Liverpool have released time-lapse footage to show the progress of construction work on their expanded main stand at Anfield.
The work, which began on Jan. 8, will see 8,500 seats added to the stand -- increasing stadium capacity to more than 53,000 -- and is set to be completed during the 2016-17 season.
Construction company Carillion has completed the foundation work on the project, as well as laying the metal decking which will hold the stand's floor in place.
The club have confirmed that the stadium's current capacity, which stands at just over 45,000, will be reduced by 540 seats next season as building work takes place.
Plans to extend the main stand by adding an extra tier of seating were given final approval by Liverpool City Council in December.
Liverpool also have outline planning permission to expand the Anfield Road End by adding 4,800 seats, which would take capacity above 58,000 although no time frame has been set for this work to be completed.
PHOTOS: Here are some of the latest official images of the Main Stand expansion work taking place at Anfield #LFC pic.twitter.com/2TsgUhyizQ
- Liverpool FC (@LFC) April 30, 2015
The expansion of the stadium is part of a £260 million programme -- a partnership between the football club, the council and local social housing group Your Housing -- to regenerate the Anfield area of Liverpool.
It was first announced in October 2012, when Liverpool's American owners Fenway Sports Group (FSG) -- who have been in charge since 2010 -- confirmed their intention to redevelop the ground rather than push ahead with plans for a new stadium in neighbouring Stanley Park.
The development marks the first significant expansion of Anfield since the Centenary Stand replaced the old Kemlyn Road Stand in 1992, although the Kop and Anfield Road stands were also rebuilt during the 1990s.