Why is Falmer going to take so long?

[dylan_bha]

Can anyone explain why it will take sooooo long to even get started on the build on our stadium once we are given permission?? It is so frustrating that as fans even when we finally do get persmission it is gonna take an age to build the stadium - WHY

Look at stadiums like St Mary's and how quickly they were built, what is the problem?

Quote insider

We have appointed financial advisors to assist us with the assembly of the funding as soon as planning permission is granted. We cannot make any meaningful progress on this until we have the planning permission in our hands and the Challenge period has expired. But there are a number of activities that will have to run in parallel with this before we can start on site.

We will have to appoint a main contractor - through a competitive tender process, serve notices on all the existing tenants and demolish the University buildings as soon as they have been vacated. Even if we get planning permission in June or July of this year the earliest start date on site is not likely to be until April/May 2008.

 

[bhafc99]

Um, think Insider has answered your question for you!

 

[dylan_bha]

Er.. no he hasn't - permission June, no work staring until May the following year..... want me to do the maths for you??

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Er.. no he hasn't - permission June, no work staring until May the following year.....

Try reading the sentence before that one in Insider's reply, y'know that stuff about appointing contractors and knocking down buildings

 

[CHAPPERS]

Er.. no he hasn't - permission June, no work staring until May the following year..... want me to do the maths for you??

Errrrr yes he has.

We will have to appoint a main contractor - through a competitive tender process, serve notices on all the existing tenants and demolish the University buildings as soon as they have been vacated.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Competitive tender processes can be relatively long and drawn out affairs. They are designed to help select the best contractor available. There are many issues to deal with before selecting the contractor - It is not as simple as picking the cheapest one. There are all sorts of details to consider.

 

[Tommy Cook reporting]

After ten effing years trying to get the planning permission, I think 9mths before they start building aint bad at all!!

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

As long as they are not Australian

**new wembley**

 

[Caveman]

Errrrr yes he has.

We will have to appoint a main contractor - through a competitive tender process, serve notices on all the existing tenants and demolish the University buildings as soon as they have been vacated.

 

[Oli]

Competitive tender processes can be relatively long and drawn out affairs. They are designed to help select the best contractor available. There are many issues to deal with before selecting the contractor - It is not as simple as picking the cheapest one. There are all sorts of details to consider.

Well I for one am fed up with long and drawn out affairs.

 

[dylan_bha]

Maybe I've read it wrong, not sure....

Serve notice, what will that be 6 months? At the same time invite tenders for contract and work could start at the beginning of 2008? Sorry but to me it just seems like an overly long period, especially when we have been guarunteed the money is there waiting on hold.

My mate did a lot of work for St Mary's and once he'd won his contract was told how important it was to deliver his components quickly - he eventually had a workforce working 24/7...

 

[dylan_bha]

Competitive tender processes can be relatively long and drawn out affairs. They are designed to help select the best contractor available. There are many issues to deal with before selecting the contractor - It is not as simple as picking the cheapest one. There are all sorts of details to consider.

Have a look at the banner over by the northstand where the players run out and I think you'll find the answer to this one....

 

[Uncle Buck]

Have a look at the banner over by the northstand where the players run out and I think you'll find the answer to this one....

I am pretty sure Adenstar have already said the stadium project will be too big for them.

They are likely to bid for some of the work but not as the main contractor.

 

[Caveman]

Have a look at the banner over by the northstand where the players run out and I think you'll find the answer to this one....

Probably not wrong.

 

[Publius Ovidius]

Probably not wrong.

If that is the Adenstar one, surely they are no where near big enough for a £50 million contract


Timescale....

Assuming some delays for badgers, abseiling lesbians etc

May 2008 all agreed and contractors set on
18 months to build the ground - with delays = Jan 2010
Therefore presumably, we are looking to start the season 2010/2011 in Falmer

Where is Uncle Spielberg and his bookies number because they are tight timesclales for the ground to be completed before the 2012 Olympics?

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME

Field of Dreams (1989)
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Directed by
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Kevin Costner ... Ray Kinsella

Amy Madigan ... Annie Kinsella

Gaby Hoffmann ... Karin Kinsella

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Mary Anne Kean ... Feed Store Lady
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Michael Milhoan ... Buck Weaver (3B)
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[dylan_bha]

http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cach...ek+Chapman"+adenstar&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=uk

 

[Commander]

Assuming some delays for badgers

Honey Badgers?

 

[dylan_bha]

Sorry don't think my last link worked:

Clicky

 

[Rougvie]

Is the funding of the project actually in place ?

That would be my main concern, cant see many financial institutions lining up to lend us money for a stadium that 'may' be half empty most of the time, no this money is coming privately, so I hope we are banging on the right doors !