North Stand Construction Discussion

The weather is looking good for most of the day for the lift.

Snow fall is predicted for Monday evening through to Tuesday. Weather warning!

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tolmie's hairdoo said:
That can't happen. The Police ensure the three tiers can be managed easily to allow flow back to the away coach park.

Handing the East Stand Lower to away fans would cause chaos on so many fronts.
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tolmie's hairdoo said:
That can't happen. The Police ensure the three tiers can be managed easily to allow flow back to the away coach park.

Handing the East Stand Lower to away fans would cause chaos on so many fronts.
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There hasn't been any suggestion to my knowledge of handing ESL1 to away fans.

The suggestion is to shift them to the corner immediately adjacent to SSL1 (round the corner flag).

Access/egress would be via K1/K2 directly into the coach park following a slightly extended/realigned security fence line.

It most certainly can be achieved at little cost and with NO relaxation of security/segregation/H&S.

IMO there are only upsides for the club and it needs pushing so we finally have a permanent matchday set up for the long term.
 
wolfie1988 said:
Of course it can be done. The police excuse doesn't wash with me. Our ground is actually one of the only ones where the away fans are funnelled into a car park. At Old Trafford, Anfield, Arsenal, Chelsea etc. etc. you are just thrown out into the middle of the home fans

If it is on police advice, City should be calling bullshit as they police that lot across the road completely differently.

I actually think it's City not giving a shit. But in keeping them where they are, they are handing over noise advantage. At Spurs and Anfield now, you can't get songs going because you are surrounded on 4 sides by the home fans. It is absolutely what we should be doing at the Etihad.
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There isn’t any evidence GMP would oppose moving the away fans from SSL3 to Blocks 111 and 110, due to access issues to the coach park.

As I’ve already shown with my pictures a few weeks back, away fans can be moved to blocks 111 and 110 as they would still have direct access to the away coach park, just like the away fans do in SSL1.

I’m trying to think of another PL away end that has direct access to a coach park for away fans. I can’t think of one. In fact, there aren’t that many away ends across English football that do, if any?
 
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jrb said:
Over to you CP Overview and SS Skies. Looking forward to the drone videos.

I’ll nip down tomorrow as well and get some more pictures. Hopefully I’ll catch the lift in progress. If not, I’ll get some pictures of the steel structure in place.
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I will be there from 6.30am and can hang around until 3.30pm ish, so hopefully will get this, 2 drones, 6 batteries!
Back up plan if is raining is to film it from the ground so have 2 cameras for that!
SSskies is usually working in the day so he might get the later on footage
 
cpoverview said:
I will be there from 6.30am and can hang around until 3.30pm ish, so hopefully will get this, 2 drones, 6 batteries!
Back up plan if is raining is to film it from the ground so have 2 cameras for that!
SSskies is usually working in the day so he might get the later on footage
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Grateful for your dedication, Sir!
 
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jrb said:
There isn’t any evidence GMP would oppose moving the away fans from SSL3 to Blocks 111 and 110, due to access to the coach park.

As I’ve already shown with my pictures a few weeks back, away fans can be moved to blocks 111 and 110 as they would still have direct access to the away coach park, just like the away fans do in SSL1.

I’m trying to think of another PL away end that has direct access to a coach park for away fans. I can’t think of one. In fact, there aren’t that many away ends across English football that do, if any?
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I could only think of Stoke. Brighton maybe too but at the rest, you mix with the home fans.
 
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cpoverview said:
I will be there from 6.30am and can hang around until 3.30pm ish, so hopefully will get this, 2 drones, 6 batteries!
Back up plan if is raining is to film it from the ground so have 2 cameras for that!
SSskies is usually working in the day so he might get the later on footage
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No rain. See weather post above, if you have missed it? Going to be a nice day according to the ITV regional weather news. Rain, then snow is coming in on Monday evening.
 
wolfie1988 said:
I could only think of Stoke. Brighton maybe too but at the rest, you mix with the home fans.
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I did think of Stoke. Burnley as well, but the Police close off a whole road adjacent to the away end for the away coaches. United and Newcastle United have to be 2 of the worst.

Best get back to topic.
 
ssskies said:
Hi Everyone,

I've been covering the Etihad Expansion of the North Stand since it started, getting to the ground when I can with weather permitting and after work hours. Was there today and ran out of battery trying to cover the new crane that will lift the next piece of the stand. My video is here hopefully my videos along with CP Overview will serve the fans well in seeing the transformation of the North stand, the hotel, offices and fan plaza. It's an exciting project and I enjoy showing it to you. We are all still learning. I have just got past 2million views on my channel which is great and always take stills were I can at the end of the video for fans to look back at for reference. Hope you watch the videos and I will take creative criticism and hopefully show you good content on what is an exciting upgrade to the stadium. Thanks for taking the time to read this post. Cheers SS Skies
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Like CP’s your videos provide a valuable insight into the progress so, please continue as often as is feasible Very much appreciated by all I think it’s fair to say. Thank you both
Just one point the west leg of the extension is more than the office block importantly it will house the new City store and museum I think these will take up 4 floors in total although, I haven’t checked for awhile
@cpoverview
 
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cpoverview said:
I will be there from 6.30am and can hang around until 3.30pm ish, so hopefully will get this, 2 drones, 6 batteries!
Back up plan if is raining is to film it from the ground so have 2 cameras for that!
SSskies is usually working in the day so he might get the later on footage
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That's some incredible dedication. Jrb's going to to be in trouble if nobody shows up!
 
gouldybob said:
Love these things but mad expensive. €2.5m for a 10 year old one, god knows the day rate
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That did cross my mind. I did wonder how much it does cost to hire for the duration of the set up, lift and dismantle? You can only imagine how much the 5 static cranes are costing to hire.

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2 of the 5 cranes are the CTL1600-66 cranes. The same crane that was used when the south stand was expanded.

The CTL1600 crane was used during the South Stand expansion of the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, UK, and was the largest crane of its type in the country. The crane allowed for larger lifts, which sped up construction and reduced the need for working at height.

CTL1600-66​

Developed by Select and Terex, the CTL 1600-66 is one of the world's largest luffing jib tower cranes. The CTL1600-66 luffing jib tower crane has a maximum capacity of 66 t and a jib tip capacity of 16 t with a jib length of 30-75 m.

Fitted with Terex Power Plus which boosts operating capacity by an extra 10% when needed.

Includes T-Link (Terex telematics system) which allows for remote retrieval of fleet data through web access, anytime and from any location.

www.selectplanthire.com

CTL1600-66

With over 30 years of experience, Select is one of the UK’s largest and most diverse suppliers of equipment and services to the construction industry
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