Olympic Delivery Authority

The Big Build: Completion

Milestones to 27 July 2011

July 2010

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Authority (ODA) has set out in advance the
milestones it has planned to achieve for different
In April 2007 the Olympic Delivery Authority
phases of the project.
(ODA) set out 10 major milestones that it
planned to achieve by the Closing Ceremony
The first 10 milestones – known as ‘Demolish, Dig,
of the Beijing 2008 Games.
Design’ – focused on preparing the site for the main
construction
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provide theinfrastructure
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the delivery and Paralympic
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the the legacy
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2012 2012.
Olympic and Paralympic
Games and the legacy beyond.
The second 10 were the first phase of construction –
The delivery of these milestones on time and
‘The Big Build: Foundations’. They focused on putting
within budget will be underpinned by five
in place the foundations of the main venues and
priority themes: design and accessibility,
infrastructure in the Olympic Park. These were followed
equality and inclusion, health and safety,
by the next phase – ‘The Big Build: Structures’.
legacy and sustainability.
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its milestones.
This document sets out 10 new milestones that the
This publication sets out these 10 milestones
ODA plans to achieve by 27 July 2011 – a date
and the progress made by the end of 2007.
one year from the Opening Ceremony of the
London 2012 Olympic Games.

The construction of the venues and infrastructure for the London 2012 Games is funded by the National Lottery
through the Olympic Lottery Distributor, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, the Mayor of London and
the London Development Agency.

On the cover: a view from inside the Olympic Stadium

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Foreword Page 5

Aerial view of the Olympic Park, June 2010 Page 6

Part one: Previous milestones Page 8

Milestones to the Beijing 2008 Games – Demolish, Dig, Design
Milestones to 27 July 2009 – The Big Build: Foundations
Milestones to 27 July 2010 – The Big Build: Structures

Part two: Milestones to 27 July 2011 Page 11

Milestone 01: Construction of the Olympic Stadium will be complete Page 12
and the venue ready to be handed over.

Milestone 02: Construction of the Aquatics Centre will be complete Page 14

and the venue ready to be handed over.

Milestone 03: Construction of the Velodrome will be complete and Page 16

the venue ready to be handed over.

Milestone 04: Construction of the International Broadcast Centre/ Page 18

Main Press Centre (IBC/MPC) will be complete and ready for
occupation by the Olympic Broadcasting Service and the
London 2012 Organising Committee.

Milestone 05: Construction of the Handball and Basketball Arenas Page 20

will be complete and the venues ready to be handed over.

Milestone 06: Construction of the Lee Valley White Water Centre Page 22
will be complete and the venue handed over to Lee Valley Regional
Park Authority.

Milestone 07: Construction work on Eton Manor and Royal Artillery Page 24
Barracks will be underway and on track to be completed as planned
in spring 2012.

Milestone 08: The external structure of the Olympic Village will Page 26
be finished with the internal fit out complete in most of the blocks.

Milestone 09: Construction of all permanent bridges will be complete. Page 28

All utilities will be operational. Landscaping will be well advanced
across the Park.

Milestone 10: Construction work at Stratford Regional Station will Page 32

be complete, with Londoners already benefiting from hundreds
of millions of pounds of additional investment across London’s
transport system.

Priority themes Page 36

Design and accessibility; Employment and skills; Equality and
inclusion; Health, safety and security; Legacy; Sustainability

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27 July 2010 marks two years to go to the Opening Ceremony of the
London 2012 Olympic Games. Over the past 12 months, the Olympic Park
has changed dramatically. With the structures of the main sporting venues
complete, you can now get a real feel for the layout of the Park and the
compact nature of the site.

We would like to pay tribute to our world-class contractors and workforce

who have, once again, helped us to hit all our milestones. There have been
many challenges over the past year – not least the very difficult winter – but
they have risen to them all.

We are now entering our final year of the ‘big build’ – the construction of
John Armitt
the main venues and infrastructure on the Park – and we are setting ourselves
Chairman
10 challenging completion milestones for the coming year.
Olympic Delivery Authority
As an organisation, the Olympic Delivery Authority said in 2006 that it
would complete the main construction work by summer 2011, so the major
venues are ready to be handed over. We are on track to do this, but we
are not complacent: this remains the most challenging phase of the project.
Health and safety must remain our highest priority.

We are doing all this in what is obviously a difficult economic environment.

