Etihad Campus, Stadium and Collar Site Development Thread

[Centurions]

This is a picture of the stadium before we changed it from the athletics set-up. The cable-net system is clearly visible in the open end, it has to stay complete in order to work which means removing all of the original roof if they want to remove the cable. It's quite an elegant solution for a cantilevered roof.

 

[Centurions]

This a picture of the South stand expansion where you can see the cable-net system above the North, East & West stands. It then goes under the new South stand roof.

 

[Silva61]

He may well be a blue but his comments in that Tweet about a scramble for tickets shows he's missed/not noticed that the area is 'all standing' already.

Blackpool fan actually, pal of my sons

 

[InvisibleFan]

I would imagine there is enough leeway, we have more than the level one capacity at ground level for concerts when you consider the standing tickets which use the same exits?

Concerts have wider Isles on level one. They remove seating and have a wider door onto the concourse

 

[HelloCity]

Replacing the entire original roof has been the plan for quite awhile. There is the option when they do, to put small extra tiers on the East & West stands although cost per seat may scupper that. If they did I think externally they would be looking at enclosing the spirals entirely.

I can't remember if they have to replace the entire remaining original roof when they do the North stand due to the construction. The South stand for instance could have been taller but the cable-net system would have obstructed sight lines.

This isn’t 100% quite the case but not far off.

The South Stand couldn’t be taller because the old cable net comes in between the top of the stand and the roof. If the stand was any taller then there would be no way for the old cable net to pass through the stand. As you’ve rightfully pointed out in other posts, this old cable net couldn’t be removed because it forms a ring which supports the rest of the original roof.

Basically the third tier could only be built based on its current size and angle. Anything else simply wouldn’t work due to the old cable net restrictions.

 

[Centurions]

This isn’t 100% quite the case but not far off.

The South Stand couldn’t be taller because the old cable net comes in between the top of the stand and the roof. If the stand was any taller then there would be no way for the old cable net to pass through the stand. As you’ve rightfully pointed out in other posts, this old cable net couldn’t be removed because it forms a ring which supports the rest of the original roof.

Basically the third tier could only be built based on its current size and angle. Anything else simply wouldn’t work due to the old cable net restrictions.

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Good point, I'd forgotten about the tensioning cables coming out of the back of the stand.

 

[JOGAMIGMOG]

This a picture of the South stand expansion where you can see the cable-net system above the North, East & West stands. It then goes under the new South stand roof.

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This a picture of the South stand expansion where you can see the cable-net system above the North, East & West stands. It then goes under the new South stand roof.

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If you follow the arc of the new south stand you see it encompasses the spirals of the CB and East stands thus expanding the stadium footprint.

 

[nmc]

If you follow the arc of the new south stand you see it encompasses the spirals of the CB and East stands thus expanding the stadium footprint.

In any expansion the footprint needs to be expanded because the concourse on tier 2 and 3 is simply not wide enough.

 

[jrb]

Expanded - Linkedin

Our throwback Thursday takes us back to March 2014 when Laing O'Rourke and Expanded Ltd started works on the south stand extension of Manchester City Football Club’s Etihad Stadium, which would create an additional 6,000 seats.

Meticulous planning went in to ensure that every opportunity for piling was taken between home games and concerts held at the stadium, between which the work site had to be cleaned and resurfaced ready for thousands of fans. However, that wasn’t the only limitation - 33 of the 162 bearing and tension piles had to be installed beneath the existing roof canopy. To meet the challenging programme, we needed large rig outputs in restricted access conditions – just the job for one of our Bauer BG24 rigs in reduced headroom mode with its ability to install piles up to 2,100mm diameter in under 10.5m headroom.

Using our 19m telescopic kelly bar and 1m incremental kelly extension the rig achieved great outputs installing 750 and 900mm diameter piles up to 33m long and socketed 12m into the underlying coal measures bed rock.

 

[worsleyweb]

Bloke who built that for Laings Tony Bush probably retired now. Complicated job.