Stadium Expansion

[Spudulike]

8 minutes ago, Hitesh said:

They are testing the ground work/checking foundations. 

For what purpose

[urban.spaceman]

2 minutes ago, Spudulike said:

For what purpose

Checking for newts. 

[Stadt]

3 minutes ago, Spudulike said:

For what purpose

To check the foundations

[Mullet1]

4 hours ago, Wymeswold fox said:

Hopefully there won't be any protestors complaining against the future plans.

Just some Newts to re home ?

[Vlad the Fox]

5 hours ago, Wymeswold fox said:

Hopefully there won't be any protestors complaining against the future plans.

Nothing new that hasn’t been posted on here in the past but I was speaking to someone I know who works down there a couple of weeks ago and he said there’s a lot of work going on in the background, feasibility studies and planning issues etc so that when they put the application in any issues that may arise have already been dealt with. Once the training ground is completed all focus will be on this. Regarding capacity, when I suggested would if it be the 10000 in the east stand that was originally catered for when the ground was built he wasn’t sure but seemed to think it could be more. 

[WarehamFox]

Not sure all this drilling is to do with the expansion, they are now drilling behind the family stand. I hope it is and it's gonna be a mega expansion involving more than one stand.

[Vlad the Fox]

Going down there today, will look into a hole and see what I can find out  

[FoxesFourLife]

55 minutes ago, WarehamFox said:

Not sure all this drilling is to do with the expansion, they are now drilling behind the family stand. I hope it is and it's gonna be a mega expansion involving more than one stand.

I think there probably just looking for power lines.

[norwichfox]

Just now, FoxesFourLife said:

I think there probably just looking for power lines.

and testing for gas leaks with a flame thrower....

[ithuriel]

Its a test to do with the obesity epidemic, so that when we all turn into porkers the stadium does not implode when everyone is bouncing around.

[Muzzy_no7]

Personally hope we gently expand all 3 apart from the main stand rather than just one like Cardiff's or the two like Sunderland's.

 

So basically go for the Juve look with the family, East and Kop...leaving the main stand untouched.

 

[PhillippaT]

3 hours ago, norwichfox said:

and testing for gas leaks with a flame thrower....

Oh give me a home, where the firepower roams and the antelope get shot to hamburger...

[Sol thewall Bamba]

On 20/07/2019 at 13:20, Muzzy_no7 said:

Personally hope we gently expand all 3 apart from the main stand rather than just one like Cardiff's or the two like Sunderland's.

 

So basically go for the Juve look with the family, East and Kop...leaving the main stand untouched.

 

That would be outstanding, completely doable with the existing structure as well. 

[sylofox]

On 20/07/2019 at 09:54, norwichfox said:

and testing for gas leaks with a flame thrower....

That aint that funny. I seen someone trying to look in a petrol tank with a light match faf but could have  serious.

[WarehamFox]

Drilling outside the main entrance today, some expansion this is going to be. 

[Muzzy_no7]

1 hour ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

That would be outstanding, completely doable with the existing structure as well. 

Wouldn't it just. Really hope its something special like this as opposed to an Ikea-style expansion on the East or a carbon copy of Sunderlands.

[Bluearmyfox28]

53 minutes ago, WarehamFox said:

Drilling outside the main entrance today, some expansion this is going to be. 

I know I’m probably going to sound so thick here but what do you mean by drilling outside the main entrance ?

[Raw Dykes]

On 20/07/2019 at 13:20, Muzzy_no7 said:

Personally hope we gently expand all 3 apart from the main stand rather than just one like Cardiff's or the two like Sunderland's.

 

So basically go for the Juve look with the family, East and Kop...leaving the main stand untouched.

 

That would be good, but I think the north stand might be a bit too close to the road to expand it. Maybe not.

 

I'd love to see what the maximum possible expansion of the KP would look like. Might have to fire up Photoshop soon.

 

Realistically, I think it will probably just be the east stand first (up to around 40k). Maybe the kop further down the line (up to about 44k), and then the southeast corner filled in after that (to around 46k).

 

If we could expand the north stand, as well, I guess the max. possible capacity would be around the 52k mark.

 

Edit: expanding 2 stands can look amazing. St. James's Park, for example.

Edited 22 July 2019 by Raw Dykes

[Sol thewall Bamba]

6 minutes ago, Bluearmyfox28 said:

I know I’m probably going to sound so thick here but what do you mean by drilling outside the main entrance ?

They're most probably collecting soil samples for geotechnical analysis, basically the first thing before design of foundations etc. 

[Bluearmyfox28]

6 minutes ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

They're most probably collecting soil samples for geotechnical analysis, basically the first thing before design of foundations etc. 

Thanks mate ?

[Sol thewall Bamba]

10 minutes ago, Bluearmyfox28 said:

Thanks mate ?

I mean I might be completely wrong but it kind of makes sense 

[Guest Markyblue]

Really cant see any other reason than checking the land for the type of foundations that would be required on the expansion. Although would have thought they had that information from the original build.

[CosbehFox]

35 minutes ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

They're most probably collecting soil samples for geotechnical analysis, basically the first thing before design of foundations etc. 

Absolutely this. Makes sense as well collecting that information for the entire site, as it's already a considerable amount of money for them to do it on a single side of the stadium. 

[CosbehFox]

2 minutes ago, Markyblue said:

Really cant see any other reason than checking the land for the type of foundations that would be required on the expansion. Although would have thought they had that information from the original build.

Land moves as does the water table. They might need to go deeper than the original build as well - larger capacity load. 

[CosbehFox]

On 20/07/2019 at 09:53, FoxesFourLife said:

I think there probably just looking for power lines.

You'd do that with a CAT scan and this information is more readily available from the service providers.