SUFC: The Future RH Redevelopment

[barton west]

Indeed, anyone with vertigo will be very fearful.

The steepest stand I know of is at the Memorial Ground, Bristol Rovers. I do suffer from vertigo, and I’m scared stiff to go near it.

 

[shrimpled]

Ultimately, the design of the stand will be predicated on the findings of the feasibility study, so posting photos of nice-to-haves is great, but ultimately flies in the face of how the actual process will work from this point onwards.
The feasibility study is critical - if you put good quality research in, you get a quality brief out the other end.

Do you have full faith in the appointments SUFC have made to deliver that?

Appreciate you may not want to put personal views out regarding those organisations what with your line of work but someone who knows nothing about this if you say that theyre of the right pedigree that would be enough for me.

 

[BriggBlue]

Out of interest what takes priority. Do you design the seating view and then kit out the useable space underneath / behind it with other things such as hospitality, club offices, club shop, venue hire etc to fit around that or vice versa?

That will be something that the club will have to included as the scope of the feasibility study, it will most likely include some form of optioneering but they must have issued some form of statement of requirements otherwise the study will be pointless.

That said I've worked on engineering projects where the customer genuinely doesn't have a clue what they want and continually change the scope, they pull a surprised pikachu face when they get an additional estimate for the change.

 

[Reefs]

Do you have full faith in the appointments SUFC have made to deliver that?

Appreciate you may not want to put personal views out regarding those organisations what with your line of work but someone who knows nothing about this if you say that theyre of the right pedigree that would be enough for me.

I know them all but it isn't my place to comment either way.

 

[Reefs]

Out of interest what takes priority. Do you design the seating view and then kit out the useable space underneath / behind it with other things such as hospitality, club offices, club shop, venue hire etc to fit around that or vice versa?

Chicken and egg - you need a well defined brief before you do anything.
Once you know what functionality you need and what minimum capacity requirements you have, a good architect with sport & leisure pedigree should be able to formulate something worthwhile - ergo, the feasibility design.
Once you have this, you can then start refining / streamlining the scope and aesthetic to meet a target budget figure.

 

[South Bank Hank]

posting photos of nice-to-haves is great

Good man!

 

[Tommy2holes]

What sort of timescale do we expect for the work to start on the east and complete.

Roots Hall is a dinosaur of a stadium and the east stand is literally crumbling

 

[GBJ]

What sort of timescale do we expect for the work to start on the east and complete.

Roots Hall is a dinosaur of a stadium and the east stand is literally crumbling

From memory, the slated date to commence works was summer 2027, I think, with a working timeline of around 2 years to complete.

Of course, without any concrete plans in place yet, this is all subject to change, I guess.

 

[crypto]

What sort of timescale do we expect for the work to start on the east and complete.

Roots Hall is a dinosaur of a stadium and the east stand is literally crumbling

29.48 Potentially May 2027 start

 

[Tampa Blue]

Indeed my point is to say that it won’t/can’t happen for that reason as the old Hall would need shutting down whilst that happened

 

[Suffolk Shrimper In Dorset]

Found this impressive diagram produced by the club in an early 1970's handbook. Could be useful. Hopefully the new architects will up it a notch in terms of graphic design quality

 

[tallboyblue]

Out of interest has the pitch been re seeded?

 

[henry18]

Out of interest has the pitch been re seeded?

Yes it has

 

[Supershrimper]

Out of interest has the pitch been re seeded?

There was an interview with Justin just before the Wembley game and you could see the pitch in the background had been prepared (not a blade of grass on it) and the recent unveiling shows a decent amount of grass with a month to go before the season begins.

Just hope we get a couple if decent downpours to help top up the water storage to save on using water.

The plan for the new stadium (Fossetts) was to have several large storage tanks underneath the stadium for rainwater collection which could be pumped to and from the training ground storage as and when required.

 

[Blues4LifeDan]

If you look at the picture taken of Austin in the south upper, you can see a big patch in the background that looks like the foxes may have been hard at work again, or the badger.

Big problem again it seems.

 

[Smiffy]

If you look at the picture taken of Austin in the south upper, you can see a big patch in the background that looks like the foxes may have been hard at work again, or the badger.

Big problem again it seems.

Yep I spotted that. Clearly not resolved those issues then. So expect more holes and mini sandpits next season.

 

[Callumturner22]

The training pictures are not in great condition Maher wasn’t best pleased when I spoke to him yesterday at cp charity event .

 

[Blues4LifeDan]

The training pictures are not in great condition Maher wasn’t best pleased when I spoke to him yesterday at cp charity event .

Yes, I thought they looked a bit dead on some of the footage. A real shame and slightly concerning baring in mind the experts they have employed to do both sites.

 

[Callumturner22]

Yes, I thought they looked a bit dead on some of the footage. A real shame and slightly concerning baring in mind the experts they have employed to do both sites.

Yep a big shame for sure .