NEW Everton FC Stadium on 3.7.24 - BARREL CLADDING CLOSER - SOUTH STAND ROOF - WEST PLAZA

[@DuncTheBlue1878]

I’m incredibly envious that you’re about to go inside this magnificent stadium, Mr D. Very lucky but well deserved.

[@aus3492]

Looking awesome, it's going to be the most beautiful stadium in the world. Spectacular.. thanks for keeping us updated with all the videos.

[@johnedwards4547]

Enjoy your tour Nick, you deserve to be invited as I think you were the first one to do it and have followed you from the very start , can't wait to see your video so enjoy your site visit .

[@alexanderbrydone9873]

This gets better with each video what a fabulous stadium this is going to be when it's completed.

[@QPRTokyo]

Thank you.

[@gjh997]

Superb. Delighted you’re going on a tour. Very well deserved!

[@Alan-p7d2s]

Thanks, Nick, for the amazing updates on a wonderful stadium. we are finally looking good for the future fingers crossed. Have a lovely tour, you lucky man that is my dream to walk inside I have seen the stadium from outside and took photos but can wait to get inside. Thanks for your amazing updates. Alan

[@leedavies3629]

Nice one dude you got to film up filling it up with water were you off to again OH the tour 🤣🤣cheers dude 🇾🇪🙂✌️🔰

[@stephenlinden-wyatt-ys8vy]

It would take days to fill, unless they just open the gates and it floods in 😂

[@johncodling9805]

Greetings from Georgia, Nick the daily progress seems to be picking up at a tremendous rate now we all look forward to the latest video from all the providers out there. I have made a point of subscribing to you all you are all doing a great job. I will catch up with you all from Turkey in the next week or so. Enjoy the tour you deserve it.

[@paulgreeney6145]

Fantastic video nick always good to watch and I will look forward to the stadium tour and video

[@MrIanmmackay]

I think that white machine (lift) that you referred to, that the guys are using as access for the West Stand barrel-cladding is known as a 'Spider' in the trade - even though it only has four legs!

[@EILONadiv]

Enjoy the tour there Im sure ur been all excited with all the excitment to be there as the first of the firsts to tour the stadium Have fun

[@colinsmith2519]

Hope you enjoy the tour Nick! Can we have a closer look at the access hatches on east and west stands please.

[@johnrimmer5955]

Thanks for the update mate………I believe your going for a tour of the ground internally when is that happening 🤪🤪🤪

[@beanopachino]

It's called a spider crane that they are using to install the cladding on West Stand

[@davegerrard4960]

Really hope the tour was brilliant Nick and you captured some boss footage. Keen to see how the Q&A went too

[@frankjudge3328]

Hi Nick I hope you enjoyed your tour of the stadium you deserve it for all your hard work. I can't wait to see your interior pics enjoy mate.

[@davidharrison6310]

You totally deserved that tour Nick! Cannot wait to see that video! COYB💙

[@PhillipJBlastock]

The stadium looks amazing Nick you can almost feel the atmosphere already very exciting , I see we’ve released Ndidi, you might get him cheap now , can’t wait for your video inside that special stadium 👌 👍

[@Jonathan-po1id]

Nick have you noticed East stand on the side cladding where the vents are and cladding is different despite having a vent they’ve missed it out which has caused the strange non symmetrical gap?

[@terrymac3404]

Hope you really enjoyed your tour Mr Drone .

[@robdee6316]

So looking forward to your video after the tour Nick. What an incredble place it's going to be. Desperately hope that the financial stability it will bring will enable the club to return to it's rightful place on the top tier. 💙💙

[@ieuanlewis8789]

Hope you enjoyed the tour Nick was well deserved with the coverage you have given us since the beginning of the stadium build 👏👏 UTFT 💙💙

[@TonyHoward-y4t]

thanks nick lovely footage

[@johnjameson8966]

Are you going on a tour Nick 😂. No seriously if anyone deserves it, it's you for all your videos from start to now. Absolutely brilliant mate 👏

[@MrIanmmackay]

I hope you enjoyed the tour (that you hadn't mentioned very much! 😅) - Extremely well deserved! UTFT 💙👊

[@davidbadcock2225]

😆.

[@John-vi1cq]

Seen the Everton video the water infill they have started putting rebar on the wall of the infill loved your videos watched from the very first one u did

[@davidbadcock2225]

John: indeed. Look closely here and you can see that they have already wet-concreted the rebars along the southern half of the Seacant wall and are rebarring the northern half.

