The first of the steel roof trusses at Everton Stadium has gone up with the target for them to all be in place by Easter next year. Work has begun to hoist the 15 pre-assembled sections of steel, each weighing around 100 tonnes, into place atop the north and south stands of Everton’s future 52,888 capacity home.
Weather permitting, the second lift will take place next week on the south stand, mirroring the initial installation in the north. Construction partners Laing O’Rourke have been planning the roof truss operation for two years, and this has been critical to work progressing on schedule.
Principal Engineer Steven Farden said: “The first lift was executed really well on the day. It was probably only an eight-hour operation from start to finish, but when we talk about the amount of planning and resource that went into that, the team planning and management and coordinating all that around a live construction site, it was a really complex operation.
