jonh wrote:
It is a relatively simple build so hopefully it goes with out issue and the club will have a design and build contract in place.
Generally a lot of main contractors won’t touch stadia as they are viewed as high risk schemes and do have a history of haemorrhaging money.
I’m a little surprised the contractor who is doing it has taken it on as a lot of the directors have had bad experiences with stadia in the past all be it at another company and we’re adamant they wouldn’t touch one again.
Hopefully the risk has been factored out and it goes smoothly.
I’m a bit of a stadium nerd as you know. However it’s all about factors.
1. The stand is as I say relatively small, so none of the steelwork will be specially made, should all be stock. The bigger you go the more difficult it gets as you probably know and this stand I’d really quite modest.
2. It’s stand alone so no nasty joints to other structures, often a killer problem.
3. Demolition of previous structure should be easy as it’s a hugely primitive structure, wouldn’t be surprised if it had no foundations.
4. Access is superb and site is flat.
5. I’d suggest they took it on because 12 million is a top mark price with plenty of wiggle room. I’d suggest it’s 20% above standard cost and double what it would have cost 5 years ago.
Can’t see any fear of an overspend or any serious delays. Helps that essentially it has council backing all be it on a third party level. I reckon most developers would see it as a fair bet.
