North Stand Construction Discussion

Gray said:
I wonder why it is longer than the first one they put up?
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Limits on the crane maybe? The inner one with the extra bit might have just been that bit too heavy due to its slightly longer geometry on the curve. If that makes sense. So had to stop it at a more logical place to allow next section to join on.
 
Coatigan said:
Beam 2 of 14 in, 12 to go. Well, in two-third segments at least, the reat all to come at some point later.



What do we recon the depth is of that sail at its widest point? Hard to tell at an angle but looks at least a good 700mm, maybe even 800ish. Glad to see they didn't spindle the shit out of it.
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It doesn't appear to me to be more than 700mm, I would much sooner see the finish before judging however, the gap is so noticeable, they must have plans for them, I'm suspecting the one in position is a dummy run / trial.
 
Stockton Heath Blue said:
Annoyingly, I can't post a photo with the beams on the ground. I reckon between 3-4 ft depth
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I'm certainly not the best qualified to help in this but, when I have an issue uploading on my phone I email them to myself and load from my laptop mate, hope that helps.
 
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failsworthblueboy said:
It doesn't appear to me to be more than 700mm, I would much sooner see the finish before judging however, the gap is so noticeable, they must have plans for them, I'm suspecting the one in position is a dummy run / trial.
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I'd be very surprised if they did anything with the gap. It is such a bastard to detail, that, to try hide. Think they'll just accept it.

The best that I would hope for, would be that the gaps are staggered and are not always in a line. I.e different sizes of components and it varies with the change in sail geometry. The fixings are all regular, but could still be cut in ways that lets that happen.
 
Coatigan said:
I'd be very surprised if they did anything with the gap. It is such a bastard to detail, that, to try hide. Think they'll just accept it.

The best that I would hope for, would be that the gaps are staggered and are not always in a line. I.e different sizes of components and it varies with the change in sail geometry. The fixings are all regular, but could still be cut in ways that lets that happen.
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I think your probably right and accepting it would be the best way to deal with it, I had thought at one point there may have been a lateral slat that ran through all of them but, when I thought about the position of the gap I doubt that they will do that or that it would visually work.
 
failsworthblueboy said:
I think your probably right and accepting it would be the best way to deal with it, I had thought at one point there may have been a lateral slat that ran through all of them but, when I thought about the position of the gap I doubt that they will do that or that it would visually work.
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Tbh, looking at it and the positions of the fixings, I don't think they'll stagger the gap positions sail to sail. It is doable, looks like there is a + - circa 400mm to play with in either direction from where the gap is just now, so a range of maybe about 800 to vary the gaps in. But I would doubt they would have given themselves the coordinating ballache or gone to the effort. Think they'll accept them in a line and just hope it gets lost in the scale/repetition of it. But also at the risk of it being emphasised by the scale/repetition of it.
 
CP's sped up video is brilliant. The sheer amount of people working and moving through the site as that beam is lifted into place is great to see. And that's just what we can see in one corner. I did previously post Sisk's expected site presence with it climbing around this time and peaking in the summer, will see if I can find that.
 
cpoverview said:
Same video without the fast timelapse, 26 minutes to get from the ground to in position

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Superb work! What scares me, however, is the railings are still attached on the trusses, which apparently mean some poor buggers will be expected to walk along all the trusses to bind them together, then, remove the railings. I hope they get paid well.
 
Bournemouth Blue said:
Superb work! What scares me, however, is the railings are still attached on the trusses, which apparently mean some poor buggers will be expected to walk along all the trusses to bind them together, then, remove the railings. I hope they get paid well.
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You'd rather the railings there when you were fixing them as opposed to having them completely open!
 
Coatigan said:
Further to above, March April and May are the peak months, hitting as high as 700 workers on site!

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Not enough to fill our empty seats mind you, but that is a lot of people!
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I wonder if they are circa 4 weeks behind on that schedule - expect they are just hitting the peak now. Incredible progress today.
 
supercity88 said:
You'd rather the railings there when you were fixing them as opposed to having them completely open!
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even so, at a couple of points on ssskies video yesterday there were workers outside the relative safety of the railings on the beams as theu were bolting in the cross bracing!!! was giving me the heebie jeebies just watching them on YT! still not convinced I'll ever have the balls to do the skywalk when its done! :-(
 
DiscoSteve said:
even so, at a couple of points on ssskies video yesterday there were workers outside the relative safety of the railings on the beams as theu were bolting in the cross bracing!!! was giving me the heebie jeebies just watching them on YT! still not convinced I'll ever have the balls to do the skywalk when its done! :-(
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You are probably aware but they are always tethered by a safety line
 
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