Laing O'Rourke has been appointed as preferred contractor for Everton Football Club's new 52,000 capacity stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock on Liverpool’s waterfront.
Work on the new stadium is expected to start later this year, subject to planning consent, and is expected to take three years.
At the heart of Everton’s proposals is a brick, steel and glass stadium design which takes its inspiration from the historic maritime and warehouse buildings nearby. Designed by MEIS architects, the stadium structure combines the historic and modern, with the brick base incorporating a subtle nod to Goodison Park’s famous Archibald Leitch lattice work, while the dynamic roof structure is made from steel and glass giving the stadium a modern finish.
The proposed waterfront stadium comprises of four distinctive stands, including a large, steep ‘home end’ which will house 13,000 Evertonians.