Progress on the new corner stands?

jlup1980 · Post by **jlup1980** » Thu Jun 21, 2018 9:44 am

How are the new stands looking? I've not been to Burnley since the season ended so i guess I'll be in for a shock when pre season arrives.

dushanbe · Post by **dushanbe** » Thu Jun 21, 2018 10:07 am

From what I've seen and admittedly I haven't been round behind the Jimmy Mc stand, but you might be surprised by how little has changed.

Loyalclaret · Post by **Loyalclaret** » Thu Jun 21, 2018 10:16 am

Happen to be in the area, nothing has gone up, could watch the game from outside. Bob lord windows getting a lick of paint and lots of hgv been dropping gear off daily. Live and direct...

Goobs · Post by **Goobs** » Thu Jun 21, 2018 10:21 am

Barnfield must be loving our recent success and hope it continues for a long time.

jlup1980 · Post by **jlup1980** » Thu Jun 21, 2018 10:26 am

I thought they were meant to be up and ready for August?!

MarkGreen · Post by **MarkGreen** » Thu Jun 21, 2018 10:41 am

jlup1980 wrote:I thought they were meant to be up and ready for August?!

It's only June

Loyalclaret · Post by **Loyalclaret** » Thu Jun 21, 2018 10:47 am

Apologies for not walking to the scoreboard corner- forgot they were doing both!

Goobs · Post by **Goobs** » Thu Jun 21, 2018 10:50 am

Loyalclaret wrote:Apologies for not walking to the scoreboard corner- forgot they were doing both!

Sorry this half job stuff isn't good enough I'm afraid.

Loyalclaret · Post by **Loyalclaret** » Thu Jun 21, 2018 10:56 am

I’ll pop by later, the corners might be up by then

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Thu Jun 21, 2018 11:10 am

jlup1980 wrote:I thought they were meant to be up and ready for August?!

No chance I wouldn't have thought. Aberdeen are here six weeks today. They encountered a lot of problems underneath, believe a cobbled street was discovered.

Spijed · Post by **Spijed** » Thu Jun 21, 2018 11:30 am

Went down on Saturday and also saw they have started work on the memorial garden opposite the JM stand.

maccclaret · Post by **maccclaret** » Thu Jun 21, 2018 11:31 am

The delights of hidden surprises.

I'm working on a job in London where the civils contractor discovered there used to be a steelworks beneath where they were drilling the pile.

Currently about 30 weeks (a full season) behind programme!

jlup1980 · Post by **jlup1980** » Thu Jun 21, 2018 11:31 am

MarkGreen wrote:It's only June

It's only 6 weeks till we play Aberdeen on 2nd August. I would have at least expected to see the foundations in by now!

jlup1980 · Post by **jlup1980** » Thu Jun 21, 2018 11:33 am

ClaretTony wrote:No chance I wouldn't have thought. Aberdeen are here six weeks today. They encountered a lot of problems underneath, believe a cobbled street was discovered.

A cobbled street, excellent. Do you remember it CT?

bfcjg · Post by **bfcjg** » Thu Jun 21, 2018 12:44 pm

ClaretTony wrote:No chance I wouldn't have thought. Aberdeen are here six weeks today. They encountered a lot of problems underneath, believe a cobbled street was discovered.

Finds like this are quite fascinating and really sums up the club being smack bang in the centre of town, so much more relevant then those arty tarty Roman and Viking things people harp on about.
Buildings like this seem to be going nowhere for a long time but you have to get the foundations/pads right for the steel work. Watch it fly up then.

Bfc · Post by **Bfc** » Thu Jun 21, 2018 1:00 pm

I cant remember or imagine there was a cobbled Street there. The first floodlight was situated in the area behind the little brick wall in the picture. I remember when they dug out a massive hole to lay the first floodlight foundation, a JCB digger was used and it was below the ground level. There's a seam of sand in the area and where the floodlight was going to be built was in its path, so they had to dig really deep for solid ground. At the corner of Harry Potts Way (Brunshaw Rd) and Beehole Lane was the groundsman house. Next to that was the start of the high brick wall with a big green gate, very close to where the above pictures were taken. Brian Millers son David spent hours kicking a ball against that wall and gate when he was very young.

