'Raise the roof'

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the pink palermo wrote: Well that's the East stand for you ....
There's a small decreasing knot of old buggers in the upper East. My old man's one of them, he's had the same seat for nearly 50 years!

They are our equivalent of soothsayers, tribal elders, and peacepipe smokers. Victor Meldrew in robes.

Of all the people I spoke to about the move, they were the most outspoken. They should be cherished and given an honorary place at an honourable price in the OS but, hey, that's knicker wetting as I understand it and lacking market nouse.

I'm hoping to sit with him for our last season and take a souvenir home. Something like a fragment of Buddha's tooth.
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the pink palermo wrote:

"He did also say that he may well not renew his season ticket next season, .....he's fed up with the dreary atmosphere and constant whinging and whining from people in the ground."

Well that's the East stand for you ....
No need for that Pinky, we cant help it!! LOL :lol:
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Doc H Ball wrote:There's a small decreasing knot of old buggers in the upper East. My old man's one of them, he's had the same seat for nearly 50 years!

They are our equivalent of soothsayers, tribal elders, and peacepipe smokers. Victor Meldrew in robes.

I'm hoping to sit with him for our last season and take a souvenir home. Something like a fragment of Buddha's tooth.
I was hoping to retire in the East .Getting up the Rio upper when I'm 85 may have proved difficult - it's hard enough now .

Hope you get your wish Doc .It'll be a tough time for those with long service awards , I'm sure your presence will be a comfort to him .And he can send you to get the Bovril at half time .
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Back to roofing.

An interesting / boring video (depends if you're a sad moron who enjoys the engineering). It show what will pretty much be happening with the roof over the next few months, with exception of the covering glass in this video, the Olympic stadium will have etfe material for the most part, and I believe a polycarbonate type transparent inner ring for allowing more natural light obviously.
If you have seen the OS lately there are several large white covered cabins that have appeared at even points upon the outer ring of the roof. Judging from the video these must be for tension control points to enable the structure to be lifted evenly. If the tension is not applied evenly there is a real risk that the outer ring will buckle and collapse. That's not handy if you've got several hundred guys / girls working up there (thought I'd add that bit before someone writes that they hope it collapses during the lift ) . Delicate stuff.

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Interesting I am a boring sad moron engineer!!! :D
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eastsider wrote:Interesting I am a boring sad moron engineer!!!
Ah, fellow Moron,

Good man, and I see 740 posts in 4 years, so probably not a pansy office Waller with nowt better to do than wait for the next lorry load of paper clips to arrive. :lol:
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eastsider wrote:Interesting I am a boring sad moron engineer!!!
Ah, fellow Moron,

Good man, and I see 740 posts in 4 years, so probably not a pansy office Waller with nowt better to do than wait for the next lorry load of paper clips to arrive. :lol:[/quote]


Amazing as I wrote this we both had 749 posts!!! LOL Spooky!!!
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A "match made in heaven". :wink:
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Rocketron wrote:A "match made in heaven". :wink:
LOL!
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Rocketron wrote:A "match made in heaven".
Now, now, engineers can't believe in heaven. :D
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Thank you both for taking it in the lighthearted way it was meant. :D
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Building the London Olympic Stadium's new roof

The BBC has been allowed inside London's Olympic Stadium to film the construction of the arena's new roof...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-30133962



.. well that, at least looks pretty impressive so far.. 8-)
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^^^^ Nice to hear the man from Balfour Beatty say "that the stadium wasn't designed for conversion"

1. Every other stupid football fan please note this statement.
2. Yet again another reminder of the arrogance of Seb Coe, decision makers and their cronies, "who needs a roof - us athletes and olympians only run, jump and throw in the summer in front of massive crowds of 25K".
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First of the floodlights have been assembled today, and activity generally is picking up significantly.
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Chaps on SkyScraperCity construction forum reckon both the roof and the retractable seating will be finished ahead of schedule and be completed before the rugby world cup...the new roof is starting to look fantastic :thup:
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pbenjy wrote:A new video.....
http://youtu.be/K_MrvoSR48U
Bloody amazing :thup:
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Question for any structural engineers on here.

With the roof basically hanging off steel ropes, how do they accommodate the ropes' expansion and contraction? I have visions of the roof going up and down like a hooer's drawers in sympathy with the temperature.
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Johnny Byrne's Boots wrote:Question for any structural engineers on here.

With the roof basically hanging off steel ropes, how do they accommodate the ropes' expansion and contraction? I have visions of the roof going up and down like a hooer's drawers in sympathy with the temperature.
I'm no structural engineer but every metal structure flexes in some fashion be they bridges, skyscrapers or roofs. Unless it's about 3 foot or so however I doubt that you will notice.
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Structural engineering article about the reinforcement of the stadium (quite dull);

http://www.nce.co.uk/news/geotechnical/ ... 59.article
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