NEW Everton FC Stadium 19.11.24. Midweek Video with YOUR questions and comments and The North Stand!

[@jasonhindle2900]

Another great video Nick. I am a fabricator welder. I have worked on and off site. When you work off site in doors ,everything you do is perfect square.Then normally it goes for galvanize, then powder coating .Sometimes when you get to site, sometimes it might not be perfectly square so then it's not a matter of cutting a bit off hear and there, because then you've lost the rust protection, this is why it takes time to replace it. Another point is why you work from end to end and meet in the middle you might only need to replace one panel. So then you cut it to size,and then you give it rust protection.

[@blob121]

Nick, I follow all of the drone videos almost daily, just to see the latest. They are all good but yours are the Cadillac versions. They are so professional and I love how you follow up on the comments. David Badcock is a great source of information and also questions. On top of all that you seem to have a great attitude and sense of humour. Nothing fazes you, including when you make a mistake or can't figure out what a poster has highlighted. Finally, you are always pleasant with people who walk by and talk to you while you're videoing. You are the best Nick.

[@johnrimmer5955]

Totally agree blob Nick is a true professional but I would of added Dunc the blue alongside David Badcock as he has also been a fantastic source of information 👍

[@GraemeDocherty-p7i]

Thanks for the update Mr Drone. Hope that David had a good birthday and his comments are much appreciated. Best wishes Graeme from Portsmouth. Play Up Pompey.

[@davidbadcock2225]

I did, thanks. I really didn't think, though, that my aside comment would become so highlighted.

[@kernowchris]

Plymouth Fan here. Go to the Match Nick, there'll be plenty of time for Watchalongs with away games. Enjoy Goodison while it's still there.

[@davidharrison6310]

Was in Liverpool on Sunday - returned today(Tuesday).Nice hotel in Kings Dock. Went on the official tour at Goodison - that was great! I managed to see our new stadium in all its glory in the evening - all lit up in blue!! Took my breath away literally!! Another great video Nic - keep them coming as long as you can !! COYB💙

[@alexanderbrydone9873]

I've watched all the other droners coverage of the build but your coverage is easily the the best well explained top man Mr D. 🏐🍀🇮🇪👍🏻C. F. C.

[@daveparky18]

She's looking so good. An the recent vida from the club have further wetted the appetite. I can't wait

[@Jstroud3]

The ability to get all the way around the concourse is a typically american experience - most MLS, MLB, NFL, Basketball, & hockey stadiums in the states have this. Walking a full 360 round the concourse pregame is really nice way to soak up the atmosphere and get in the zone for the match and see all the stadium has to offer. Cant wait.

[@vasiljevicheather]

Another grezt watch ❤❤❤❤❤👍👍👍👍👍👍🔔🔔🔔🔔🔔

[@jurgenvoogt1638]

Nick and David. Thanks again guys 😆👍

[@davidbadcock2225]

👌

[@sheilastevenson-i8h]

Can’t believe they are not putting Dixie statue and the Kendle, Ball, Harvey one at the new stadium , the most iconic players in our history , they belong at new stadium with the rest of us , we need a petition started ,

[@nutritionasylum5620]

I love your updates of BMD I live in Queensland Australia and this is the only way i can keep updated, by the way my wife bought me a tile for Everton way, gives me a reason to come over again

[@christophergrimes12]

Great video as always Nick and I've seen on some night time videos of The New Everton Stadium that when you see the big screen on the North Stand there's like a red dot

[@christophergrimes12]

@DuncTheBlue1878 I will now change my comment because it's not really a question but a spot

[@anfieldroadlayoutintheloft5204]

great vid nick keep up the great vids thanks lee

[@alanmetcalfe7587]

Great Comments Nick Explained As Usual Brilliant YNWA 👍

[@C4mmy31]

Cheers Nick for another top update together with greats spots from David in the comment section 👍

[@davidbadcock2225]

👌

[@philiphindson986]

Excellent Very Informative Video, Nick, Thank You.

[@Golfiematt]

The accessibility is great news if you have friends in a different stand wanting to meet at half time for a beers! Another example of the level of detail 💙

[@stevenjones3167]

Might be pushing it during half time interval

[@chriskeller4563]

Another great video Nick as always 👍 hppy belated birthday David 🎂,,,,,, UTFT

[@davidbadcock2225]

Many thanks, Chris. I'm a bit shocked that my aside comment got highlighted and leveraged.

