February 23 marked one year since Liverpool councillors agreed to build Everton’s new stadium. Construction began six months ago and the first stage was to fill in the abandoned dock, which will be replaced by the future home of "The Toffees".

Bramley-Moore Dock Stadium will be unique. And it's not just about the unusual design, which involves creating an arena for nearly 53,000 spectators based on two blocks. The lower one will be made on a square plan, with a brick façade inspired by the port buildings. The upper body will be round, modern, openwork, made of steel and glass.

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But the thing that above all makes "The Toffees" stadium stand out is the localization. The arena is being constructed on the site where a harbour dock was originally built in 1848. The facility had been used for 140 years until the closure of a nearby coal mine. Today we know that the site, which historically has great value (the entire dockline is UNESCO-listed), will be given new life. All thanks to Everton and its fans, who are expected to fill the stands of the new stadium in 2024.

Since the day the foundation stone was laid, work has continued at a rapid pace. First, the contractors demolished the buildings which were not listed in the register of historical monuments and secured the old hydraulic tower from 1883, the gate and part of the wall. This is where the fans' plaza and the entrance to the stadium area will eventually be located.

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In the next step, the animals that inhabited the dock were moved to new locations and the water was searched for unexploded World War II ordnance. Then the main work could begin, which involved infilling the huge container. The sand used for this came from the bottom of the sea. A total of 500,000 m³ of this material was used.

Once the dock was filled, a 16-ton compaction machine went to work. A 30 cm thick layer of stone was then placed on top of the sand. Then, two piling machines - working almost non-stop - drove 2,500 vertical foundations into the newly-created ground. It will hold up the entire building in the future.

Currently, prefabricated concrete elements are emerging from the ground. Laing O'Rourke, the stadium's contractor, is producing them outside the construction site and then transporting and assembling them on-site.

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Everton claims the new stadium will generate $1 billion in revenue for the city and provide 15,000 jobs (12,000 under construction). On top of that, it is estimated that the facility will attract around 1.4 million tourists, which will also generate huge revenues.

We would like to invite you to watch a video on our YouTube channel, in which you can find the most important information about the design and see how work on the construction is progressing: