North Stand Construction Discussion

Completely off topic for just one post. Apologies to everyone, including Jim.

CP & SS.

Therme Manchester has started.

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It’s a 2+ year build.

There will be loads of interest in it as the construction continues.

It’s well worth doing.

There was a live webcam overlooking the site, but it has been removed.

There’s a large Therme Manchester compound next to the site housing offices and parking.

I’m doing regular picture updates as I work close to the Therme Manchester site.

Diggers are currently onsite preparing the site for construction.

 
The support eylets for the city square etfe roof trusses are in on the hotel side.
 
That roof joining looks so ugly.
It’s a right state.

However, I would think the long-term plan would be to wrap the South Stand third tier around both sides and make the three stands (South, East and Colin Bell) identical with the North Stand being a standalone special stand. With a new roof extended from the South, evenly, over the East and Colin Bell Stands on either side.
 
Completely off topic for just one post. Apologies to everyone, including Jim.

CP & SS.

Therme Manchester has started.

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It’s a 2+ year build.

There will be loads of interest in it as the construction continues.

It’s well worth doing.

There was a live webcam overlooking the site, but it has been removed.

There’s a large Therme Manchester compound next to the site housing offices and parking.

I’m doing regular picture updates as I work close to the Therme Manchester site.

Diggers are currently onsite preparing the site for construction.

Only 3 years behind so far - and that's if they hit 2028!!!
 
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It’s a right state.

However, I would think the long-term plan would be to wrap the South Stand third tier around both sides and make the three stands (South, East and Colin Bell) identical with the North Stand being a standalone special stand. With a new roof extended from the South, evenly, over the East and Colin Bell Stands on either side.

In theory, the NS roof doesn't need to be any different if they were to do that. The vertical/side cladding is hung off the new wnd roof beams, so no reason why new raised east and west roofs wouldn't be able to seam in with the north the same way they would with the south. The current vertical elements would just be removed with the rest of the existing east/west roof.
 
They are on both sides, noticed them at the Everton match last Saturday.

I see, maybe the angles I couldn't spot them on the office building. I did notice they have made the panels on that particular floor ppc spandrel rather than glazed like above, unfortunately. But on the bright side, all the hotel ones were changed to glazed some time ago, and the improvement is now evident.
 
If you look at the outside access ramp for the skywalk you can see the steel rope for the harness lanyard to attach too
 
Where is the existing one, and why would it need moved?



They would then presumably need to cover it elsewhere with an approval or an amendment to the 2014 approval which at the time would have included for a screen there. So far though not seen anything in the public domain.
To the right as you look at it from the pitch on the row of exec boxes. It will then be a turned into a super box.
 
I hope not.

I absolutely hate that.

You see that at some other grounds across the country.

It looks absolutely dreadful.
It does but so does what was there previously ie nothing!
When the SSL3 was built I feel we missed a trick in not joining it up with the CB and EL3 stands. I don’t know if it would have been possible at the time given how the roof is configured. Would’ve meant we’d only have had to do likewise with the existing build and voila! The stadium would’ve been complete.
 
It does but so does what was there previously ie nothing!
When the SSL3 was built I feel we missed a trick in not joining it up with the CB and EL3 stands. I don’t know if it would have been possible at the time given how the roof is configured. Would’ve meant we’d only have had to do likewise with the existing build and voila! The stadium would’ve been complete.

They can’t do the corners because the cable net comes in through there.

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The support eylets for the city square etfe roof trusses are in on the hotel side.

I noticed CPOverview call it City Square in a recent video too. Will it not be called City Hall now?

I presumed the City Square references were force of habit, but now I’m wondering if I’ve made City Hall up in my head!
 
I noticed CPOverview call it City Square in a recent video too. Will it not be called City Hall now?

I presumed the City Square references were force of habit, but now I’m wondering if I’ve made City Hall up in my head!

City Square is the outside (covered) bit between the two pincers of the hotel and office block. City Hall is the large indoor open space within the stand itself. As referred to in the approval, till/if that changes once open at least.
 
City Square is the outside (covered) bit between the two pincers of the hotel and office block. City Hall is the large indoor open space within the stand itself. As referred to in the approval, till/if that changes once open at least.
Is City hall not the bottom of the hotel building because the ground floor of the hotel is going to be the 1st floor?
 
No, City hall is inside the new stand, like the bar in the south stand ground level but much bigger, 3000 capacity i think ?
Lets hope the service in this new bar is a hell of a lot better than the 115 bar. There are about 3000 staff manning it and only about 3 of them that fucking do anything. Shame as when it first opened it was superb and now its just painful.
 

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