[@davidbadcock2225]

Nice one, Nick. I am a bit surprised that my aside about my birthday was highlighted and mentioned numerous times. That wasn't an intention but, hey-ho. Re: The panel frames on the South Concourse that will plug the Service Hatches. I did state that the 'hatches' are located UNDER, i.e. Underneath, the Viewing Gallery. You needed to be flying lower over Nelson Dock, almost at the same height as the Viewing Gallery. If at 7:56 mins you had gone lower, you'd have spotted the SE hatch directly behind where the frames are stacked, i.e. between the 2nd and 3rd main White Steels from the SE corner, in the brick facade. In your weekend video you flew lower and you could see the bottom of the Service Hatches. PoI's: 1) @ 6:25 mins, we can see that they have closed the southernmost Towers gate in order to dig down and start installing the Retractable Bollards for the entracne, as previously applied to its neighbouring Towers Gate, which has therefore now become the southern vehicular access. The few remaining Heritage Rails, seen in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen at 6:47 mins, will be laid closer to the Regent Road wall, across the southern Tower Gate access, once the Bollards have been completed. 2) @ 12:15 mins, we can see that the contractors in the pontoon on the water channel have fitted the Composite Decking along about half of the outer edge of the Lower Promenade. The sections of the Capping Beam remains on the Lower Promenade awaiting fitting. 3) @ 13:19 mins, yes, the UV Light Arrays (the plans suggested there'd be 15 of them rather than the 9 we know are parked up on the Quayside south of Nelson Dock) will be parked up in the triangular area literally JUST north of the DNOC, i.e. up against the DNOC wall. 4) @ 14:00 mins, a closer look at the larger shrubs means I've changed my opinion to be that they're Laurels, as they have a broader leaf then Privet. They are Evergreen Shrubs, either way. 5) @ 15:55 mins. we can see the 50% porosity structure of the 10m wide roller-shutter gate (the same as the ones at the SW corner).

[@ayeuphutchy9807]

As for the possible two statues I’d like to suggest Brian Labone and Gordon West. Great video as always.👍

[@SimonBrooks-r1u]

Hi nick always great work from yourself. I would like to thank your family for giving you time to make this piece of history. Also what is your next project i want to follow you going forward.

[@DuncTheBlue1878]

Demolition of Goodison

[@ritahamblin1043]

Salt resistant paint. Keep yourself warm nick. HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAVE B.

[@frannysmigger]

That was me in the blue Clio 😂

[@raymondmalone9721]

Go the match Nick , do your watch along for away games.

[@grahamcook9289]

Mate, you look like you are going on an Arctic expedition, although it is very sensible to be wrapped up against the cold, so my mum told me. 🤣

[@johnjonesToffeeman]

Probably the black wind baffle tops are angled to deflect wind up same as what they have on trucks. The post bases still look bare concrete. I hope they paint them

[@johnrimmer5955]

Belated happy birthday David 🎉🍺🍻🍰

[@davidbadcock2225]

Many thanks, John. I'm a bit shocked that my aside comment got highlighted and leveraged.

[@johnrimmer5955]

@ about time David. Hope your birthday bash went ok mate. 👏

[@davidbadcock2225]

@@johnrimmer5955 Thanks. Yes, it was great.

[@JMEFC]

Hi Nick, on a recent video, you looked at the barriers that separate the home and away sections. I couldn’t help but notice that the seats at the back of the lower tier away section in the east stand looked like an slightly obstructed view of the south end of the pitch due to the hospitality boxes. Any chance you can try get a better view of that section?

[@davegerrard4960]

There are no obstructed views in any stand. Lower or upper tiers.

[@JMEFC]

@@davegerrard4960I know mate, just that section what I pointed out looks debateable from the air.

[@sebluketravis2438]

Looks like a December handover to me, at this point anyway.

[@MartinHurcomb]

Another great update. Any plans that you know of to add some white seats to create EFC/Everton etc? Feels like an opportunity to make the stadium feel more like home

[@DuncTheBlue1878]

All seats will be blue (unless a sponsor wants to pay a fortune for their name or logo in white seats)

[@andymd357]

Materials are on top of west stand under barrel cladding

[@PomBare]

We were told the spotlights on the East Stand would be angled in a way that would create a blue beam. This still hasn't happened, I'm just wondering, do they look like spotlights from the ground, or is this just an illusion from the drone's POV?

[@rosse6705]

I still don't think that is the final finish for the ambient lighting. I think once they finish them on the West stand and turn them on they will all be adjusted to the correct settings to get a better finish on the barrel cladding.

[@PomBare]

@@rosse6705 Hope you're right.

[@davemarriott]

I bet it's colder than a Mother in Laws kiss at the side of the Mersey. 😂

[@misterdroneuk]

😂👏

[@crimsonbossvnf1438]

Hi Nick love the videos just a quick question, the white roofing around the brick layers is this going to be painted as it looks really scruffy with the orange rust from the drone view!

[@DuncTheBlue1878]

Yes, dark grey screeding will be applied

[@markdixon5235]

Another great vid Nick. I have noticed that the solar panels, on the South stand roof, now look silver instead of black. Have i missed something or is it just a trick of the light?

