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London Olympics Legacy Debate

November 24, 2011

With the construction phase all but complete, the question of sustainability is one that keeps cropping up when critics discuss the mega-project that is the 2012 Olympics. The anticipation is building towards fever-pitch for next summers games but what the view [...]

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The Olympic Stadium Wrapped Up

September 13, 2011

‘Worldwide Olympic Partner’ Dow Chemical Company have been confirmed as the supplier of the fabric ‘wrap’ that will complete the new Olympic Stadium in Stratford. Planners had been intended the Olympic Stadium to be fitted with a wrap that would [...]

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London 2012 Progress Report

April 19, 2011

The construction project for the 2012 London Olympics is estimated to be twice the size of Heathrow’s Terminal 5 yet is due to be delivered in half the time. Given the size and complexity of the overall scheme and the [...]

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London 2012 Stadium Legacy

February 22, 2011

With the date of the London Olympics getting ever closer and progress on the stadium well advanced, thoughts have already turned to what happens after the event. London’s bid for the 2012 Olympics was based on the promise that the [...]

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Planning Ahead to Avoid Delhi-Like Debacle at London 2012

October 22, 2010

As the Commonwealth Games in India come to an end, thoughts turn increasingly to the London Olympics in 2012. And the main thought from a construction point of view is to avoid the problems and last-minute panics that Delhi has [...]

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