Our programme is helping to create thousands of jobs up and down the
country, as well as filling order books for UK plc.

As the Games get closer, the eyes of the world will increasingly turn to
London. As the venues are completed, people will see for themselves
the exciting stage for the Games in 2012 and the lasting legacy for
David Higgins London and the UK that will be left as a result.
Chief Executive
Olympic Delivery Authority

After the ‘big build’

Although the main venues and infrastructure are on track to be completed

a year before the London 2012 Games, there will still be some limited work
on the Olympic Park in the final year, as was always planned.

For example, the Olympic Village has always had a later completion date
in autumn 2011.

With the main construction finished across the site, we will be able to open
up and begin work on the fringes of the Park. For example, the site of the
warm-up track in the south of the Park is currently the location of a logistics
hub and concrete batching plant. Eton Manor in the north of the Park will
be completed in spring 2012.

In the final year, works will also be underway on some of the temporary
facilities, including the Water Polo Arena, located next to the Aquatics Centre,
An artist’s impression of the inside of the the catering facilities in the International Broadcast Centre/Main Press Centre,
Water Polo Arena during the Games and the Shooting venue in Woolwich Arsenal.

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Key to venues
An aerial view of the Olympic Park
looking from south to north, June 2010.

01 Olympic Stadium
02 Energy Centre and
Primary Substation
03 Handball Arena
04 International Broadcast
Centre/Main Press Centre
05 Velodrome
06 Basketball Arena
07 Olympic Village
08 Stratford City shopping centre
09 Aquatics Centre

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Milestones to the Beijing
2008 Games
demolish, dig, design

Milestone 01 Milestone 02 Milestone 03 Milestone 04

The majority of With the tunnels The main The installation
the Olympic Park and cabling temporary roads of new water
will be cleared complete, the and bridges will and energy
and cleaned. power for the have been built, systems that
Olympic Park giving access to will serve the
will be set a safe and secure Olympic Park
to switch construction site during and after
underground. for the ‘big build’. the London 2012
Read more about the 10 milestones Games will
to the Beijing 2008 Games in have started.
‘demolish, dig, design’. This
can be downloaded from the
London 2012 website at:
www.london2012.com/milestones

Milestone 05 Milestone 06 Milestone 07 Milestone 08 Milestone 09 Milestone 10

The regeneration The transport Construction will Construction Contracts will The development
of the waterways enhancements have started on on the Olympic have been let of the Legacy
will have started, that will open the bridge that Village will and designs Masterplan
improving the up east London will take people have started. agreed for the Framework (LMF)
environment and and support the over the Aquatics ‘big four’ venues for the Olympic
access for the London 2012 Centre to the in the Olympic Park will be well
‘big build’. Games will have Olympic Stadium. Park – and at advanced.
started, with Building work on venues outside
many complete. the Stadium will London work
be about to begin. on site will
have started.

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Milestones to 27 July 2009
the big build: foundations

Milestone 01 Milestone 02 Milestone 03 Milestone 04

Almost all of the Seven bridges The new Primary The foundations
Olympic Park will be structurally Substation at Kings of the Olympic
will have been complete, 10 Yard will be Stadium will be
cleared and further bridges substantially complete. Work
cleaned. The and underpasses complete, with the on the upper
overhead pylons will be under new equipment also seating structure
will have been construction and in place to transmit and roof will
Read more about the 10 milestones removed and the the building of permanent power be underway.
to 27 July 2009 in ‘the big build: erection of the the permanent to the Olympic Park
new perimeter roads will have from the wider
foundations’. This can be
security fence started. The national network.
downloaded from the
will be underway. refurbishment of The construction
London 2012 website at:
the waterways in of the new Energy
www.london2012.com/milestones the Olympic Park Centre will be
will be complete. well underway.

Milestone 05 Milestone 06 Milestone 07 Milestone 08 Milestone 09 Milestone 10

The foundations Work will have Contracts will Building work Significant Outside of
of the Aquatics started on the have been let, will be underway progress will London the
Centre will have foundations of designs agreed on the majority have been made ODA works at
been completed the Velodrome and work will of the Olympic on the transport Weymouth and
with work on and International be about to Village plots. projects that Portland will have
the building’s Broadcast start on the are increasing been completed
structure well Centre/Main Handball Arena. capacity to and ready for
underway. Press Centre. The design of support the use. Construction
the Basketball Games. Of the work will have
Arena will have 25 underway, also started on
been agreed, 13 will be the Lee Valley
and the process nearing White Water
of appointing completion. Centre.
construction
contractors will
be underway.

