Nevertheless, there must be [isome[/i rules about putting bricks, pick-axes, etc. in the hands of Salford kids.

Never mind the credit crunch, if Pev was allowed to volunteer to build the stadium there'd be a builders bum so large that it would block out the sun and cause a new ice age!!

cheeky do i detect a little jealousy there

I cannot see any responsible contractor even thinking about that. With it being a new build then more than likley they would sign upto a considerate contractors scheme which i think that one of the requirements state that all employees should have the basic knowledge of Health & safety and to either have a CSCS card or to be working to.

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Yes, but that's a choice and not a law, and secondly, there's nothing stopping "volunteers" being trained up to be competent.



Obviously we're talking hypothetically here anyway - none of us are really likely to spend our spare time building a stadium, but as someone who works in health and safety I get fed up of people giving it a bad name by hiding behind "health and safety" as an excuse for not doing something.



Would we get away with having the whole stadium built as one massive practical project for the Salford City College HNC in Construction?

Totally correct Iain



and as most H&S is based on European laws (e.g the six pack) - surely it'll roughly the same for both (allowing for Common Law - which we have and they don't!).

Nothing hypothetical in my statement Iain. If it could be arranged I would happily donate some time to the project next Summer during my break from education.

Another option could be that you culd work the price off a season ticket/membership by working on the stadium. (now that is a good idea)

I have groups of youngsters looking for work placements in construction so our college could join with Salford college as a joint venture.

When is the big announcement regarding the stadium that was promised by JW at the awards evening? Have i missed it or has it not been yet?

If you look back in history you will see that this was the method that Hilton park was built just after the war



Basically the people of the town built the majority of the ground



No new on Barton I take it