Everton stadium roof starts to take shape
Contractor Laing O’Rourke has installed the first of five roof trusses for the Toffees’ Bramley-Moore Dock home, set to open in time for the 2024-2025 football season.
The truss is made up of three 100-tonne steelwork sections, each of which was assembled on the ground and had to be lifted individually into place. This truss now sits atop the stadium’s north stand. Soon it will be joined by a second truss on the same stand, followed by three on the south stand.
The finished trusses will be between 150 metres and 175 metres.
Everton Football Club locked Laing O’Rourke into a £500m construction contract for the project in April. The contractor has been on the site since 2021.
Everton estimates that the new stadium will contribute £1.3bn to the country’s economy and attract 1.4m visitors to Liverpool each year.
When complete, the Bramley-Moore Dock stadium will be capable of holding 53,000 fans. US-based Meis Studio is the concept architect for the project, with Pattern as the technical architect. Meis Studio founder Dan Meis was subsequently granted a guardianship role in the project.
