Spanner in the works

Unfortunately, as some of you may already have noticed, the stadium webcam is currently offline. I am therefore unable to report on liftings as effectively as before. We'll still be doing weekend updates. Meanwhile, I've started a smaller, what would be termed affiliate blog on the South African ADSL industry moving towards 2010. It's main focus is the revolutionary undersea cables laid by a company called Seacom and how they are about to completely overhaul the current ADSL landscape. Please feel free to have a look at it here. It is not yet quite the finished product however. For future reference, the link to this blog will be available under the Associate Sites heading.

Moving along...

Things are moving along well, with number 22 having been lifted this morning. Otherwise, cladding, PTFE, as well as outside landscaping are becoming the focus as we move in earnest towards the likely April/May completion date.

Arriving at the current 'action-end' of the stadium, one is greeted by an awesome sight. In this case, 22 is ready for lifting, with 23, 24 and 25 nearing the vital stage.

The cantilevered roof provides cover for the majority of the spectators. The finished product can be seen in this picture. Cladding is continuing at a much faster rate, now moving around this corner.

Complete and ready for action.

PTFE in place.

Scaffolding as cladding is attached to more girders.

The beautiful finished product. A somewhat worrisome thing however, maybe not properly seeable in this size picture, is the gaps between PTFE and cladding. One hopes they will be filled in.

Further preparation for the construction of the interlinking bridge.