North Stand Construction Discussion

[Gordyola]

How about a virtual theme park? Would suit Manchester as mainly in door Universal are building one in Bedfordshire

 

[LeonardoDaVnci]

I like that. A KC Academy. We could argue cases against other Academies or Chambers even. Under8's upto under 21's. Can you get blue silks?

Here's our home kit, it would retail around £299 in the mega store..

 

[Kinkys Left Foot]

Today we have the whole of the North Stand extension and hotel complex under HHSM. Giving us a ground to be increasingly proud of going well into the 21st Century displaying our growth as a club, demonstrating our owners and execs vision and commitment to future prosperity and success.
Under he of the Cuban heels it was "behold I give you the.....totally underwhelming Umbro Stand!" A statement of declining influence and shrinking attendence along with our declining hopes and dreams.
We have a lot to be thankful for.

 

[eyalluvitt]

Here's our home kit, it would retail around £299 in the mega store..

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For the pan lids, £115

 

[eyalluvitt]

I am so so happy , believe me our kid

 

[Gone for a Burton]

Today we have the whole of the North Stand extension and hotel complex under HHSM. Giving us a ground to be increasingly proud of going well into the 21st Century displaying our growth as a club, demonstrating our owners and execs vision and commitment to future prosperity and success.
Under he of the Cuban heels it was "behold I give you the.....totally underwhelming Umbro Stand!" A statement of declining influence and shrinking attendence along with our declining hopes and dreams.
We have a lot to be thankful for.

....and even more to come with the shifting of away fans down to ESL1/SSL1 making SS3/2 all City.

The young Sheikh loves the idea of two City ends and is pushing for the announcement.

Manchester thanks you Sheikh Mansour.

DELICIOUS !!

 

[I'm not really here]

....and even more to come with the shifting of away fans down to ESL1/SSL1 making SS3/2 all City.

The young Sheikh loves the idea of two City ends and is pushing for the announcement.

Manchester thanks you Sheikh Mansour.

DELICIOUS !!

4473 posts, 1000 of which are about moving the away fans [emoji6]

I admire your persistence

 

[Gone for a Burton]

Your not really here but I'm.

Many people thought that Mr Sykes was mad when he invented 'cats eyes' for road safety.

Not so mad now eh.

What I'm proposing is neither mad, controversial or dangerous....its common sense.

Unfortunately common sense isn't very common these days.

Onwards and upwards to SSL3 & 2.

 

[petrusha]

If you, or someone else of course, were to make a few predictions about what they would build on the collar site, what would you guess?

I'm quite busy this morning but I'll have a go at this when I have a bit of time. Probably should go in the general Campus thread, though, rather than this one, which is related to construction.

As for this thread, can I just @cpoverview and @jrb in particular for their work on this thread. Your updates are superb and compelling. Thanks also to the contributors to the thread who know about construction for your comments, which enable the rest of us to make sense of and appreciate things that would otherwise pass us by.

 

[jrb]

Like I said yesterday, the last set of pictures are mostly construction workers in the cherry pickers working on the steel structure. The pictures include the ends of the steel structure joining the stand.

My next set of pictures will be in 4 weeks time when the construction site closes for Christmas. Hopefully there will be a few changes by then, like glazing going in on the hotel, etc.

The cherry picker pictures are in no particular order.

 

[jrb]

The quality of the pictures aren’t great as I’ve zoomed into the pictures via my iPad.

Right side.



Left side.

 

[Coatigan]

I really am so intrugued over that misisng horizontal in the middle section now, what the reason for that is.

 

[Coatigan]

I think a lot of City fans jaws are going to hit the ground on Saturday when they see how far the North stand has come along since the last home game.

I would not be surprised if by then the whole of 'the shell' of the skybar section is fully built. And by that I mean the bottom beams, the mid-floor beams, and both vertical sides, one being the truss at the back the other on top of the terraces to the front.

The roof, once the rest of it is ready to start, as it is part of the overall stand roof and ties in with that. Although there do appear to be nodes for beams just below the main roof line so maybe they might get those in ahead to brace the whole thing.

 

[Centurions]

Is there any particular reason that the fishplate(s) towards the top of the skybar framework seem to have multi-coloured bolts connecting them? I thought it may have been an artifact of the camera processing at first but it only seems to be there?

 

[jrb]

I would not be surprised if by then the whole of 'the shell' of the skybar section is fully built. And by that I mean the bottom beams, the mid-floor beams, and both vertical sides, one being the truss at the back the other on top of the terraces to the front.

The roof, once the rest of it is ready to start, as it is part of the overall stand roof and ties in with that. Although there do appear to be nodes for beams just below the main roof line so maybe they might gey those in ahead to brace the whole thing.

The 2 steel tripods, forgot what you called them, are going to be landmarks in their own rights, sat on the top of the already tall steel structure/stand.

Hopefully a blue vertical laser beam will be added to each tripod projecting into the (night) sky to mark the opening of the stand. :-)

 

[Citizen of Legoland]

I really am so intrugued over that misisng horizontal in the middle section now, what the reason for that is.

Looking at @jrb ’s pictures the far left and right are also missing.

 

[bluemooncas]

Is there any particular reason that the fishplate(s) towards the top of the skybar framework seem to have multi-coloured bolts connecting them? I thought it may have been an artifact of the camera processing at first but it only seems to be there?

Could possibly be marked to show which have been tightened up (torqued up) to the correct tension,
its whats done usually in engineering for busbars etc, marked once when tightened and again in a different colour when checked with a torque wrench
maybe not though

 

[Coatigan]

Looking at @jrb ’s pictures the far left and right are also missing.

Yeah noticed that when it was on the ground, although them I can understand, as they would be more awkward to line up in mid air than add later once it is all connected.

The middle one though I can't see a reason for, hence the intrigue.

 

[Coatigan]

Is there any particular reason that the fishplate(s) towards the top of the skybar framework seem to have multi-coloured bolts connecting them? I thought it may have been an artifact of the camera processing at first but it only seems to be there?

Good spot. They look like hand grip toppers, presumably to get them started by hand for speed, before the cap is removed to tighten with a tool. If so, they'd use whatever colour they come in from whatever they have lying about. Or the ebay order didn't match the description :).

I would like to think there was something more technical to it like the force on each bolt (which they Will know btw), or the order the tune needs played in etc, but think it is something as basic as seeing different coloured scaffolding node covers.

If anyone else knows or guesses otherwise please chip in.

 

[spiny]

Like I said yesterday, the last set of pictures are mostly construction workers in the cherry pickers working on the steel structure. The pictures include the ends of the steel structure joining the stand.

My next set of pictures will be in 4 weeks time when the construction site closes for Christmas. Hopefully there will be a few changes by then, like glazing going in on the hotel, etc.

The cherry picker pictures are in no particular order.

Vertigo inducing. How do people even go up on those cherry pickers? What did they do before they existed when erecting steel at heights? There are Empire State Building clips of erecting steel that I cannot watch. Not the same scale or scenario but equally as unwatchable.

The scale of the whole North Stand development is something to behold.