[@colinmumford267]

​@davidbadcock2225 hi David hope you are well , just a quick question, is the canal goin to be same width of previous water way before stadium build or is it goin to be this narrow and still join up to both docks either side

[@davidbadcock2225]

@@colinmumford267 Colin, yes, thanks, I am well. Are you? There is a slight difficulty in answering the question directly due to the reference point. There wasn't a canal/channel before, as such. The whole of the area eastwards of the centre of the West Quay was, of course, the water of BMD. The southern Isolation Bridge is much as it was before, with the water not connected to BMD. Previously, Sandon Dock and BMD were open with each other as the old Dock Gates there didn't 'work'. The northern Isolation Bridge is a completely new construct. However, you can see the Granite Coping Stones from the old Dock Wall still present. At the NE and SE edges of the future Water Channel you can see clearly the gentle curves into the main dock area of the old Granite Coping Stones. At the southern end you can also see the old dock wall under the granite stones. What can't be seen currently, still buried, are the old Dock Gates located in the old dock wall curvature, nearest the north and south ends of the curvature, nearer the Isolation Bridges. Those old dock gates (look at the ones just at the other side of the south Isolation Bridge to Nelson Dock if you want a reminder as to what the 4 dock gates at either end of the future Water Channel will look like). As described above, the eastern edge of the future Water Channel is defined already by the old dock gates, the curved old Dock Wall and the shape of the Lower Promenade above the Seacant Wall that is being spray-concreted. The western edge of the future Water Channel is a little harder to describe in shape but the edge is defined by the old Dock Gates and old Dock Wall of the West Quay. At 3:22 mins in this video you can see the outline of the old dock wall along the west quay. At the left/southern end it starts near the west end of the southern Isolation Bridge and travels north before turning left/westwards in a 90d curvature around the newly flagged area. Then it takes a right/northwards 90d curve and runs along a short distance in from the line of the light masts and the DNOC ("Media Complex") up until you get to where there is a sand drive way cutting in from the NW, where the old dock wall turns 90d right/eastwards a short distance before then turning left before taking in the NW old Dock Gate before reaching the west end of the northern Isolation Bridge. Does this answer your question?

[@jamessmith7459]

As a celtic and man utd fan buddy the staduim is really comeing on its going to look minted when its finished and full mon the toffees

[@martinedwards7360]

They will probably install the solar aray when all of the roof work completed. As specialists contractors will install the panels? The stadium 🏟 is looking fantastic though. Barrel cladding really makes it pop.

[@nickcyffin-jones3610]

My dad wants to know: Why is the top half not appearing to sit square on the bottom half?

[@bluewire2]

Should see if they will let you go for a tour around the stadium 😂 100% jealous COYB

[@stevenrichardson7882]

How good does the east stand look now👍

[@SamsonOhsem]

New Era! Is this Largest stadium there?

[@stephenmcnally2590]

Nick, has the barrel cladding been fitted incorrectly? Have a look at the vents. Can you find out if this is how it should be.

[@DuncTheBlue1878]

Barrel cladding has been fitted correctly. The air exhaust vent size, shape and number depends on the number of extractor fans under the barrel cladding. More vents on the west side because that stand has more kitchens.

[@stephenmcnally2590]

@@DuncTheBlue1878 cheers for that 👍

[@DuncTheBlue1878]

@@stephenmcnally2590 They should have opted for an equal number, size and spacing of the vents - the east barrel cladding does look odd.

[@davidbadcock2225]

@@DuncTheBlue1878 Dunc: Good day to you. IMO I think we have slightly different views about this issue. I like the fact that it tells the story and has extra levels of asymmetry. It adds character, quite beside the practical relevance. A major objective of the barrel-cladding is to act as an aerodynamic wind-baffle and rain harvester. Having extra areas of, say, 80% porosity mesh without the grilles behind them, rather than the 20% porosity elsewhere, wouldn't make much sense in practical terms. Sure, they could add 'blind' paneling behind the extra 'holes' but then it wouldn't be telling the story. Dan Meis was keen that there is an understanding and appreciation of what lies behind. I do understand that I am probably in the minority on this.

[@Richo65]

Just come back from stadium 3 cladding to go just video cladding going up

[@Richo65]

Ok

[@michaelfaulkner3119]

Nick is your stadium seats going to have any writing on them like Everton or EFC in white letters?

[@DarrenCowzer-cx7ot]

Not unless a Sponsor pays Big for their Logo etc.

[@DuncTheBlue1878]

All seats will be blue

[@andrewlindsay9846]

They’ve had not done 1 long strip of the water channel, there’s still a bank upto the carpark/steps level that the vehicles are using

[@davidbadcock2225]

Andrew: yes, quite. That saves me writing the same comment. Nick loses his head, bearings and perspectives frequently in his commentaries.

[@andrewlindsay9846]

@@davidbadcock2225 😂 still one of the best out there though. To be fair so much to see on that little screen with the progress being made at the minute

[@davidbadcock2225]

@@andrewlindsay9846 Andrew, yes, I just so frequently sigh, eye-roll and sate, "Oh, Nick!" He's a charmer but, as he will admit, with limitations. Anyway, he doesn't mind being 'wrong' as it promotes discussion!

[@user-xh6jt3xc3o]

Where are the floodlights going Nick?

[@davegerrard4960]

Floodlights are already installed. They are on the underside of the roof, set back from the polycarbonate sections. The LED technology these days means they can be pretty unobtrusive & tucked away.

[@BrianHenners]

Hope you enjoyed the tour

[@barryjones8322]

What’s going on with the rhombuses on the East stand cladding? They don’t match (some single some double) and looks a bit strange. Also don’t match the west stand. 🤔

[@DuncTheBlue1878]

They’re air exhaust vents. The size and number depends on the number of extractor fans underneath the barrel cladding. More kitchens on the west stand, so 3 more vents than the east.