[@DuncTheBlue1878]

Snow

[@tommymolloy5697]

Excellent detail again. Also a good idea to tie in the info coming out of the club about the stands, access, etc. with your videos. Having looked at the info from the club, I have a concern which I hope is unfounded but maybe the likes of David or Dunc can shed some light. I had the impression from early doors that escalator access would be integral. I have dodgy knees but not to the point of being classed as disabled. It's becoming painful getting up the stairs at home though. I cant see any escalator points on the plans for north or south stands. There appear to be lifts for disabled access but no info on criteria to get in them or how many people they hold (or how often they'll be out of order.. the lifts, not the fans using them!). Anyone got any info on any of this at this point? Personally I'm more interested in this type of info which will influence the seat and stand I choose to sit in rather than knowing I can walk right round to the other side of the stadium to get a pie if I want to. Any steers on this would be much appreciated.

[@DuncTheBlue1878]

There’s a massive escalator from the south stand ground floor up to the viewing concourse 👍🏻

[@davidbadcock2225]

Tommy: this will be a lengthy response. Escalators: There are 4 locations for Escalators and they are largely focused on the areas that lead to Hospitality. Going round the stadium in a clockwise direction from the NE (the opposite way to the Gate Numbering, which starts for Home Fans with #1 at the WNW and #23 at the ENE as #24 for the Away Fans at the NNE). 1) There's one located at the ground floor at the northern end of the East Stand Main Portal and leads directly up to the Trinity Place Restaurant and Bar area on Level One. 2) There are twin escalators located at the middle of the main South Stand entrance and it goes up to the Viewing Gallery which has open access at Level Two all the way from the SW corner to the NW corner, through the South, East and North Stand Halls. 3) There are 2 mirror-imaged sets of escalators located at the North and South ends of the West Stand Main Portal that can access all three levels of the Main Hospitality Lounges. Lifts: Taking the same clockwise approach: 1) There is one located inside the Away Fans Hall that goes up only one level and will undoubtedly be for Accessibility Fans only. 2) There are 3 lift shafts immediately inside the wall behind the East Plaza, northern Blue-Glazed bench for Home GA Fans. It's too complex to explain more detail but not all the lifts go the full 4 levels and are designed in the modern method of making the lifts as efficient for speed as possible by splitting which floors they service. All three go up to Level One, some to Level 2 and some between Level 2 and above etc. i.e. some shafts have 2 separate lifts operating above and below each other. I suspect these lifts are designed to takebetween 12-20 people depending on weight and size or density. 3) There are 2 lifts located at the back of the Retail Shop that go to Level One of the Retail Shop and also the Trinity Place facilities and then on up to Level 2 and the Premium Hospitality Boxes. They probably cater for 6-10 people. 4) As in 2) there are 3 more lift-shafts behind the wall behind the southern East Plaza Blue-Glazed bench. 5) There is another group of 3 for Home GA Fans located just south of the southern West Terrace Tunnel. These lifts do all travel between Levels 0, 1 and 2. Level 2 is the internal hallway that stretches right around the ground from the SW to the NW at the lifts in 9) below. 6) There are 2 smaller lifts located at the southern end of the Main Hospitality Hallway that feed all 3 floors of the West Stand Hospitality Lounges. 7) There are a pair of mirror-imaged lifts at the nothern end of the Main Hospitality Hallway that feed all 3 floors of the West Stand Hospitality Lounges. 8) There are 2 small lifts in the bowels of the West Stand that feed between the Players Facilities and the Hospitality Lounges. 9) The final group is a group of 3 for Home GA Fans located just to the north of the northern West Terrace Tunnel.These lifts do all travel between Levels 0, 1 and 2. Level 2 is the internal hallway that stretches right around the ground from the NW to the SW at the lifts in 5) above. It's likely that your focus should be on the Escalators 2) and Lifts 2), 4), 5) and 9).

[@tommymolloy5697]

@@davidbadcock2225 Thanks David. I've been in and had my knees replaced whilst reading that 😁. I'm sure I'm not the only person who really appreciates the time you've taken explaining that. In the process, you've also answered another question from that fella who asked "Who is David Babcock and what makes him such a sage?" My legs went a bit wobbly when I read the info and maps from the club the other day and there was no mention (that I could see) of escalators and I thought, "Oh, here we go..!" They mention access points via lifts but not escalators and I can't see them marked on the map. I'd have thought that was key info. Anyway, mind and knees put at ease. Thanks again.

[@tommymolloy5697]

@@DuncTheBlue1878 Thanks for confirming mate. I couldn't see it marked or pointed out on the info from the club the other day. I had visions of Newcastle and my knees started murmurings of going on strike. They've called off the ballot now. 👌

[@davidbadcock2225]

@@tommymolloy5697 🤣, love the quip about having your knees operated already. I'm glad to have been of assistance.

[@sewen70]

When are they planning to start the black protective coating on the floor beneath the barrel cladding?

