North Stand Construction Discussion

[jrb]

You're confusing the cost of building rising with the cost of placing the contract. Once the order is placed (with most contracts), any cost rises are down to the contractor

Whether the estimates have gone up from. Estimate to placing the contract depends on how much inflation was priced in and when the estimate was done, the scheme was budgetet at £300m months ago, and that's the figure mentioned now. Inflation in the industry is more controlled now.

I've not had confirmation its Laings for the extention I'd imagine it is though and yes they lost money on the South stand. They are definitely not doing the whole site as another large MC has been appointed for the hotel.

There is very little change on co-op live Bam got their order latest February 2020 - I cryptically posted the below 12/2/20, it wasnt confirmed in the press until around May 2021, there was even posters on here saying it won't be Bam because of issues with the training ground when it was already agreed.

Bam will be losing a fortune (8 figure+).

Thanks.

So who's ever costing the job best get it right. Not much pressure then.

 

[bluesmith]

Thanks.

So who's ever costing the job best get it right. Not much pressure then.

I've let contracts knowing the contractor has got it completely wrong and will cost them twice what they've submitted. I've also placed orders at higher values meaning i lose money because I know they are the right contractor for that package.

Most are let on best price though.

 

[LEXSTARproject]

This could be to do with the club shop closing at the staduim

 

[LEXSTARproject]

Watch the video.

It highlights exactly why there is such a huge problem with cars and traffic around the Etihad before and especially after a match. The amount of cars used to get to the Etihad on a match day is……(fill in as appropriate)

The club, TFGM, and MCC have to make public transport and match day travel better and more frequent if they are to get people out of their cars traveling to matches at the Etihad. Because if they don’t, and when the Etihad is expanded to 61,000+, the issue is only going to get worse. Not to mention the new car parking restrictions around the ground.

All 3 of them have another 4 years to get a grip of the on-going problem and to sort it out once and for all.

Drone video of the Etihad. City v Newcastle match day. Look at the amount of cars parked on the Collar site and on the official car parks at the back of the Etihad Campus. And on the school playing field in-front of the South Stand . X’s that by all the cars parked in the surrounding streets and further out. Hundreds, maybe 1000’s of cars.

The car and transport issue also highlights a conflict of interest. The amount of money City make from match day parking, and will lose if a proper and sustainable transport system is put in place on match days.

The video also features great shots of the Coop Live Arena and the North stand end of the Etihad.(use your imagination and visualise the North stand expansion)

Watch in HD. Press the white cog, scroll to the top, and press HD as the drone video starts. The video will flip to HD. Don’t press the white cog during the advert, which you can skip as it plays.

HD screen grabs from the drone video. Click to enlarge the pictures.

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Spot on @jrb the old gas cylinders would be the perfect place to build multi-storey car parks. Regarding the drawings, the old super casino site must be getting an underground car park

 

[Centurions]

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This could be to do with the club shop closing at the staduim

Possibly, where is that?

 

[bluesmith]

Possibly, where is that?

It is, its in the Arndale.

New City store opening in the Arndale

Spotted this yesterday, opposite where the Apple Store is. Sorry if it’s been covered in another thread. Not that I buy tat from the shop anyway but I like that the branding makes it clear it’s a City store, without actually saying City anywhere on it.

forums.bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk

 

[Deleted member 77198]

Did you know?

City’s first matches were played near ‘Clowes Street’.

The Clowes End.

I thought I’d bring a bit of City history into the North stand naming discussion. :-)

The location chosen for the football team's first games was essentially an area of unused waste land known in records to be "near Clowes Street", and picked as it was also the location that the St Mark's cricket teams played.

Early grounds of Manchester City F.C. - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

It’d just be named the ‘Clowns End’ by other sets of fans.

 

[BLUE PEANUT]

If being named after a player then has to be Aguero and that iconic moment.
The KUN Terrace to go with The Bell End

 

[77lost by a point]

It’d just be named the ‘Clowns End’ by other sets of fans.

Clowes is pronounced clues so they are more likely to call it the clueless end.

 

[kun]

It’d just be named the ‘Clowns End’ by other sets of fans.

so?