[@darstow1]

I agree it looks really poor aesthetically. Shame because the whole build looks beautiful in general. There's a few little things that haven't looked as well as it could have. Namely, the Archibald Leitch design, the roof shading, and now the vents on the barrel cladding. Otherwise, it's a piece of art 😊

[@barryjones8322]

@@DuncTheBlue1878 Thanks Dunc, that makes far more sense with them having a function. Still would have been nice if they made them symmetrical.

[@arto679]

​@@DuncTheBlue1878they could of put dummy ones in to make it uniform looks stupid

[@DuncTheBlue1878]

@@arto679 And they should, but they won’t.

[@aus3492]

Is it just the south stand getting solar panels?

[@DuncTheBlue1878]

Yes

[@stevenrichardson7882]

Hopefully we won’t have the same issues as the reds with the polycarbonate roof?

[@DarrenCowzer-cx7ot]

What was their issues Steven?

[@davidbadcock2225]

Steven: I second Darren's question: what were the issues at Anfield with their Polycarbonate? Bearing in mind that Polycarbonate is used in almost every stadium build/renovation these days the 'issue' was likely to be unique to Anfield.

[@stephenlinden-wyatt-ys8vy]

The walls of the water way have been sprayed with waterproof cement.

[@davidbadcock2225]

Stephen: Hi. Agreed. The southern half has been sprayed and they're rebarring the northern half.

[@uberchaz11]

Why are there no white seats? EFC and EVERTON, also no EVERTON lettering on the glass?

[@davidbadcock2225]

Uber: this is almost a guaranteed question each video and the answer is that because both the planners and the architects agreed it looked better without white seats. when you think about it, it really only has an effect when the stadium is empty, when there is no one there to look at it. This stadium is so unique it doesn't need a statement that it's BMD/EFC's. There are provisions in the plans for illuminated signage on the stadium in due course (potentially including the glass windows) but it's minimal and intended not to be "in-your-face". The exact brands/logos etc will be decided on when the full scope of the Naming Rights project is completed before the start of the 2025 football season. There will be plenty of EFC, blue and white on signage around the plazas and portals.

[@DuncTheBlue1878]

The plans changed from those original images. The club opted for all seats blue (unless a sponsor wants their name or logo in white seats). The outside Everton sign on the glass of the south stand was objected to due to the heritage status of the docks, so it was removed. You can see the final plans if you search ‘stadium db final Everton design’ and scroll down to the high definition images (‘renderings’) from August 2020.

[@davidbadcock2225]

@@DuncTheBlue1878 Dunc: yes, I'd agree that the photos in the imagery of that document from August 2020 would imply what you say but that does not agree with the final plans approved in the comprehensive document of September, 2020, particularly with regard to the section on "Signage". If you look closely at the images in your beloved document you will notice a large number of artistic licence discrepancies. I stand by my earlier comment, sorry.

[@aq1974_]

Hope you enjoyed the tour. Not jealous at all 😜

[@nicholasmartin-k6k]

no. they were just lifting a panel 😮

[@JamesLFC-hk1fq]

👍👍

[@markopoutiainen7108]

What on Earth happens in the gap at 1:17-1:20? That looks really strange.

[@davidbadcock2225]

Mark: they will be filling the gap with more barrel-cladding sections.

[@markopoutiainen7108]

​@@davidbadcock2225 I didn't mean that. It looks like the stadium structures in the West stand seen through the gap are moving upwards.

[@davidbadcock2225]

@@markopoutiainen7108 Mark: I am sorry if I have totally misinterpreted your Q (IF it WAS a Q?). At 1:17 mins we are looking at 2 contractors in a cherry-picker basket carrying out the installation of a barrel-section on the East Stand. The gap to the right/north of them will have more panels fitted to close the gap. We can see right through the gap to the inside of the bowl and the blue seating on the West Stand Terraces.' which may appear to move upwards by the drone moving downwards because the gap becomes a focal fulcrum. Have a good day.

[@philhudson8453]

Great work mate. Has it been mentioned whether the white steelwork visible through the glass on the north and south stands resembles the Archie leitch design. Was this planned?

[@DuncTheBlue1878]

Not Archibald Leitch - standard design for steelwork in construction

[@davegerrard4960]

@@DuncTheBlue1878 Is right Dunc. Archibald Leitch utilised the diagonal truss engineering to enhance his stadium designs by making a feature of them, most notably at Goodison Park. I don’t think he can claim all diagonal bracing as his own concept though.

[@DuncTheBlue1878]

@@davegerrard4960 Ibrox too 👍🏻

[@davidbadcock2225]

Dave and Dunc make the point about standard practicce. I'd add that you can even see such diagonal cross-steels on regular modern buildings in the foreground to the left/south of Blackstone Street when Nick starts his videos from further East up the road.

[@tomqelectronica]

Spider crane

[@Kevin-nu3fq]

Brill Nick. I'm home at the weekend so go down and see. Thanks...