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Thu Jun 21, 2018 10:03 pm

jlup1980 wrote:A cobbled street, excellent. Do you remember it CT?

HA HA - I suspect it might have been a pit track to be honest. And no, I don't remember the pit either but I do remember the old pit gates from when I was a kid.

I was down there today so took a couple of pics - here they are.

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bobinho · Post by **bobinho** » Thu Jun 21, 2018 10:28 pm

I hope it doesn’t end up with that name...

Spike · Post by **Spike** » Sun Jul 01, 2018 9:26 pm

Is it just me that thinks that Barnfield should have made more progress by now and look in danger of letting us down by missing deadlines

Claret Till I Die · Post by **Claret Till I Die** » Sun Jul 01, 2018 9:28 pm

Not sure that Barnfield knew what was under the ground when they started digging

taio · Post by **taio** » Sun Jul 01, 2018 9:29 pm

I think they've hit challenges that couldn't be foreseen.

Spike · Post by **Spike** » Sun Jul 01, 2018 9:31 pm

Not rocket science to look through the history books and see what was there before

karatekid · Post by **karatekid** » Sun Jul 01, 2018 9:32 pm

Or maybe they have just overstretched themselves.

bobinho · Post by **bobinho** » Sun Jul 01, 2018 9:34 pm

Are they putting skates under the Jimmy Mac stand to move it over into the right place?

Dark Cloud · Post by **Dark Cloud** » Sun Jul 01, 2018 9:34 pm

Rumour is they hit the dry powder store. Apparently it's in an underground bunker, but nobody remembered it was there.

lrac · Post by **lrac** » Sun Jul 01, 2018 9:36 pm

karatekid wrote:Or maybe they have just overstretched themselves.

No we haven't

levraiclaret · Post by **levraiclaret** » Sun Jul 01, 2018 9:36 pm

Spike wrote:Not rocket science to look through the history books and see what was there before

Which history books detail the underground profile?

bfcjg · Post by **bfcjg** » Sun Jul 01, 2018 9:37 pm

Barnfield priced the job. I doubt they did the survey etc that would have been the architects appointing a special st. Unless it was a design and build in house by Barnfield

randomclaret2 · Post by **randomclaret2** » Sun Jul 01, 2018 9:39 pm

Had a wander past today....nothing visible in either corner. Looks exactly as it has done for several weeks now.

lrac · Post by **lrac** » Sun Jul 01, 2018 9:44 pm

bfcjg wrote:Barnfield priced the job. I doubt they did the survey etc that would have been the architects appointing a special st. Unless it was a design and build in house by Barnfield

Yes it was done

martin_p · Post by **martin_p** » Sun Jul 01, 2018 9:54 pm

Irac, any idea when it might be finished?

bfcjg · Post by **bfcjg** » Sun Jul 01, 2018 9:55 pm

lrac wrote:Yes it was done

First port of call is to always blame the builder. No point rushing steel up until the ground is sorted. Short cuts endanger the finished job and lives. When the steel goes up the building will motor on.

occ-claret · Post by **occ-claret** » Sun Jul 01, 2018 9:55 pm

Amazing how some people on here are experts of everything.

lrac · Post by **lrac** » Sun Jul 01, 2018 10:19 pm

bfcjg wrote:First port of call is to always blame the builder. No point rushing steel up until the ground is sorted. Short cuts endanger the finished job and lives. When the steel goes up the building will motor on.

Say as you feel .but the job will be done right .all inspection will be good.

Blackrod · Post by **Blackrod** » Sun Jul 01, 2018 10:20 pm

Spijed wrote:At least the memorial garden is starting to take shape!

https://www.facebook.com/TMMemorialGarden/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Still a daft idea.

