World of difference! The excavators are parked in different places!:greengrin
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I hear they’re drafting in Anneka Rice to get it ready in time.
I'm sure AB said in one of her mamoth missives that it was being relaid early to help ensure the team got into Europe!!
The pitch was in a shocking state at the time remember.
Edit: In fact Sickback are crowing about how good their pitch looks - shame really.
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what I hear is that the planned replacing of the pitch plus undersoil drainage which was meant to be done this summer will now be delayed due to having to lay a new lawn in February. Also to save money from the overspend. Will be interesting to see what the surface is like come winter as the problem is the drainage at the Roseburn end due to a lack of slope.
Interesting thing in these pics is the line of the temporary fence . Its exactly in line with the centre of the vertical columns that support the girder truss. Looking at the architect's sectional drawings that are part of their planning application , that is the line that will be the front of the new stand.
That'll be about 4 feet between the front row Yams and the linesman if they leave the pitch width as it is.
According to the architects drawing there will be a 5 metre gap between the front of the stand and the pitch line.
I think the Tynie pitch is to get , well ,Tiny-er. :greengrin
You must admit, it's good to see the end of the UKs largest death trap. And it was.
I've already pointed out tho that the new tin shed is in the same ugly fxxxxxn model as the other three trampy stands and therefore is a hideous wreck of a build. Shame on you Geo Fouk*s... You big nosed councillor cant!
It's really two buildings. The stand which looks the same as the other three and not very impressive and a fairly big office building on the back.
Depending on what they use the building on the back for, it might be a good earner for them but the actual new stand is pretty average looking.
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I drove past last night and had my first look at the glass facade on the front. First thing that popped into my head was Wernham Hogg. I had visions of the players throwing Cathro's shoes over the roof after the christmas party. No one does tacky quite like our maroon chums.
I don't think it is in doubt that what they are building will be a 100% improvement on what was there but what gets on my goat is that it seems that every one else, including their own fans when it opens late, are being affected with the build.
Whether it's not complying with building standard procedure, not fulfilling planning condition requirements, fixture upheaval to the league and the inevitable re-housing of their own fans for bought ST's to the new stand, all for the sake of an over ambitious programme for an over budgeted stand in order for them to try and maximise income revenue as it appears they couldn't afford it in the 1st place.
They should've been made to play in front of 3 stands like every other club had to do during the redevelopment era.
Definitely this, in 2004-05 newly promoted Inverness had to play their first home match against the other 11 clubs at their ground share venue of Pittodrie in Aberdeen while the "improvements" were made to Caldonian Stadium. As these were basically putting up 2 Mecanno stands at each end this meant that even at a leisurely pace this was ready by October/November but they couldn't move home until about the January if I recall, just so they'd played everyone once at the same venue
Hibs played them at Pittodrie in the Sept in front of 2011 fans (winning 2-1) and again in Inverness in March in front of 4443, a dire 3-0 defeat (a really good Hibs team as well) which pretty much set the template for future trips there.
And unsurpringly Inverness got their highest ever home league attendance of 9530 in the October which was vs.... Aberdeen at Pittodrie.
That would be SPL rules as opposed to SPFL rules...which will be made up as they go along....
This post of yours is causing them to go frantic over on Sickback - they think you are baffling us hibbies with science.
I have to say that I do not find your post the least bit baffling. Mind you, I do have a rudimentary understanding of rectangles which they perhaps lack.:greengrin
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With under 7 weeks to go, here is what they have accomplished in the last 7 weeks.
Basically they have knocked down the old stand and done some glazing. Very little new steel work and no concrete steps.
Think they might have to pick up the pace.
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Has it been confirmed what the capacity will actually be once the greenhouse is finished