North Stand Construction Discussion

jrb said:
I'm being serious.

City should invite CP Overview and SS Skies to a match once the North stand is fully open.

They both deserve to watch a City match in the GA+ seats on NSL2.
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Depends how they feel about the drone flying, Everton loved it.
Liverpool was a different story, i went on a stadium tour to get some footage of the stand from lower down and was chatting to one of the guides on the way round and told him i was one of the drone flyers. A little bit further on i was met by a different guide who told me i couldn't take any more pictures or videos and told to leave and if i posted the ones i did have on youtube then they would take legal action. So i went back to the entrance, got a refund on the tour and thanked them for the free footage which would be on youtube later!
Still waiting for the legal action .
 
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You can see here how they’ve probably been using these gaps at either side of the terracing to lower items into the stand via the crane. There’s even an opening in the floor below as well. To finishing the terracing they’ll first need to add in the missing steel beams. Can’t imagine it will be too far off since the roof will start going on later this month.
 
cpoverview said:
Early look around this morning

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Nice touch, panning around to yourself on the ground. I liked that bit.

Does anyone have any thoughts of why the beams are partially covered? So they can weld in the rain, or something else.
 
HolisticJim said:
I've been to MK Don's and Blackpool who both have a hotel connected to the ground. For those, and clearly it would work differently for us, you aren't allowed in your room - or any area overlooking the pitch - during the match.
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Well that's changed from when I stopped in the Hotel attached to the MK Dons stadium in 2013 I had a view of the pitch out of my hotel room window - this was before they completed their upper tier
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HelloCity said:
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You can see here how they’ve probably been using these gaps at either side of the terracing to lower items into the stand via the crane. There’s even an opening in the floor below as well. To finishing the terracing they’ll first need to add in the missing steel beams. Can’t imagine it will be too far off since the roof will start going on later this month.
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There are no missing beams , the gap is for a disabled viewing platform
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You can see here how they’ve probably been using these gaps at either side of the terracing to lower items into the stand via the crane. There’s even an opening in the floor below as well. To finishing the terracing they’ll first need to add in the missing steel beams. Can’t imagine it will be too far off since the roof will start going on later this month.
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there are no missing beams the area in question is for a disabled viewing area
 
Coatigan said:
Nice touch, panning around to yourself on the ground. I liked that bit.

Does anyone have any thoughts of why the beams are partially covered? So they can weld in the rain, or something else.
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I get asked a lot to show where i fly from, never know if someone is generally interested or if its a Karen wanting to work out how many drone laws i have broken.
 
Coatigan said:
Nice touch, panning around to yourself on the ground. I liked that bit.

Does anyone have any thoughts of why the beams are partially covered? So they can weld in the rain, or something else.
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Yes it’s obviously to protect the joints during connection from the Manchester climate !
 
HelloCity said:
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You can see here how they’ve probably been using these gaps at either side of the terracing to lower items into the stand via the crane. There’s even an opening in the floor below as well. To finishing the terracing they’ll first need to add in the missing steel beams. Can’t imagine it will be too far off since the roof will start going on later this month.
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I was thinking exactly the same thing. The terracing comes across from approximately the bottom of the tunnel area, so there definitely has to be another short raker beam to go in.
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cpoverview said:
Early look around this morning

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Belting video again Colin - I was a bit concerned at the end as you were reversing away from the stadium how close to one of the cranes you were = obviously you knew how close the drone was as you could see it directly from the Asda car park doh!
 
Penders1957 said:
There are no missing beams , the gap is for a disabled viewing platform

there are no missing beams the area in question is for a disabled viewing area
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That will be under on the outer block.

The terracing area highlighted in blue will need further support otherwise it will literally just fall through the gap.

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Penders1957 said:
Having seen the latest cpoveroverview video I’d say 2 tonnes is on the conservative side ! Jeez what a size !!
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Could be right there are some big H sections inside. I think they may have to bring in a big mobile crane to put it in place.
 
Time will pass me by said:
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Does anyone know what the purpose of this gap in the slab is?
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These are the voids I have mentioned a few times, that were introduced quite late along with the reshufflung of uses, which combined probably led to the delays in this block starting.

They basically link the retail or museum spaces where floors are coupled, so you can see up and down to the floors below/above. Voids with a double height space within two or more floors of the same use.
 
Coatigan said:
These are the voids I have mentioned a few times, that were introduced quite late along with the reshufflung of uses, which combined probably led to the delays in this block starting.

They basically link the retail or museum spaces where floors are coupled, so you can see up and down to the floors below/above. Voids with a double height space within two or more floors of the same use.
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Thanks for that.
 
Been watching and enjoying the excellent videos by ss skies and cp overview , however one thing that I always wonder is , when they lower the concrete terracing onto the steel structure there doesn't appear to be any form of connection ie: bolts or anything between the two , I imagine there must be some way they are secured to the steel work and each piece of terracing secured to the others but it's not obvious from the videos , or maybe it is , but because I don't know what I'm looking for I don't see it , I see the workmen using a crowbar to manouver the terrace blocks into place but don't see what they use to actually join the pieces.
 
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