Official FALMER WEBCAM Merged Threads

[Gazwag]

One of those I took yesterday shame the arch had been taken down again

 

[EastbourneGull]

Natterjack - big ask I know but if you get a moment sometime, could you please let us have a picture or two of the excavation works on the west stand which of course is completely hidden from our view on the webcam. Many thanks.

 

[Hiney]

Looks like the crane is on the move

 

[seven stands]

and fallen over

 

[Everest]

The number of times it falls over, we'll have to nickname it Drogba.

 

[Gritt23]

The number of times it falls over, we'll have to nickname it Drogba.

Or Stevie G.

 

[Scoffers]

Kind of annoying all this non-arch action. I'm sure things are going ok, just you can't see much from the webcam !

 

[Gritt23]

Could do with a quick re-assurance if NJ is around.

What's the weather like in Brighton today, could the crane have been lowered due to high winds?

 

[Yoda]

Could do with a quick re-assurance if NJ is around.

What's the weather like in Brighton today, could the crane have been lowered due to high winds?

Strongest gust of wind recorded in Worthing in the last hour was 3.5mph, so no.

 

[Scoffers]

Could do with a quick re-assurance if NJ is around.

Indeed, if you study all the webcam images from today, looks like almost nothing has happened apart from the crane doing a "drogba"

 

[Gritt23]

I thought I understood (and chuckled) about the oversized flanges, but I thought that meant we'd see loads of action as the arch kept being lifted into place, checked, removed, adjustments made, lifted back into place etc.

Have I misunderstood, or are the adjustments necessary, more time-consuming than I realised?

 

[The Offspring]

Indeed, if you study all the webcam images from today, looks like almost nothing has happened apart from the crane doing a "drogba"

North-East Dog's head, now has its bearing/biscuit tin, in place.

 

[natterjack]

Everything is under control. The arch is a very complicated piece of steelwork that needs to be 100% right before they put it together in mid air.

I'll get some West stand photos up and post them tomorrow

 

[Gritt23]

Everything is under control. The arch is a very complicated piece of steelwork that needs to be 100% right before they put it together in mid air.

I'll get some West stand photos up and post them tomorrow

No cause for concern then?
When do you think we'll see "lifting" again?

 

[Everest]

Will the first section go up (and stay up) when final adjustments have been made, then the same thing happening with the middle section, then the third?
Or will all 3 sections have their adjustments done before all 3 go up one after the other?

Any chance of lifting action tomorrow (lunchtime onwards)?

 

[The Grockle]

Everything is under control. The arch is a very complicated piece of steelwork that needs to be 100% right before they put it together in mid air.

I'll get some West stand photos up and post them tomorrow

Excellent NJ.

I'm not sure if you would get grief for doing this but would there be any chance of some interior photos of the East stand concourse? Martin Perry's video blog gives a brief glimpse of this area but didn't show a great deal.

Thank you.

 

[Bwian]

Everything is under control. The arch is a very complicated piece of steelwork that needs to be 100% right before they put it together in mid air.

I'll get some West stand photos up and post them tomorrow

If the engineering and everything is/was so precise, why does it need lifting in place to discover adjustments are needed and then adjustments made on the ground before lifting it in place/adjusting again a few times? It's obvious I'm not an engineer...

 

[Box of Frogs]

If the engineering and everything is/was so precise, why does it need lifting in place to discover adjustments are needed and then adjustments made on the ground before lifting it in place/adjusting again a few times? It's obvious I'm not an engineer...

Probably something to do with metal expanding and contracting in accordance with different temperature variations I guess ie expands in heat, contracts in winter? But then, I am not an engineer......

 

[Gritt23]

If the engineering and everything is/was so precise, why does it need lifting in place to discover adjustments are needed and then adjustments made on the ground before lifting it in place/adjusting again a few times? It's obvious I'm not an engineer...

I would imagine that everything has been built within tolerance levels, but that doesn't mean there won't be any minor adjustments required when it comes to fitting the arch. Slight tolerances here and there are one thing, but we then need to adjust the fitting on the arch so that it forms as precise a fit as is possible.

But I'm not an engineer, so that could all be rubbish.

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

Is it not finished yet?