Thanks for the info 42psi
I see that it makes sense to retain the existing VCR as a back up.
Never quite understood why Ops moved out from their Tower in the first place - where is apron control nowadays?
I always thought it strange that The Ops Tower was to become a bar or whatever as there wasn't a lot of space up there, so I'm not surprised no one has taken the idea up.
According to my contact, work on the actual tower may not start until April - although early January had been talked about as well.
If the details are correct they are talking of pouring concrete at the rate of over 8m per day for 7-10 days, and that sounds like a great speed.
Thanks Scottie - the sod-cutting would be just that - a ceremonial start to proceedings. There will be a lots of services and preparation work before building begins in earnest.
Concrete pouring is not a good idea in the winter anyway if it can be avoided. I can understand that they will want to do it in one go as I believe the cost of bringing in the equipment to do this is a tad expensive
Cheers
Suzeman