[@DuncTheBlue1878]

They’ve started applying the dark grey screeding on the west side. They’ve just lifted lots of metal poles on the east side (perhaps for scaffolding), so that’ll probably be done next month

[@stephenlinden-wyatt-ys8vy]

When they are ready

[@sewen70]

@@stephenlinden-wyatt-ys8vy absolutely no need for sarcastic shitty comments like that

[@sewen70]

@@DuncTheBlue1878 cheers Dunc

[@davegerrard4960]

Chill guys, we all want it perfect and hopefully it will be. All the signs are positive. EFC & Laing’s won’t divulge anything about the timing or the order of things. This stadium is looking immense. 👍

[@Noseypoke-mr7th]

At 10:18 is that snow on the Solar panels, if so that's not gonna be very productive free electricity? the solar panel cleaners gonna be busy keeping them clean.

[@peterrossall9399]

I also wondered why the black solar panels were white in appearance.

[@stephenlinden-wyatt-ys8vy]

I don’t think the one hour a year it snows in Liverpool will really affect the solar panels 😂

[@davidwilson2016]

Go to the Brentford match, Nick, very soon you won't be able to get to Goodison, your videos from Goodison are great

[@OldCharlieRum1903]

Laurel, rather than privet.

[@matthewthompson82]

Looks like they started to put lights on west stand

[@davidfogg1845]

the materials from the trucks was scaffolding, it is on the roof area just under the barrel cladding at the front on the right (club shop)

[@davidbadcock2225]

David:, yes, so I gather from other videos. It prompts more questions than answers as to why they need so much scaffolding so 'late in the day' for an area that one would have expected to have largely been completed. I can only presume it's for more steel repainting under the barrel-cladding.

[@davidfogg1845]

@@davidbadcock2225 yes very true, hope you had a good birthday, also do you think they will use it to join up the barrel cladding??

[@davidbadcock2225]

@@davidfogg1845 David: many thanks. Yes I had a good birthday with family. The movement joints in the barrel-cladding will remain a permanent feature, through necessity. As there will be no people and only external plant and equipment close to the gaps in the barrel-cladding, there is no functional need for closing the gap. Aesthetically it's a nod or reminder as to the rough locations of where the whole building sits on either dock-filled sand or old quayside.

[@davidfogg1845]

@@davidbadcock2225 ok

[@michaelwebster2169]

How does it work with segregation if you have access around all 3 stands or do both sets of fans mix together on the concourses

[@DuncTheBlue1878]

Away fans will be segregated from home fans

[@IanConcannon]

Statues- let me think. Shakespeare and stanley unwin.

[@neilmuirhead9440]

The two statues are Bill kenwright and farhad moshiri for bringing us the new stadium

[@Mark-mo6gt]

Nick Are you wearing green running bottoms and standing near an orange bike ??? If not why on earth did he think you were DJ Audits??? He was obviously after a key ring 🤣🤣🤣

[@moonface3351]

can someone explain to me what the handover means? Does it mean that it's just finished and then goes to the public or does it mean that it goes to another third party contractor to do more work on it? (dumb question i know)

[@Jstroud3]

It goes to the club who as you say will hire a other contractor in to do all the cosmetic work they want to do such as (hypothetically) adding white seats, adding signage on the exterior, etc.

[@DarrenCowzer-cx7ot]

Lang O'Rourke will sign over the Stadium to Everton when their Snag List is complete. Other companies will do other jobs. The Everton Way Stones or the Banners and Signs and Everton Branding etc.

[@davegerrard4960]

The handover is the official end of the construction phase when the site is passed to EFC and Laing’s contract is complete, in essence. There will be a phase where Laing’s will still be involved to help complete the test events and support the clubs understanding of the running of the infrastructure of the stadium. A bit like when you have a contractor fit a new kitchen in your home. You have to know how everything works, what guarantees exist and the building inspector has signed it off as fit for purpose…loosely speaking.

[@grahamcook9289]

Who is David Babcock and what makes him such a sage?

[@chrissanders1027]

He’s just a man who will do what nobody else can be arsed to do and read the planning consent.

[@14dollars]

Maybe it would be good to include a counter opinion - goodcock / babcock?

[@C4mmy31]

he seems to know a fair bit about the goings on with lang O'rourke to be fair

[@mikeoglen6848]

I'll tell you: He is a a very knowledgeable fellow who has studied the Blueprints in great detail and (while he is not Infallible) he can often shed light on issues connected with the Build and clear up any misapprehensions the viewers may have.

[@stephenlinden-wyatt-ys8vy]

He posts now and then 😉😁

[@simonstorey5258]

Everton Girls Video with Phone Inside Bramley dock stadium

[@andyanthony4090]

Green box at 5.45mins. WHY? Totally out of place.

[@DuncTheBlue1878]

😂