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Well, the ground is drying out and it's crane heaven - counted 3 today.  Construction is really progressing great now and the whole site looks massive.  Great progress to the guys working on it - very impressive British Workmen at their best!!!!!

The Big Crane is Here!!!!!

The big crane has arrived!  It is being used to lift roofing material onto the roof of M&S.  It's very impressive indeed.  The rest of the build continues from the perimeter of the site moving inwards.  The site is very waterlogged due to lots of rain over the last month but it hasn't halted progress at all.

The area adjacent to Tesco is also coming on well and the buildings are considerably taller than Tesco.

Latest Progress

Here is a picture taken by the Sports Centre.  Most of the buildings here are low rise so I expect them to be smaller shops and, please, the new restaurants.  Can't wait for those.

The second picture shows the two cutouts in the floor in M&S presumably for escalators and emergency stairs.  There is also concrete being poured at the base which I think will be the loading bay.

Big Progress Despite the Rain

I have just come back from my two week holiday.  Marks and Spencer now has the mezzanine deck in it and they are putting the roof on.  Amazing the amount of steelwork there.

The second picture shows the progress towards the Sports Centre, building inwards from the Tesco side.  It all looks a lot bigger than I imagined.  Will get some more photos soon.