:
If the club just had an indoor area that was warm and dry the wait for the metrolink wouldn't even be that bad..it's waiting for absolutely ages in the cold and rain that's the issue.
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You’ll have that opportunity when City Hall opens. As well as staying inside the covered fanzone. That should ease the rush to pile on Metrolink after the match.
 
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