North Stand Construction Discussion

[mcfcblue20]

Again not much new information there only things that were interesting was the on pitch view of the old roof down which gives a great perspective but then they ruined it by showing a massively out of date drone shot at end

 

[Coatigan]

@HelloCity you got that elevation of the inside of the stand to hand?

 

[Coatigan]

I mentioned it in post #19,974
Needs the tension bars adjusting in my opinion.

Don't think thatbis now possible. If there was any adjusting and levelling, would have been done before the purlins were in.

Still think there us a bit of an optical effect throwing people off from an odd angle and lens curve.

 

[Stockton Heath Blue]

I used to live beneath the farm where that photo is taken from. It’s a great view of the Manchester skyline from up there

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Do we think we'll open the stand it bits like we did with the new kippax or go 'big bang'?

If the latter Toon late Feb would be a good game to do it rather than a midweek night against Fulham a couple of days earlier.

 

[Centurions]

Pretty sad that the club dont want to make a big deal of the expansion. So many fans want to watch the development develop. Many companies are showing /profiling their work and being asked to take it down through Sisk / MCFC /NDAs. Quite sad imo that we can't see lots of the updates, and hear the snippets from those involved in the project on a daily basis.

Perhaps the club are thinking about the global fanbase and doing a big reveal, time lapse type of deal when it's all done? I may be wrong but I'd imagine the ones wanting daily updates are UK based (ie us).

 

[Coatigan]

Do we think we'll open the stand it bits like we did with the new kippax or go 'big bang'?

If the latter Toon late Feb would be a good game to do it rather than a midweek night against Fulham a couple of days earlier.

Phased.

115 seats at a time.

 

[Centurions]

Phased.

115 seats at a time.

Shame we didn't expand by 13,225 seats then, we could have really milked it.

 

[jimharri]

Phased.

115 seats at a time.

That's a very random figure. Where did you get that from?

 

[jrb]

Pretty sad that the club dont want to make a big deal of the expansion. So many fans want to watch the development develop. Many companies are showing /profiling their work and being asked to take it down through Sisk / MCFC /NDAs. Quite sad imo that we can't see lots of the updates, and hear the snippets from those involved in the project on a daily basis.

That's why I don't post info about the person or the company when I find pictures of the construction on the internet.

 

[Coatigan]

That's a very random figure. Where did you get that from?

The design statement.

On Page 115.

 

[HelloCity]

@HelloCity you got that elevation of the inside of the stand to hand?

One of these?

 

[Coatigan]

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One of these?
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No sorry, meant the elevation of the stand, so a section through east/west stands

 

[Fourmidables]

Need new east and west stands now

We're foundations not put down under the East car park a number of years ago?

I do wonder how much an East/West expansion would add capacity wise - around 6,000 each side perhaps at a guess.

 

[simonmdm]

Walked by a few streets over this morning and it looks like the smaller crane was being dismantled (no picture as I was running late for work sorry!)

 

[nmc]

Three screens is going to my OCD no good at all. I’ve convinced myself the club are doing an Ardwick type development this summer in the SE corner and then we will get a screen next summer ! And breathe.

 

[Bournemouth Blue]

They've never looked right to my eyes....

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They just look wrong; they don't continue the line of the east and west stands.

Have you ever been to the City Ground in Nottingham? That weird Bridgford stand always goes against the grain for me, as does the weird brick dugout at the Swamp.

 

[jimharri]

Have you ever been to the City Ground in Nottingham? That weird Bridgford stand always goes against the grain for me, as does the weird brick dugout at the Swamp.

Donkeys years ago. A late Tommy Caton free kick winner, IIRC. That'll tell you how long ago. Early eighties?

 

[richards30]

Three screens is going to my OCD no good at all. I’ve convinced myself the club are doing an Ardwick type development this summer in the SE corner and then we will get a screen next summer ! And breathe.

Agree on the first bit! The Etihad being lop sided until the North stand has been done got my twitching mate, hopefully its duff info and its 4 screens.

 

[Kink Lad Cee]

Don't think thatbis now possible. If there was any adjusting and levelling, would have been done before the purlins were in.

Still think there us a bit of an optical effect throwing people off from an odd angle and lens curve.

They will need to install packers to ensure that the roof walk is level if they can't adjust the beams.


Picture credit @ssskies