Spijed · Post by **Spijed** » Sun Jul 01, 2018 10:22 pm

Blackrod wrote:Still a daft idea.

Why is it a daft idea?

lrac · Post by **lrac** » Sun Jul 01, 2018 10:27 pm

See you lads .just trust us

Spike · Post by **Spike** » Sun Jul 01, 2018 10:40 pm

lrac wrote:See you lads .just trust us

So can we trust you to have them ready for the Aberdeen game

lrac · Post by **lrac** » Sun Jul 01, 2018 10:48 pm

No not just me .but what we have done with our club is superb .UTC

lrac · Post by **lrac** » Sun Jul 01, 2018 10:51 pm

Spike wrote:So can we trust you to have them ready for the Aberdeen game

I'm only a worker .that's the management side . We are doing our best there is problems

Spike · Post by **Spike** » Mon Jul 02, 2018 7:41 am

We’ve built 4 new stands since the 70s to not know what is underneath is beyond belief

Claretforever · Post by **Claretforever** » Mon Jul 02, 2018 7:51 am

I’m hearing that the delays are caused by our club wanting it to blend in with the Bob Lord Stand, but the trouble is finding 45 year old cladding that’s rusting and looking a mess....

tim_noone · Post by **tim_noone** » Mon Jul 02, 2018 7:57 am

Spike wrote:We’ve built 4 new stands since the 70s to not know what is underneath is beyond belief

Old mine shafts run.underneath the beehole end which I thought was commonly known.that aside as long as we have good weather things will push on.

taio · Post by **taio** » Mon Jul 02, 2018 8:29 am

If any delay occurs do we know that it will be purely down to Barnfield? There could be a range of factors that could mean they are not at fault. Blaming Barnfield seems to be just based on supposition.

thedoge · Post by **thedoge** » Mon Jul 02, 2018 9:19 am

Looking at the corner of the Jimmy Mac Bob Lord surely the floodlight pilon will have to come down and be relocated as its in the way.

claretandy · Post by **claretandy** » Mon Jul 02, 2018 11:08 am

thedoge wrote:Looking at the corner of the Jimmy Mac Bob Lord surely the floodlight pilon will have to come down and be relocated as its in the way.

They are building round it if you look on the plans on the council website, the pylon is included in the new building.

IanMcL · Post by **IanMcL** » Mon Jul 02, 2018 4:14 pm

If you find coal underneath, call Arthur.

Lord Beamish · Post by **Lord Beamish** » Mon Jul 02, 2018 4:17 pm

IanMcL wrote:If you find coal underneath, call Arthur.

Plenty of Coal still left under Burnley. The problem is that it’s all wet.

IanMcL · Post by **IanMcL** » Mon Jul 02, 2018 8:35 pm

Lord Beamish wrote:Plenty of Coal still left under Burnley. The problem is that it’s all wet.

Might last longer on the fire! Bit smokey though!

Clarets4me · Post by **Clarets4me** » Tue Jul 10, 2018 9:57 pm

I was dropping some friends off at Blessed Trinity around 7pm and took a quick recce ....

Looks like some footings in between the Bob Lord/Jimmy Mac. stands, but the area between the Jimmy Mac/Longside stands looked like an abandoned archaeological dig .... there seemed to be 6 or 7 large pillars of Concrete, between 3 and 6 feet in height set into the ground possibly from when the original terraces were constructed/improved in the past, they certainly didn't look new...

The Bob Lord/Jimmy Mac corner will take priority I assume because the Police control box will be there, and without that functioning, I doubt we'd get a safety Certificate ? I'm no expert but I'd be very impressed if it's all complete by early September ... the memorial garden looks great and the sprucing up of the Bob Lord exterior is an obvious improvement ...

Has anyone got the number for Nick Knowles and the DIY SOS " Big Build " team ???