North Stand Construction Discussion

[pride in battle]

Starting to feel mixed emotions about the North Stand expansion. The hotel, museum, forecourt and most of the seating will cost a bomb. Doubt we'll see affordable fair-priced football again when this all opens.

Is this a wind up ?

 

[remember arthur mann]

Still its better than wading through the piss in the bogs esp if you had a hole in the sole of your trainer and covering your nose with your t-shirt so not to breathe in the piss steam

Sounds like you're describing the present day swamp.

 

[Citizen Green]

Starting to feel mixed emotions about the North Stand expansion. The hotel, museum, forecourt and most of the seating will cost a bomb. Doubt we'll see affordable fair-priced football again when this all opens.

It’s been past the point of affordable for the better part of a decade, especially if you take children/larger groups. It’s not gonna change.

 

[richards30]

Starting to feel mixed emotions about the North Stand expansion. The hotel, museum, forecourt and most of the seating will cost a bomb. Doubt we'll see affordable fair-priced football again when this all opens.

Let’s wait and see eh before we make them sort of claims?

 

[Bournemouth Blue]

Can someone explain what the mock-up is for? Is it eventually for passers-by or simply for the architects to see what the finish might look like? It seems odd to me, given the availability of CGI technology.

 

[jrb]

Can someone explain what the mock-up is for? Is it eventually for passers-by or simply for the architects to see what the finish might look like? It seems odd to me, given the availability of CGI technology.

Cladding mock-ups are for people involved in the development. To see what the exterior facade will look like in real life.

Most of the time cladding mock-ups are tucked away on the construction sites, so the general public don’t get to see them.

As a rule you can find and see cladding mock-ups on-site by looking through fences and over hoardings. ;-)

The Coop Live cladding mock-up was at the entrance to the construction site car park on the Collar site, visible from Alan Turing Way. You could literally stand underneath it.

 

[Colnago]

Can someone explain what the mock-up is for? Is it eventually for passers-by or simply for the architects to see what the finish might look like? It seems odd to me, given the availability of CGI technology.

It is what is known a sample panel and is used to set standards for materials and workmanship for approval by the employers professional team. It may also be linked to the discharge of planning condition 21. The local planning authority have to approve all the proposed materials to be used on the facades. There will be other samples too - of cladding, curtain walling etc

 

[Bournemouth Blue]

Cladding mock-ups are for people involved in the development. To see what the exterior facade will look like in real life.

Most of the time cladding mock-ups are tucked away on the construction sites, so the general public don’t get to see them.

As a rule you can find and see cladding mock-ups on-site by looking through fences and over hoardings. ;-)

The Coop Live cladding mock-up was at the entrance to the construction site car park on the Collar site, visible from Alan Turing Way. You could literally stand underneath it.

Thanks Jrb! And Colnago.

 

[Keeper!]

Starting to feel mixed emotions about the North Stand expansion. The hotel, museum, forecourt and most of the seating will cost a bomb. Doubt we'll see affordable fair-priced football again when this all opens.

 

[remember arthur mann]

 

[Bournemouth Blue]

Starting to feel mixed emotions about the North Stand expansion. The hotel, museum, forecourt and most of the seating will cost a bomb. Doubt we'll see affordable fair-priced football again when this all opens.

Maybe switch allegiance to Oldham then?

 

[Gray]

Starting to feel mixed emotions about the North Stand expansion. The hotel, museum, forecourt and most of the seating will cost a bomb. Doubt we'll see affordable fair-priced football again when this all opens.

I am looking forward to it big time. If I can get my wife a ticket for a FA cup tie we will try to book the hotel for an overnight stay after the match. No queuing for the metrolink and a leisurely trip home the day after.

 

[jimharri]

Ali Mcgraw. Dayum!

 

[.db.]

The Police arrive around the 45th minute into the video.
The video lasts 1:12 minutes.

I visit Manchester City stadium, where security tell me no drones allowed. Police turn up and it gets a whole lot worse.

