Over the next few weeks, there will be lots of visible changes on the site as the framework for the Tesco store starts being put together over the next month and a half. I will document that with photos from outside the site and inside and take photos of other areas as they develop.
This photo above was taken looking at the Tesco site from just in front of the tramway station, where a crane is lowering new parts of the frame into place in the background. In the foreground is the fence with one new board outlining the stores intentions as an eco store and the second to the left pointing out that there will be a Costa Coffee outlet on site as well.
One of the workmen in a cherry picker machine as some of the wooden beams are lowered into position by one of two large cranes out of shot.
Here is another photo looking along the tramway in a southerly direction with the perimeter fence lined with Tesco advertising.
The above photo was taken on the 27th of July in the Underfleet car park, where the frame of the store is becoming visibly bigger as well as new advertising on the fence showing some of the features that will be part of the store when it is finished at the end of the year.
This was a view looking onto the site from the roundabout on the Underfleet, where the store already looks quite big, over the next few weeks as the frame is constructed, we will all get a bigger idea of the scale of the store.
Above is a view looking onto the south side of the store with hardcore being laid in the foreground for the pedestrian area and the store framework progressing in the background.
This photo was taken looking at the framework of the store looking from the tramway side of the site. The area on the right hand side is the beginning of the framework for the rear area of the retail space with the frame on the left hand side being part of the deliveries/'.com' area of the store.
Above is a close up photo of the front of the framework as of 22nd July, where the north side of the retail space of the store has just had the first part of it's frame constructed. One of the wooden beams has been pit in place in keeping with the 'eco' description of the store, obviously lots more things to match that description will come in the coming months during the construction of the store.
This photo above shows one of the rollers which has finished rolling hardcore flat for the day by the south side of where the store will sit, with the framework of the rear area of the store in the background.
Above is the view, looking at the back area of the store framework, where the deliveries area will be.
Here is a clear view of the first section of frame that has been constructed over the last day or so. After not seeing anything above the fence since sand surcharge material, everyone going past will be able to watch the store as building work on the frame progresses over the next month or so. The area here, will be the back of the store where the offices and stockrooms will be located.
Above is a rather busy photo looking towards the back of where the store will be with the framework going up and other associated works being completed by the workmen in the foreground of the photo.
This photo was taken next to the tramway, looking at the first major part of the Tesco store that has ben constructed. This section has taken about a day to construct, so there will be a lot more framework up in the next few days when I photograph the site.
This panoramic image, comprised of three photos is taken looking north towards the south side of the Tesco store and it's concrete foundations, with the framework of the back of the store being assembled further back into the photo you go.
This image above was taken with a wide angle lens looking north across the site, with the store framework being erected off to the left hand side and other works on the site happening on the right hand side.
Here is one of the many workmen working in a cherry picker securing parts of the framework of the store together.
Above is a slightly abstract close up photo I took of the first part of the steel frame that has been erected, where the goods area of the store will be with the large black crane lifting sections into place in the background.
The photo above is a combo of two photos of mine, taken from the same spot (1 in April 2010 and the 2nd July 2011) At the top you can clearly see the overgrown area that was where the Tesco store will sit, with the fencing the main thing in the rest of the photo.
Above is a photo looking north across the Tesco site, where a crane has been brought onto site to help lift parts of the framework into place.
The photo above was looking onto the back of the site, where building work on the frame has visibly begun on the delivery area of the store. The white steel beams have been lifted into place on top of the concrete foundation.
This is a view looking onto the site from the west, where you can see the concrete foundations for the Tesco store, with an access road onto the store site marked by the temporary orange fencing.
The photo above shows some of the workmen on site working on what looks like drainage to the east of where the store will be.
The photo above was taken from the riverside workshops looking west across the site, with the Tesco building works visible in the background. You can see that some of the grass on the eastern side of the site has started to grow.
On one of the banks on the site, someone has clearly walked up since the grass seed has been sprayed on and grass has already started growing within the footprints.
