Universal Great Britain - Construction Updates

[xtpower]

Are we thinking there will be some sort of official "spade in the ground" moment that's publicised from Universal?

No idea, we assume there should be, but that field is a muddy bog right now, so not sure execs will want to suffer it .

 

[Jake S]

universal execs asking if there’s a nasty bog nearby

 

[EllieB]

No idea, we assume there should be, but that field is a muddy bog right now, so not sure execs will want to suffer it .

If they haven't already realised that Universal branded wellies are a good investment for this project, they soon will.

 

[xtpower]

Thanks to @ProjectUniversal over on his facebook page. We have pictures of a large area of stripped top soil and people investigating.

 

[EllieB]

Gold would be great. What you don't want them to find is unexpected archaeological remains. If they do, they'll have to pause work and call in some archaeologists to excavate and record everything before they can continue.

That's unlikely, thankfully, given that a lot of the site has had construction on before, but the archaeological survey mentioned a varied history on the site so it's not impossible.

 

[xtpower]

Gold would be great. What you don't want them to find is unexpected archaeological remains. If they do, they'll have to pause work and call in some archaeologists to excavate and record everything before they can continue.

That's unlikely, thankfully, given that a lot of the site has had construction on before, but the archaeological survey mentioned a varied history on the site so it's not impossible.

There is excavation to be done, but seems bog standard stuff, nothing particularly exciting was found via the trial trenches. This is less an investigation and more a 'let's find the exact spot for excavation' situation.

 

[EllieB]

If they expected to find anything, I think they'd have targeted it already to get it out of the way early on. Anything they do find is likely to be unexpected, like accidentally discovering a Roman mosaic when they start digging building foundations.

It wouldn't stop construction anyway, not long term, it'd just be a delay.