North Stand Construction Discussion

Coatigan said:
They will have thought about it.

Remember when we were all speculating how they would actually transfer the set of 7 cables from the top of the pier to the new angled trapesoid that was to be tensioned to the far back corners, and then go on to kerplunk the top of the pier out of the cage. They went and built a whole clamping piece, lifting beam above, braces etc, so they could lob it off in a onner.

They will have come up with ways to either pry those piers open, or alternatively tighten them once the piece is on. Seriously doubt they 'overlooked' that, given the thought we have seen that has gone into all the complexities here.
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No doubt of that, I'm not one of the people worried about this :)

After the caps are fitted I'm looking forward to see how the rest of the roof beams, the ends of the beams, the cross beam and the cables interact. I can't see any fixing for the cables on the beam that's up there although given how I missed the many holes in the front supports for the end cap that's maybe not surprising.

There's what looks like a rectangular hole in the beam that's up that I'm guessing will have the cross beam slid through and then the cables anchored to the cross beam. No idea how the ends of the beams work though, so I'm probably way out on that.
 
Am going into town this afternoon on the train, hoping to see some long range views of the ground at Ashburys and approach into Piccadilly - should definitely see if there's any more than just the one long beam up there
 
There will be another delay in construction when Richard Masters jumps from the top of the scaffolding (diving) boards.
 
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cpoverview said:
Todays look, not much change , the cap has been in the air again but didnt go far

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The way they lifted it, watched it sway, pulled it back and forth etc and watched it stay relatively still, suggests they are just testing how it handles and how much its momentum can be controlled.

Purely going off that, really, there could be a number of things going on all in.
 
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Gray said:
Got pulleys on one side to be able to tilt it.

Just checked and they had them yesterday as well.

Don’t know what they were doing today though.
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I assume the 16 or so cardboard boxes on the hotel eastern roof contain air conditioning kit ??
 
Penders1957 said:
I assume the 16 or so cardboard boxes on the hotel eastern roof contain air conditioning kit ??
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I think they are heat pumps (air source). Right size and shape.

There have been no ducts taken through the roof (SVPs aside), so I would doubt they are for the ventilation. Which now has the vents through the facade and those perforated panels we mentioned before, presumably for individual AC units within each room, which is common.
 
Coatigan said:
I think they are heat pumps (air source). Right size and shape.

There have been no ducts taken through the roof (SVPs aside), so I would doubt they are for the ventilation. Which now has the vents through the facade and those perforated panels we mentioned before, presumably for individual AC units within each room, which is common.
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Confused ! , you say there are only SVPs through the roof so how do heat source pumps distribute warm air through the building ? In many years staying in various brands of hotels across the country, I can honestly say that I’ve never encountered an “in room”A/c unit
 
Penders1957 said:
Confused ! , you say there are only SVPs through the roof so how do heat source pumps distribute warm air through the building ? In many years staying in various brands of hotels across the country, I can honestly say that I’ve never encountered an “in room”A/c unit
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They don't distribute air. They collect heat from air, and convert the heat to electricity. So it would just be cables then, going through the roof. Effectively the renewables (along with PV) as the main energy source, not for actual air handling.

In room ACs are far more common than centralised, in hotels. Most brands' preference. They are usually adjacent to or above or both, the in-room toilet where the ceilings are naturally lower. They can be vented out directly through the facade, or into a stack shared usually between two rooms. The vent shafts might go through the building, but the AC units themselves are most often in the room itself.

This one has not had any vents pop up through the roof, as far as I have seen. But it does have them through the facade.
 
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