WUM knobehad this bloke and his ilk (‘Auditers’, not you jrb!).

Their channels exist to act like smarmy argumentative cockends just to wind people up going about their daily jobs.

 

[.db.]

The trouble with this is, that pillock who challenged the Security Staff and had to chat to the two coppers actually KNOWS the rules and has just done this to provoke a response from people he knows are unlikely to know the rules, despite him knowing he is actually in the clear (when the stadium is basically empty of course) - but that wouldn't provide any entertaining content for his 'channel' would it?

BTW I am actually a drone owner, and am correctly registered as an operator and a flyer, but currently NOT flying at the moment as my drone is an older heavy one which would need additional registration, insurance blah blah etc - when I get around to buying a new DJI Mini which is under the 250g limited I will start flying again. May be at the Etihad? ;-)

There was another a few weeks back at the Swamp where the flyer (probably the same guy) did EXACTLY the same thing - he provoked the security staff similarly and then from just off rag property flew his drone over the top of the swamp winding them up!

That’s all these ‘auditors’ do. They don’t provide interesting videos with good information and good shots with the camera (like our resident drone videoer @cpoverview does)… instead they’re a sort of reality entertainment where their sole purpose is to challenge people, argue the toss, cause a scene and basically be as much of a **** as possible so there’s an altercation or the Police turn up.

Bunch of absolute wankers all these ‘auditors’.

 

[cpoverview]

I have got a drone which is still boxed and unopened. There are too many rules and regulations, as well as getting insurance, etc, for me to be bothered to learn how to fly the drone safely and properly. I'll leave it to the professional drone flyers like CP Overview who produce excellent drone videos

Professional is going a bit far, the drone makes it easy, I have no idea how a camera works, it’s set to auto and I fly about.
The actual test to fly the bigger drones in all honesty is a farce, you have to get 80% to pass, most of the questions are common sense, my wife done the mock exam and got 78% without knowing anything about drones or the rules!
If you ever do decide to get your drone out the box give me a shout, can have you up and flying in about 10 minutes

 

[jrb]

Professional is going a bit far, the drone makes it easy, I have no idea how a camera works, it’s set to auto and I fly about.
The actual test to fly the bigger drones in all honesty is a farce, you have to get 80% to pass, most of the questions are common sense, my wife done the mock exam and got 78% without knowing anything about drones or the rules!
If you ever do decide to get your drone out the box give me a shout, can have you up and flying in about 10 minutes

Thanks for the offer CPO, but I’ll leave the drone flying to you.

Even with plenty of practice and flying time, if I had that amount of spare time, which I haven’t, not to mention editing the videos, etc, I doubt very much I’d produce drone videos anywhere near as good as your drone videos.

I’ll stick to the much easier task of taking pictures.

 

[DiscoSteve]

I have got a drone which is still boxed and unopened. There are too many rules and regulations, as well as getting insurance, etc, for me to be bothered to learn how to fly the drone safely and properly. I'll leave it to the professional drone flyers like CP Overview who produce excellent drone videos

I remember the trepidation I felt when I first flew mine - did a bit in the back garden and then went out into the centre of a field near me and got comfortable with how it flew and what the results were like - biggest challenge for me was ALWAYS flying over water, Peak Forest Canal and River Goyt down in the Stockport part of the Goyt Valley. Never flew it will-fully over any people.

You should go and get out there - as I said up the thread once I get a new one I will too again

 

[jrb]

This is the drone.

I bought it from JL quite a while ago.

It should have been £949. I paid £285 in the clearance section.

The dents in the box are from the alarm that was attached to the box. The box still sealed

 

[DiscoSteve]

This is the drone.

I bought it from JL quite a while ago.

It should have been £949. I paid £285 in the clearance section.

The dents in the box are from the alarm that was attached to the box. The box still sealed

Lovely as it is (and its a good one) its problem is that it is a 1kg drone - as mine is (its an old Parrot Bebop2), I'm going to get a DJI Mini variant which is under the 250g weight limit to reduce the chance of any issues.