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Milestones to 27 July 2010
the big build: structures

Milestone 01 Milestone 02 Milestone 03 Milestone 04

The structure The Aquatics The Velodrome The structure of
of the Olympic Centre’s structure and the International
Stadium including permanent roof will be Broadcast Centre
the roof will be structure and complete, with and multi-storey
complete. The roof will be work about to car park will
first seats will be complete and all start on installing be finished,
fitted and work three swimming the timber track. with roof and
Read more about the 10 milestones on the field pools will be wall cladding
to 27 July 2010 in ‘the big build: of play about dug out. well underway.
structures’. This can be downloaded to start. The Main Press
from the London 2012 website at: Centre’s structure
www.london2012.com/milestones will be nearing
completion.

Milestone 05 Milestone 06 Milestone 07 Milestone 08 Milestone 09 Milestone 10

The Handball The majority All works will More than half of The Energy All major transport
Arena and of the Olympic be complete at the new bridges Centre, Primary improvements will
Basketball Arena Village homes the Eton Dorney and underpasses Substation, main be in progress
structures will will be structurally Rowing venue. will be complete sewer and deep or complete, and
be in place with finished and The new lake and and parts of the sewer pumping the next level of
internal works internal works competition courses Olympic Park station will all detailed planning
underway. will have started. at Lee Valley White Loop Road be operational. for transport
Building work All the major Water Centre will in operation. operations during
will have begun infrastructure be finished with the Planting will the Games will
on the new Eton needed to facilities building have begun The Energy have been
Manor sporting support the almost complete. A across the Park. Centre will now completed.
facilities. development planning application be operational
will be complete. will have been in autumn 2010,
submitted for the and will be
Shooting facilities commissioned
at the Royal in line with
Artillery Barracks. requirements for
heating across
the Olympic Park.

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By 27 July 2011: Construction
of the Olympic Stadium will
be complete and the venue
ready to be handed over.
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On the evening of 27 July 2012, the
Olympic Stadium will be a burst of
sound, light and energy, when the
Opening Ceremony marks the start
of the London 2012 Games.
Throughout the Games, the Stadium
will be at the heart of the action,
hosting the Olympic and Paralympic
Athletics competitions as well as the
Opening and Closing Ceremonies
of both Games.
The venue is already structurally
complete and will be finished a year
before the Games. Its cable-net roof
will provide the optimum conditions
for athletes on the field of play
and cover two-thirds of spectators.
The 14 lighting towers have been
lifted into place, taking the Stadium
to its full height, 60m above the field
of play. The floodlights will be tested
and switched on for the first time
in autumn 2010.
Work is already progressing on the
field of play: a drainage system has
been installed, along with ducts
An aerial view of the Olympic Stadium. Its cable-net roof has a fabric
material covering, which will provide the optimum conditions for athletes
and cover two-thirds of spectators
for the cabling needed for the
ceremonies, Olympic Broadcasting
Service and timing equipment.
The ground is now being prepared
and flattened in readiness for the
first layer of surfacing for the athletics
track. The final track surface will
be laid in summer 2011, when the
environmental conditions will be
most suitable for laying track.
The first of the 80,000 seats have
already been put in place and the
remainder will be installed over
the coming winter.
Work is well underway inside the
Stadium, where there is a 60m
warm-up track and 700 rooms,
including medical rooms, showers,
toilets and changing rooms.
The fitting out of the interior, from
plumbing in showers and toilets to
tiling changing rooms, will continue
through the rest of 2010 and the
first part of 2011, so it is ready to
be handed over.
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The Olympic Stadium’s first seats were installed in June 2010

