When you refer to developers are you refering to housing developers or general contractors?

If it is the latter then there are more than enough contractors who want to win work. In my office we are seeing a significant reduction in tendered rates so it is more than possible that a few quid could be saved which could be millions for a scheme of this size.

No it hasn't, the warehouses, which were the only buildings actually on the area where the Saints ground will be, are still there. I'm told that Pilks still have a lot of glass stored in them.

Anyone going past the site can see the warehouses still standing.

I thought as much, out of interest does the different tender types mean?

Seems like you are being sad now!

However there are a multitude of different ways to tender for construction work. I'll drop an e-mail to Langtree in the morning to try and find out.

I just thought all these posters with the finger on the pulse of all that is St Helens rugby league might already know.... hence my first question.

And curious as well now!

I've been told that there is no glass left, and if there is any left on site it is scrap as it has been damaged beyond use.

The glass has been scrapped at least a couple of weeks so hopefully the warehouses will be gone shortly and they can start preparing the land for construction.

The new bridge is now in place. That was a condition of the grant of approval as it allows access for "emergency vehicles"

what new bridge ? , there isn`t one connecting the site to the town centre the only bridge over the linkway is the old railway bridge.

There is, trust me.

Enquiry sent to Langtree. I'll let you know if I get anything back.

However it was disappointing that Langtree's website had no details of the invitation for expressions of interest from contractors for the stadium development. I guess they will be using external cost consultants who will be managing this part of the process on their behalf but I would have thought they would have used their website as a further means of notifying the market, as well as us nosey fans!



I am sure they know what they are doing though.

we hope!

is right, a bridge over the finger post stretch of the link road as not yet been built.

The canal bridge has been built.

So we have got one of the two bridges in place.

The other Bridge will proably be one of the last things to be put in place.

ive a funny feeling about this stadium..
ill believe it when im sitting in it..

I am sure I read that the canal bridge was something to do with the new building on the other side of the canal and nothing to do with the stadium

According to McManus in his radio interview recently, it had taken longer to secure the finances than was originally anticipated. Probably the Taylor Wimpey situation caused the delay, though that's just me speculating.


That's the dealine for starting work, apparently.

ted.europa.eu/Exec?DataFlow=N_li ... tatLang=EN full tender notice details. Contract available worth £24m for: 1) A stadium for St. Helens Rugby League Football Club with a minimum capacity of 17 980, 2) Site Clearance, 3) Demolition including asbestos removal where relevant, 4) Remediation, 5) Landscaping to Public Realm Works. plus, £18m for the Tesco store and £2m for infrastructure work. Deadline for initial expressions of interest is 22nd July with further info being sent out 7th August.

ted.europa.eu/Exec?DataFlow=N_li ... tatLang=EN full tender notice details. Contract available worth £24m for: 1) A stadium for St. Helens Rugby League Football Club with a minimum capacity of 17 980, 2) Site Clearance, 3) Demolition including asbestos removal where relevant, 4) Remediation, 5) Landscaping to Public Realm Works. plus, £18m for the Tesco store and £2m for infrastructure work. Deadline for initial expressions of interest is 22nd July with further info being sent out 7th August.

If I fund this, can we get a gang together from this forum to build it ?

Says session timed out (I think ) in French , why is it in French anyway?

British jobs for British workers



Its a joke before everyone gets high and mighty

BNP Party 74,567 votes
Labour party 13 votes

If they gave the stadium contract to a french firm and french workers, the BNP (British Nazi Party) would be in town drumming up support within 20 - 30 seconds.

just type "st helens" in the search box on the left, it will come back

I heard that too.

The government grant was awarded in part to build that access road but I'm not sure where it was supposed to begin on this side of the linkway?

The government grant was also for cleansing the site. That work should have started by now, or at least be starting imminently, as Pilks' lease on the bottle storage was due to end in April.

Anyone heard anything about the stoopid bottle shop that looked like it could have killed the whole thing off before the credit crunch took over as the main threat?

According to my source (he built the bridge, not on his own although he will tell everyone he did

I lie but he is my son-in law, so it's allowed) the bridge had to be built as part of the planning consent to allow access for emergency vehicles.