North Stand Construction Discussion

mcfcphil said:
Is there another tower still to be built at the front of the right hand ‘claw’ as you look at the stadium?
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There are two concrete cores in the office block wing, yes. Roughly in line with the two inner cores of the hotel block.

They haven't been started yet, not even at pit level. They seem to be using that whole area to sort and lay out materials.
 
Coatigan said:
There are two concrete cores in the office block wing, yes. Roughly in line with the two inner cores of the hotel block.

They haven't been started yet, not even at pit level. They seem to be using that whole area to sort and lay out materials.
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Am I right that there’s another crane going in for the shop/office development as well?
 
awest said:
Are the columns up at the moment all lift shafts?
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Groups of lift shafts, yes. And staircases attached.

6 lifts shafts and a staircase in the biggest middle one, 2 lift shafts and a staircases on the smaller outer ones. A couple smaller service risers amongst them.

Why so many lifts? Hotels have this thing called maximum waiting times, which they as a brand/operator require. Based on the height, number of floors, speed of lift, the numbers of rooms and users etc, they will add as many lifts as needed to not go over this time (generally up to a minute and a half max).

This is a big hotel, 400 rooms, 9 floors. 10 lifts. One a couple are dedicated service lifts for staff and linen/etc. One is a dedicated vip lift. But all in, the scale of this is sometimes easy to overlook.
 
Coatigan said:
Groups of lift shafts, yes. And staircases attached.

6 lifts shafts and a staircase in the biggest middle one, 2 lift shafts and a staircases on the smaller outer ones. A couple smaller service risers amongst them.

Why so many lifts? Hotels have this thing called maximum waiting times, which they as a brand/operator require. Based on the height, number of floors, speed of lift, the numbers of rooms and users etc, they will add as many lifts as needed to not go over this time (generally up to a minute and a half max).

This is a big hotel, 400 rooms, 9 floors. 10 lifts. One a couple are dedicated service lifts for staff and linen/etc. One is a dedicated vip lift. But all in, the scale of this is sometimes easy to overlook.
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Cheers pal. Very informative.
 
Gray said:
Will they be installing solar panels anywhere.
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There are PVs on the roofs of the hotel and office block, looks like about 250m2 on each. Coupled with airsource heat pumps generally.
 
Coatigan said:
Groups of lift shafts, yes. And staircases attached.

6 lifts shafts and a staircase in the biggest middle one, 2 lift shafts and a staircases on the smaller outer ones. A couple smaller service risers amongst them.

Why so many lifts? Hotels have this thing called maximum waiting times, which they as a brand/operator require. Based on the height, number of floors, speed of lift, the numbers of rooms and users etc, they will add as many lifts as needed to not go over this time (generally up to a minute and a half max).

This is a big hotel, 400 rooms, 9 floors. 10 lifts. One a couple are dedicated service lifts for staff and linen/etc. One is a dedicated vip lift. But all in, the scale of this is sometimes easy to overlook.
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Biggest hotel in Manchester
 
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