That single missing roof panel is starting to annoy me now.
When you of all people start to doubt, I now start to worryPeople are confusing "completed" with "useable". I've been saying for a year that it's impossible to tell without a copy of the programme whether the build is ahead or behind and it wouldn't be until a few weeks before the season that someone could tell whether it was running seriously late just by looking at it.
Well, we're getting to that point now and it's becoming clear to a casual observer that it won't be "completed" by 15 September. But it doesn't have to be completed in time for the test events - in fact it can't be, that's why they're test events - and it doesn't have to be completed by the middle of September either. It just has to have had the various approvals signed off (that's what the test events are for) and to have all stands capable of being safely used to watch a football match.
Some areas will look like a building site for a few weeks/months. That's inevitable at this stage. That isn't important. What's important is that it can be open and that all four stands can be used.
Mace will divert staff onto the critical path operations to get those approvals and make the stands safe to watch football. I have no idea whether they can achieve that and neither have you!
When you of all people start to doubt, I now start to worry
Bloody hell, I hope you’re not sat near me!
I am friends with the MD of one if the main contractors currently on site. He was called in by Mace for an on site meeting last week. He was told their brief was changing and they no longer had to complete everything by the previously given deadline and all that they have to do now is certain jobs so that the ground is ready for the Liverpool game. He expects to be on site for a few months yet. Not news to anyone really. Just confirms what we already knew and explains why the urgency we would expect so close to the start of the season is not happening.
I am friends with the MD of one if the main contractors currently on site. He was called in by Mace for an on site meeting last week. He was told their brief was changing and they no longer had to complete everything by the previously given deadline and all that they have to do now is certain jobs so that the ground is ready for the Liverpool game. He expects to be on site for a few months yet. Not news to anyone really. Just confirms what we already knew and explains why the urgency we would expect so close to the start of the season is not happening.
Pray for the groundsmen re the pitch. My garden is a dry as the Serengeti National Park in this beautiful weather!
3.7K still amazes me. That really is a workforce of immense proportions.Not disputing anything you say. But with 3.7k workers on site you can hardly say there’s no urgency.
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I can sort of get this, but just how many staff members have we got ffs?If anyone was hoping to be at the first test event...
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