North Stand Construction Discussion

Blue Maverick said:
There was a post about season tickets in the new stand
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While it is a totally relevant thing to the stand as a whole, think people have been quick to try nip any tangents in the bud and stick mostly to construction on this particular thread. At least since the thread got split. It has actually worked quite well, but worth posting on the other thread where the discussion can continue.
 
Coatigan said:
Just caught up with the last 4 videos in one go 2 by SS 2 by CP. Thoughts for discussion.

Think the first sail is a trial/sample. Not so much the random location, but the fact that neither the caps behind it nor the 4 spandrels either side are done. The temporary clamps are still in. Can't see how they work around that, think that will disappear and reappear like the perforated horizontal panel did a few weeks ago.

The yellow Y-prong temporary supports are held back with cables to the terrace. Hard to spot amongs the existing retained cables, but they are there, each is tied back with 2 temp cables.

In the second video I was going to remark that as they were at the end of feb, wouldn't be their final height. They'd need something onto the top of the Y to take them above the existing cables. I guessed that would be the shorter Ys back to back. That has now happened in the latest video, worth noticing now that they have been extended.

The scaffold on top of the platform to the quadpod topper really is something. Scary stuff.

Would be surprised to see the roof beams start on Monday if being honest. They look like a bit more to go to get ready. If anything, think the topper of the quadpod looks closer to being ready to fit than the beams. But who knows, they tend to surprise us.

Think the roof beams won't be propped onto the old roof as we speculated previously. Think that was just for the platform for the mewps, and the propping will be possibly only to the new angles props onto the new terrace.
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Do you think the temporary props will be raised to a vertical position?
 
chiswick blue said:
Do you think the temporary props will be raised to a vertical position?
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I see Penders has already responded.

Also worth pointing out if they were to be vertical they would almost certainly need braced in some way due to their height. Whereas now they are held partly in tension. It really is clever stuff, their methodology here.
 
Coatigan said:
I see Penders has already responded.

Also worth pointing out if they were to be vertical they would almost certainly need braced in some way due to their height. Whereas now they are held partly in tension. It really is clever stuff, their methodology here.
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The team designing the methods and tooling used in construction of the stadium have been very innovative
 
Be great to catch them fixing the Y prongs together back to back, at some point with the remaining props. Assuming the crane held it in place and they bolted them together off a cherry picker off one of the platforms behind each prop.
 
mcfcblue20 said:
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When the sail first appeared on the mock-up, I remember saying if there was one single positive of that way of assembling it, it was that they could get significant depth at the wider points (can’t be arsed finding it now, will have been too long ago).

Seeing the widest point there, at least they made good use of that part of its build-up.
 
HelloCity said:
Football stands for general admission are all about the structure with them mostly not being very intricate buildings internally overall. This means they can come together very quickly once that structure is in place.

Here’s what the South Stand looked like in late February 2015 as an example. It was open for the first home game against Chelsea in August.

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I could definitely see a scenario with the North Stand where the first rows were open for the first home game and they phased open the rest leading up to Christmas or early 2026 when the Sky Bar completion would cap everything off.
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Apart from the roof, looks very similar in progression.
 
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