North Stand Construction Discussion

[Coatigan]

One of the 8 steel supports.

Guessing, I'd say it's 20-25 metres long?

Those are great photos, particularly the close-up ones.

That bottom one, hang it in the Louvre!

 

[cpoverview]

Todays fly around
Will do another tomorrow and hopefully capture a lift

 

[Elbow beards]

Ignore the colours, done for an earlier discussion, but you can see there the angle of the piers. The two front ones are almost vertical as you point out, the two back ones angle more to meet them. It is a two way pull, the force on the back is higher.

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Cheers for that, it was doing my ocd in trying to work it out :)

 

[van_dan]

Todays fly around
Will do another tomorrow and hopefully capture a lift

The yellow supports they are welding on to the existing roof - the start of supports for the new roof until the old one is removed?

 

[mcfcblue20]

One of the 8 steel supports.

Guessing, I'd say it's 20-25 metres long?

that's one big piece , I see them when I go past but looking at them there massive !

 

[Keeper!]

Whose job is it to change the blue light bulbs up there?

Txiki, he got plenty of time on his hands after the summer.

 

[Coatigan]

The yellow supports they are welding on to the existing roof - the start of supports for the new roof until the old one is removed?

I initially thought they were so the crane can have something to hook to for removing the old roof beams. But they seem too big for that, and the angle too steep.

They could be footings for temporary props for the new roof beams above. Feels odd though, to prop onto existing partly cut away roof beams, which are themselves already propped. That sounds a bit skyhooky to me.

@cpoverview when you are there next, if you can get low enough facing the goal,you might see how they line up with the props below.

@HelloCity how did they prop the south stand new roof, onto the old one partially or straight doen to the terrace structure?

 

[HelloCity]

I initially thought they were so the crane can have something to hook to for removing the old roof beams. But they seem too big for that, and the angle too steep.

They could be footings for temporary props for the new roof beams above. Feels odd though, to prop onto existing partly cut away roof beams, which are themselves already propped. That sounds a bit skyhooky to me.

@cpoverview when you are there next, if you can get low enough facing the goal,you might see how they line up with the props below.

@HelloCity how did they prop the south stand new roof, onto the old one partially or straight doen to the terrace structure?

I think the props were put in place first and then the cranes lowered the pieces on to the props. Looking at the pics it took about 5-6 weeks to have all the steel roof pieces in place before they then started doing the panelling.

The cable support system was only half in place in late April 2015 after all roof pieces were in place early March.

 

[Mike N]

The yellow supports they are welding on to the existing roof - the start of supports for the new roof until the old one is removed?

I wondered if they were going to temporarily hold the weight of the back of the existing roof. To allow the previously-temporary black roof props to be removed to work on the area where the extension terrace meets the current upper tier?

 

[Coatigan]

I think the props were put in place first and then the cranes lowered the pieces on to the props. Looking at the pics it took about 5-6 weeks to have all the steel roof pieces in place before they then started doing the panelling.

The cable support system was only half in place in late April 2015 after all roof pieces were in place early March.

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Meant more in terms of positioning. Looks like the props avoided wahe was left of the old roof and went straight to the new terrace.




Maybe they will do two sets here, one forthwr back onto the nodes where the temporary barriers were fixed, and secondary ones ontonthe roof beams further forward, which wouldn't take as much load. Time will tell.

 

[cpoverview]

The black props underneath are all directly in line with the new added bits. I’m there now and have just had a look

 

[Stockton Heath Blue]

Working on the Metrolink stop canopy.

Did somebody post they needed cleaning the other day?

Windows going in on both sides of the hotel.

I keep on looking for the first proper section of Hotel cladding, I can't see any yet.

Me the other week re how grubby the Metrolink canopies look ;-)

 

[Coatigan]

The black props underneath are all directly in line with the new added bits. I’m there now and have just had a look

In that case they will probably prop some portion of the new beams. Probably not all of it, with some more propped at the back.

The V props below are actually a pretty chunky size with a really beefy connection straight to the main structure below the terrace.

 

[Keeper!]

that's one big piece , I see them when I go past but looking at them there massive !

Apparently they were constructed in Stockport ;)

 

[HelloCity]

The ground is going to look absolutely brilliant inside when that end is finished and there is a screen in each corner at both ends.

 

[Chappie]

The ground isn’t going to look absolutely brilliant inside when that end is finished and there is a screen in each corner at both ends.

Is or isn't ?

 

[pride in battle]

Is or isn't ?

Thats what i thought ? :)

 

[HelloCity]

Is or isn't ?

Updated!

 

[Penders1957]

The black props underneath are all directly in line with the new added bits. I’m there now and have just had a look

Sorry I’m a bit lost here as the welded bits on top are in the main roof beams and the black props are connected underneath to same beams aren’t they bound to line up ? Or am I completely missing the point ??

 

[Coatigan]

Sorry I’m a bit lost here as the welded bits on top are in the main roof beams and the black props are connected underneath to same beams aren’t they bound to line up ? Or am I completely missing the point ??

Depends on what they would be used for. If it is further proppong above, then yes. If it is for something else that we haven't guessed yet, then no not really.