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London 2012 Update

Posted on Mon, 28 July 2008 11:08:48

Smaart Publising caught up with Olympic 2012 team and talked to them about the biggest construction project in europe...London 2012

We have to deliver a project twice the size of Heathrow Terminal Five in half the time and are on track to deliver. All our milestones to date have been hit as we take forward the planning of the Games venues and their long-term legacy use hand in hand.

In the last year we have agreed the site plan and our timetable for delivery. We have submitted one of the largest planning applications in European history.

The first construction project – the underground tunnels for the powerlines – has been completed on time and to budget.

Stage one – the planning and set up for the Olympic Park is drawing to a close, as stage two commeces – what we are calling ‘demolish, dig, design’. This means getting the site ready for the construction work that will begin in earnest in summer 2008. The 2.5 square kilometre site is contaminated land, so we will be undertaking significant remediation work to clean it up. We also have to demolish a large number of buildings.

At the same time we are preparing the designs for the sporting venues that, alongside the Olympic Village, will be the centerpiece of the new Olympic Park.

We are setting out 10 major delivery milestones to the Beijing Games in August 2008. They are challenging, but it is important that we are transparent and accountable and that people can judge how we are doing. These will provide the foundations for the construction of the venues and infrastructure for the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games, and the legacy beyond.

The building of the Olympic Park is one of the largest construction and engineering projects in Europe.

Approximately 7.9 million spectators are expected to attend the various events over the 16 days of the Olympic Games.

Eleven days of competition during the Paralympic Games will bring 1.5 million spectators.

Our transport plans for the Games will help transform the Lower Lea Valley into one of the best connected areas in the capital, bringing economic and social benefits that go far beyond 2012, and far beyond sport.

Find out how Europe’s biggest engineering project is progressing by visiting the London 2012 website:



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