The first low-level raker beams to reach ground level at Everton Stadium have been installed.

The steelwork, which supports the concrete terracing, has been bolted into both corners of the north stand.

The work coincides with the de-jacking of the blue, vertical hydraulic support trestles, which have served their purpose in holding up the roof trusses until fully installed and self-supporting.

The removal of the two, taller trestles will allow for the remaining low-level raker beams to be installed across the length of the north stand, in preparation for the terracing to extend down to ground level.

Terracing will also be infilled in the existing gaps of the lower tier of the north stand, once the two shorter support trestles and platforms are dismantled.

That process will then be replicated in the south stand - once the two, remaining roof-truss lifts for the third and final full-span truss are installed - to complete the terrace installations at both ends of the new stadium.

Meanwhile, on the west stand, steelwork is now visible as the roof barrel begins to take shape. The ‘A frames’ are being assembled at ground level before being bolted into place on the roof, where the curved shape is already becoming evident.

Eventually, cantilevered roofing will sit on top of this and extend out over the west stand, supported by the roof barrel steelwork.

Again, that process will soon be replicated in the east stand, where the upper tier raker beams are already extending across the roof in preparation for the stadium’s final terracing.

Preliminary internal fit-outs are now well underway in three levels of the west stand and two in the east stand.

Soffits are being fixed to the roofs on those levels, along with stud walls and room partitioning, while pitch-facing glazing is currently being installed on the mid-levels of the west stand.

Externally, excavations continue at ground level, in the space between the east stand and Hydraulic Tower, for the installation of two giant underground tanks for the harvesting of rainwater.

This space will eventually house two subterranean tanks, which will sustainably collect rainwater to be used across the stadium, for example in flushing toilets.

Finally, on the western terrace, the foundations are in for the sub-station that will provide utilities to the site, and the outside television broadcast compound.

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