North Stand Construction Discussion

Gordyola said:
I would guess that the south stand roof casts a bigger shadow on the pitch than the other stands due the position of the Sun especially in winter and reduces the light on the pitch, although now that they use the artificial light gantries its less important
I raised the insulation question when they put the first outer panels in place, as the old roof was insulated, the only suggestion was about noise isolation however rock wool isn't a great insulators for sound
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Yes that makes sense, the Sun never shines from the north, so my guess is the translucent section is partly aesthetic and partly to maximise sunlight to the pitch when overhead. Sound insulation is important to keep as much of the noise from fans within the stadium, and also the noised from heavy rain or hail out of the stand
 
Gray said:
Don’t worry mate you are not alone.

I would still like to see that Ipswich fan who, whilst in the Metrolink queue after their game early last season, told me the stand was on wheels and would be pushed forward when finished.

Told him he was barking mad but he insisted he knew somebody on the build. Think those people living in backwaters might suffer from inter-breeding.
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Gray said:
Don’t worry mate you are not alone.

I would still like to see that Ipswich fan who, whilst in the Metrolink queue after their game early last season, told me the stand was on wheels and would be pushed forward when finished.

Told him he was barking mad but he insisted he knew somebody on the build. Think those people living in backwaters might suffer from inter-breeding.
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Tractor boys inbred ? Ha,your having a giraffe
 
GX Blue said:
You know the 2 massive screens facing Joe Mercer way… Well when you think about it there’s no point in them really is there?
Even when walking up towards them you won’t even be able to see one of them because Co-op live is in the way.

When you get closer there’s not much space between them and the tram line, it’s more a walkway. Plus being up close to a screen that size wouldn’t be particularly clear to see anyway.

They might look cool on aerial pictures like we see currently but it’s probably just decoration because they couldn’t think of anything else to put on the ends. Ha.
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Last time I did a walk around I thought exactly the same. There's not a lot of space between those two end displays and the metro stop and most people do not loiter when walking up Joe Mercer way. However, if the canal side bars are opening on match days the punters in there will have a good view. The whole area is going to be 'vibrant', especially for night games. As a few have said it could also be a bit tense if large groups of away fans use the metro and make their way through the fan zone. if we ever get Millwall Id probably go to MaryDs, if it's still in biz....
 
LeonardoDaVnci said:
Last time I did a walk around I thought exactly the same. There's not a lot of space between those two end displays and the metro stop and most people do not loiter when walking up Joe Mercer way. However, if the canal side bars are opening on match days the punters in there will have a good view. The whole area is going to be 'vibrant', especially for night games. As a few have said it could also be a bit tense if large groups of away fans use the metro and make their way through the fan zone. if we ever get Millwall Id probably go to MaryDs, if it's still in biz....
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They could be prevented from walking round the stadium and instead marshalled down to Ashburys for a train into Piccadilly, that would work for most away fans really as they can be bundled straight onto a southbound train.
 
Todays Video, seats without rails look like they just position on the edge of the terrace, they are different to the seats used at Everton where they fixed a long rail and then the seats clipped to that. These ones look like the ones at Anfield where it seems each seat frame is fixed individually.
You can also see where they are putting insulation in the roof.

 
Alty_Blue said:
Does anyone know why the translucent sections at the front of the north stand only cover about 1/4 of the roof whereas on the south stand it extends back to about 3/4 of the roof? And by the looks of it there is no kind of insulation going in between the lower and upper cladding of the NS roof.
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The South stand has the sun in the southern sky (on sunny days) so the large translucent panels allow the sun to get onto the pitch. The North Stand doesn’t ever have the sun behind it so only needs sufficient translucent panels for when the sun is overhead.
 
What I’m trying to get my head around is what are the protruding parts of the roof going to be used for? Is it for rails for the sky walk maybe?
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GX Blue said:
You know the 2 massive screens facing Joe Mercer way… Well when you think about it there’s no point in them really is there?
Even when walking up towards them you won’t even be able to see one of them because Co-op live is in the way.

When you get closer there’s not much space between them and the tram line, it’s more a walkway. Plus being up close to a screen that size wouldn’t be particularly clear to see anyway.

They might look cool on aerial pictures like we see currently but it’s probably just decoration because they couldn’t think of anything else to put on the ends. Ha.
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They'll probably make a shit load of money through advertising, something a brick wall couldn't do.
 
LeonardoDaVnci said:
Last time I did a walk around I thought exactly the same. There's not a lot of space between those two end displays and the metro stop and most people do not loiter when walking up Joe Mercer way. However, if the canal side bars are opening on match days the punters in there will have a good view. The whole area is going to be 'vibrant', especially for night games. As a few have said it could also be a bit tense if large groups of away fans use the metro and make their way through the fan zone. if we ever get Millwall Id probably go to MaryDs, if it's still in biz....
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Can’t recall any problems at Summerbees bar.
 
LeonardoDaVnci said:
Was it just a coincidence, after a few posters noted the 'shoddy' looking brickwork the brickies were called off the job and haven't been back ? They might be 'discussing' a dreaded rework phase....
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Do you know for definite that the brickies have been taken off the job or are you just surmising they have as you haven't seen them back onsite for a while?
 
jrb said:
Do you know for definite that the brickies have been taken off the job or are you just surmising they have as you haven't seen them back onsite for a while?
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They were there on Thursday , I ment to take a picture of them but got side tracked
 
Alty_Blue said:
Does anyone know why the translucent sections at the front of the north stand only cover about 1/4 of the roof whereas on the south stand it extends back to about 3/4 of the roof? And by the looks of it there is no kind of insulation going in between the lower and upper cladding of the NS roof.
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The north stand portion of translucent roof, is in line with what it was previously, the east and west roofs, and what the south stand was originally too. It was the new south stand that bucked the trend when it increased it.

Initially, I thought it was to reduce the weight on what was a partially separate structure (the cable ring below ties the others but the south stand part is effectively held of the new add-on structuress). And also raising it would have cast a bigger shadow onto the pitch as gordyola points out, so they probably had to allow for that. The north wouldn't have that issue.

There has been insulation going in, which will be for acoustics, won't do anything heat wise. Gordyola has a point about there being better acoustic insulations out there, but for its weight and ease of install and fill, it is imo not 'bad' acoustically by any stretch.
 
See from SS Skies Video that the section numbers haven't been updated yet on the pitch side,
hoping they are done on the concourse side and also the new row numbers,
or there will be a few confused tourists haha
 
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