hamlet Posted January 9 Report Share Posted January 9 32 minutes ago, Albanian Buddy said: The academy refurb was due to cost around £80K iirc. Those costs have far exceeded that original estimation. Can you explain what were the additional costs and and by how much. From memory this rectangular box was built prior to to the huge hike In cost of matetials. Did the council add costs due to the disregard for planning permission? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callum Gilhooley Posted January 9 Report Share Posted January 9 37 minutes ago, Cookie Monster said: 1 hour ago, Albanian Buddy said: The academy refurb was due to cost around £80K iirc. Those costs have far exceeded that original estimation. That was also down to the enlarged facilities the club eventually got. & The massive increases in raw materials costs 🙁 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albanian Buddy Posted January 9 Report Share Posted January 9 1 hour ago, Cookie Monster said: 1 hour ago, Albanian Buddy said: The academy refurb was due to cost around £80K iirc. Those costs have far exceeded that original estimation. That was also down to the enlarged facilities the club eventually got. Quadrupled costs though? Must be quite something! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamlet Posted January 9 Report Share Posted January 9 41 minutes ago, Callum Gilhooley said: & The massive increases in raw materials costs 🙁 Building condidered/commenced in November 2021 prior to the massive increases in material costs, as I said. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraway saint Posted January 9 Report Share Posted January 9 19 minutes ago, hamlet said: Building condidered/commenced in November 2021 prior to the massive increases in material costs, as I said. I can't say about building materials in general but the cost of wood went through the roof early/mid 2022. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albanian Buddy Posted January 9 Report Share Posted January 9 18 minutes ago, hamlet said: Building condidered/commenced in November 2021 prior to the massive increases in material costs, as I said. Are you referring to the academy refurbish? That started during the early part of lockdown. It would seem that there are people ITK about the academy refurbishment costs. One of the reasons put forward by other ITK people is that “many academy staff have been released from employment due to spiralling costs with the refurbishment” Others ITK have said “There are young players leaving our club as coaching staff have been forced out.” The first time the club publicly announced the new “executive boxes” was July 2022 as per the OP. A commercial organisation would always factor some “fat” to cater for an increase in building costs (or work to fixed price margins) but a 100% increase for the “executive boxes” or in reality converted shipping containers seems a bit excessive especially as I’ve seen costs of those items reduced in price today. It is more likely that whoever at the club did the costings for the “executive boxes” dropped a ball in terms of the total cost of ownership to factor in additional costs to run, maintain, etc. As for the “alleged quadrupling” costs for the refurbishment of the academy then perhaps the annual accounts and forthcoming AGM will shed some truth behind that. The refurbishment of the Academy only finished this season despite it starting not long after March 2020 when the club used the shutdown opportunity to move the players training to the stadium. Even when the supporters got back into the stadium the players were still using it to train on gym equipment and changing facilities. I am so far from being “ITK”. It’s better not to proceed with a vanity project if it doesn’t make a profit but the redundancies of coaches from our academy is a worry moving forward. But then again. Maybe the Academy is a vanity project. What’s the point in having it when our manager signs 25 year old strikers who have only scored twice in 7 seasons as a professional footballer? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jocky Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 On 7/11/2022 at 6:22 PM, Jocky said: I have to wonder if this has been fully thought through ...........and the answer would appear to be no 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waldorf34 Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 19 hours ago, Albanian Buddy said: Are you referring to the academy refurbish? That started during the early part of lockdown. It would seem that there are people ITK about the academy refurbishment costs. One of the reasons put forward by other ITK people is that “many academy staff have been released from employment due to spiralling costs with the refurbishment” Others ITK have said “There are young players leaving our club as coaching staff have been forced out.” The first time the club publicly announced the new “executive boxes” was July 2022 as per the OP. A commercial organisation would always factor some “fat” to cater for an increase in building costs (or work to fixed price margins) but a 100% increase for the “executive boxes” or in reality converted shipping containers seems a bit excessive especially as I’ve seen costs of those items reduced in price today. It is more likely that whoever at the club did the costings for the “executive boxes” dropped a ball in terms of the total cost of ownership to factor in additional costs to run, maintain, etc. As for the “alleged quadrupling” costs for the refurbishment of the academy then perhaps the annual accounts and forthcoming AGM will shed some truth behind that. The refurbishment of the Academy only finished this season despite it starting not long after March 2020 when the club used the shutdown opportunity to move the players training to the stadium. Even when the supporters got back into the stadium the players were still using it to train on gym equipment and changing facilities. I am so far from being “ITK”. It’s better not to proceed with a vanity project if it doesn’t make a profit but the redundancies of coaches from our academy is a worry moving forward. But then again. Maybe the Academy is a vanity project. What’s the point in having it when our manager signs 25 year old strikers who have only scored twice in 7 seasons as a professional footballer? Someone who has only scored 2 goals in 7 seasons should not be called a striker by any standards! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slarti Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 14 minutes ago, waldorf34 said: Someone who has only scored 2 goals in 7 seasons should not be called a striker by any standards! What if they are skinny with red hair and therefore resemble a matchstick? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddiecat Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 Executive boxes, poorly costed, poorly planned and hideous to look at. The board member in charge of the project resigned before this story about shelving the idea was published. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jocky Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 I suspect the increased costs will also probably relate to all the things that would have been required through more detailed design and weren't necessarily shown on the outline drawings. These could have been significant. I noticed that Killie have installed what looks like executive boxes at the back of the stand opposite the one we were in. Those looked like a much more cost effective and practical solution than what we were proposing. Killie's boxes would probably have utilised things like existing accesses/escapes, shared toilets, no foundations , no drainage , existing roof etc. Something similar could perhaps be done at the Family Stand with the loss of some seats to the rear half over part of the stand's width?? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastlandssaint Posted January 11 Report Share Posted January 11 Kilmarnock's Rugby Park revamp blueprints approved by council planners - Daily Record 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beyond our ken Posted January 23 Report Share Posted January 23 I thought we were looking at office space and extended hospitality in the corners several years ago. Theproximity to the airport being the big incentive. The airport needs a bit of visible and tangible carbon offsetting and a solar hub, geo-thermal heating hub and EV charging point for airport vehicles would be attractive to them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albanian Buddy Posted January 23 Report Share Posted January 23 Just now, beyond our ken said: I thought we were looking at office space and extended hospitality in the corners several years ago. Theproximity to the airport being the big incentive. The airport needs a bit of visible and tangible carbon offsetting and a solar hub, geo-thermal heating hub and EV charging point for airport vehicles would be attractive to them. There are so many formal managed office locations around the airport that this is not a viable option for our club. There are relatively new office locations at Marchfield Drive just by the airport. In addition the managed office facilities at Business First at the Linwood-A737 roundabout are outstanding with different levels of service plus the ability to utilise other BF facilities elsewhere in the UK. https://businessfirst.co.uk/office-suites/glasgow-offices 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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