Not that I dont trust NJ and the wonderful Buckingham team, but given the way the last 13 years have gone Im dreading waking up tomorrow to check the webcam and see a pile of twisted arch and trusses scattered across the floor with a lot of bemused workmen standing around wondering what went wrong.
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Glad to be of help. I suppose you want me to post pictures of a penis and a vagina now so you can get that cleared up too?
For godsake Nooooooooo! He might cock that up as well!
wigman
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Superb pictures, superb bit of engineering and a superb day to be an Albion Fan. Thanks NJ
Great photos but I still feel that I must understand what is holding it up, otherwise I will have to watch matches from the North Stand where falling arches cant drop on me
My understanding of the roof assumed that the rafter thingys now being fitted would somehow provide additional support to the arch (cantilever sort of thing?) but instead they are being hung under the arch so it looks as though the arch is carrying the weight of the whole roof
Perhaps NJ could confirm that those carefully constructed lumps of concrete with the dogs heads are in fact supporting the whole roof
My understanding of the roof assumed that the rafter thingys now being fitted would somehow provide additional support to the arch (cantilever sort of thing?) but instead they are being hung under the arch so it looks as though the arch is carrying the weight of the whole roof
Perhaps NJ could confirm that those carefully constructed lumps of concrete with the dogs heads are in fact supporting the whole roof
Uncle C
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Great photos but I still feel that I must understand what is holding it up, otherwise I will have to watch matches from the North Stand where falling arches cant drop on me
My understanding of the roof assumed that the rafter thingys now being fitted would somehow provide additional support to the arch (cantilever sort of thing?) but instead they are being hung under the arch so it looks as though the arch is carrying the weight of the whole roof
Perhaps NJ could confirm that those carefully constructed lumps of concrete with the dogs heads are in fact supporting the whole roof
I think you are right. In order for the arch to collapse downward it would need to straighten and therefore would get longer. The dogs heads with their massive construction will act as 'bookends' which are unforgiving and will hold the arch in its original curve.
Thats why the 3 pieces of arch need to be fully locked in place between the dog heads before much additional weight is added to them.
wigman
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18.00hr image on the webcam is absolutely stunning.
Thanks Uncle C. I thought that those concrete dog head thingys looked a bit sturdy as they were being built. I'm glad they are now.
lighthouse
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I suppose you want me to post pictures of a penis and a vagina now so you can get that cleared up too?
Please, please remember where you are.
It should be a picture of a penis and an arsehole surely?
It should be a picture of a penis and an arsehole surely?
Will this one do for both cases?
For godsake Nooooooooo! He might cock that up as well!
But you'd enjoy the 'technical drawing' once I'd worked it out!
lighthouse
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EastbourneGull
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- Oct 1, 2008
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If you do a manual timelapse on the webcam you can see that the crane arm in the south west corner is waving about a lot. More steel for the west stand I guess. This is all too much - I've got a living to earn.
Scoffers
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I'm with you on that. Must stop checking the webcam, not going to happen, frankly
Well done EV. Have you had a chance to see what's happening to the west stand? Any steel going up yet or is it still concrete walls etc? Cheers!