North Stand Construction Discussion

[jrb]

Empty beds at home!

Brilliant.

That would make a great parody chant.

 

[mcfcblue20]

Empty beds at home!

Empty beds at home you will never sing that !

 

[jrb]

I'm looking at next Friday for the Etihad tour if the last piece of roof has been dismantled on the pitch, and pitch has been cleared, as the weather looks good. If not, the following week.

 

[urban genie]

There are also rooms under the sky bar - red highlighted section.

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that top seat in the bedroom looks loke restricted view, can I get it for a tenner then ;-)

 

[urban genie]

Empty beds at home!

I've slept in travelodge
and novetel
Hilton and ibis rome
but we've still got empty beds
in the raddison at home
empty beds at home

 

[Gordyola]

There are another 3 stands and a 2nd tier. ;-)

On a serious point.

We're trying to create a proper home end, or at least the fans are, not another morgue inside the Etihad.

This is our last chance to make a proper ATMOSPHERIC HOME END.

Drums ruin atmosphere

 

[ccoverview]

Will you be paying another visit to the new cricket ground at Farington?

Went yesterday, video is on at 8am

 

[Centurions]

I appreciate you Jim. I can be thankless task moderating on BM at times.

That's very self aware of you, although you're far from the worst jrb.


;)

 

[Penders1957]

But no fucking drums! Seriously, have you ever watched a Celtic or Rangers home game on Sky on sunday lunchtime. The drumming is incessant; they bloody love their drums up there. Even the main Rangers poster on here doesn't like them. It wouldn't be so bad if there was a discernible rhythm. But there isn't, it's just noise. I swear, if I was unfortunate enough to be sat next to some oik with a drum, I'd end up doing time. I get the "atmosphere" argument; honestly, I do. But those drums aren't atmosphere, they're just senseless noise.

To be fair I don’t think they’re any worse than those twats at Arsenal !!

 

[failsworthblueboy]

Just a few shots from walking round yesterday

 

[failsworthblueboy]

few more

 

[failsworthblueboy]

All done, still so much material to go on the roof, anyone know the actual weight of the roof or the load baring weight?

 

[Coatigan]

Worth noting the brick is being laid by hand, the conventional way. Rather than on precast panels per the approval.

Unless they are mixing and matching, it might mean that those angled piers are gone or replaced with flat ones. Also then does rely on workmanhip more for how the finish will look.

 

[blueparrot]

Worth noting the brick is being laid by hand, the conventional way. Rather than on precast panels per the approval.

Unless they are mixing and matching, it might mean that those angled piers are gone or replaced with flat ones. Also then does rely on workmanhip more for how the finish will look.

 

[Blue Maverick]

Is their going to be a big LED screen as you walk up Mercer way to look at on the front of the stand, if not why? It woukd look outstanding, just look at Atalanta falcons stadium an various others around the world incorporating these big screens it just looks class, I cabtbunderstand why the whole for the co op arena outside wasn’t LED, they could do advertising and stuff to bring in cash on them.

 

[supercity88]

Is their going to be a big LED screen as you walk up Mercer way to look at on the front of the stand, if not why? It woukd look outstanding, just look at Atalanta falcons stadium an various others around the world incorporating these big screens it just looks class, I cabtbunderstand why the whole for the co op arena outside wasn’t LED, they could do advertising and stuff to bring in cash on them.

There are two screens going in, one on the end of the hotel block and one on the end of the office/museum block, either side of the new City Square.

'Empty Seats This Way' on one, with an arrow on the other.

 

[Coatigan]

Is their going to be a big LED screen as you walk up Mercer way to look at on the front of the stand, if not why? It woukd look outstanding, just look at Atalanta falcons stadium an various others around the world incorporating these big screens it just looks class, I cabtbunderstand why the whole for the co op arena outside wasn’t LED, they could do advertising and stuff to bring in cash on them.

Yea massive screens mate. 17m x 10m big.

 

[Coatigan]

Do we recon (or anyone know) if they will clad the sprinkler tank plant unit? A part of me thinks be cool leaving it like that. The roof edges though do look like they could take cladding going into them. Nothing at all noted in the approval.

 

[JGL07]

Went from building bridges to producing steel lintels for mainly housing then into oblivion :-(

A bit more involved than that.

Dorman Long were known for producing steel lintels that almost invisible from the outside.

They ended up as part of British Steel after nationalisation in the 1960s. They then were ‘restructured’ into Redpath Dorman Long. After privatisation they became part of Cleveland Bridge and Engineering Company.

Cleveland Bridge was involved in lengthy legal disputes after being taken over by Saudi interests. The projects involved were The Shard in London and especially Wembley Stadium.

Remember all those Cup Finals, Playoffs, and RL Cup Finals played in Cardiff and Edinburgh due to delays in rebuilding Wembley? Cleveland Bridge was liquidated in 2021.

 

[ccoverview]

Today's look around, didn't have long i could stay today but the final roof piece is now completely down.