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By 27 July 2011: Construction
of the Aquatics Centre will be
complete and the venue ready
to be handed over.
Swimmers Rebecca Adlington and
Eleanor Simmonds became household
names at the Beijing 2008 Games.
The UK will be hoping we can repeat
our medal success at home in the
new Aquatics Centre being built
in the Olympic Park.
The unique wave-like Centre,
designed by international architect
Zaha Hadid, will be the gateway
to the Olympic Park in 2012 and
the first venue that the majority of
spectators arriving at the Park from
Stratford Regional Station will see.
They will walk across a vast land
bridge that spans a railway line, river
and the Aquatics Centre’s training
pool. The final section of this bridge
will be put in place by the end of
2010, once the steel structures of
the venue’s two temporary ‘wing’
seating stands have been built.
The foundations for these 42m-high
seating stands are nearing
completion. Their steel structures
will be erected by the end of 2010,
then covered with a transparent
cladding in the first part of 2011.
The first concrete terracing units for
the venue’s permanent seating are
already in place, and the installation
of the seats will be completed by
27 July 2011.
The temporary stands increase the
capacity of the venue to 17,500
during the Games, when it will host
Swimming, Paralympic Swimming,
Diving and the Aquatics discipline
of the Modern Pentathlon. After
the Games the Centre will be
transformed into a much-needed
facility for the local community and
elite swimmers. The stands will be
replaced with the Centre’s permanent
glazed facade, leaving a venue
with a 2,500 capacity – although
it will be possible to increase this
for major events.
The venue’s permanent structure and
roof have already been completed,
and the roof is covered and
watertight. The underside of the roof
– the venue’s ceiling – is now being
lined with treated timber and this will
be complete in spring 2011. Hidden
from view by the spectacular
wave-like roof, the two 50m
swimming pools and 25m diving
pool have been dug out, lined
with concrete and filled with water
to test they are watertight before
they are tiled.
Tiling will begin in summer 2010
and be completed by the end of
the year. The pools can then be
filled with swimming water to test
the filtration tanks and system by
the end of spring 2011, when it
will be ready to be handed over.
The Water Polo Arena will be
located next to the Aquatics Centre.
Planning permission is pending for
this 5,000-capacity temporary
venue and construction is due to
start on site in spring 2011.

An artist’s impression of the Aquatics Centre during the London 2012 Games

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Centre’s pools

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tiles in the Aquatics Centre

The three Aquatics Centre pools were lined and filled with water
to test them, before tiling begins in summer 2010

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By 27 July 2011: Construction
of the Velodrome will be
complete and the venue
ready to be handed over.
Following the success of Britain’s
cyclists at the Beijing 2008 Games,
there will be high expectations
for medal success at the London
2012 Velodrome.
to let in abundant daylight, reducing
the need for artificial lighting. Its
design collects rainwater that will
reduce mains water usage by more
than 70 per cent.

Sir Chris Hoy, who won three medals
in Beijing, joined other experts on the
venue’s design panel, to help ensure the
best possible conditions for participants
in the Cycling and Paralympic Cycling
events – with the aim of creating the
world’s fastest Velodrome. The speed
of the track is determined by a range
of factors including the slope of
the track, the temperature and
environmental conditions.
The ultra-fast track will be made of
Siberian pine – certified by the Forest
Stewardship Council. The pine is being
prepared and will be delivered to the
Olympic Park in summer 2010, ahead
of its installation. This will enable the
timber to acclimatise before it is fitted,
to stop it expanding or contracting
after it is put in place. During the
Games, a high temperature will be
maintained at track level to optimise
the performance of the athletes.
The structure of the 6,000-seat venue
has been completed and its cable-net
roof lifted into place. The glass wall
that will encircle the venue between
the lower and upper tiers is being put
in place and will be completed later
this year. This will give spectators
views across the Park and out to the
London skyline.
The installation of the rails for the
venue’s 6,000 seats has started, with
all seating due to be finished by the
end of 2010. The Velodrome is due to
be completed in spring 2011, ready
to be handed over.
Meanwhile, a 6,000-seat BMX
Circuit is being built alongside
the Velodrome. An internationally
renowned BMX track designer has
been appointed and construction will
start on site in spring 2011. It is due to
be completed by late summer 2011.

The Velodrome is one of the most
sustainable venues on the Park. Its
lightweight structure and cable-net
roof saved substantial amounts of
material and associated carbon
emissions during their manufacture.
The venue is naturally ventilated and
has strategically positioned roof-lights
After the Games, the circuit will be
reconfigured and joined by a new
mountain bike track and road cycle
circuit, forming a VeloPark for the local
community, cycling clubs and elite
athletes. This new cycling hub will be
owned, managed and funded by the
Lee Valley Regional Park Authority.

Workers complete the Velodrome’s cable-net roof

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races at the London 2012 Games

A view inside the Velodrome, before its cable-net roof was covered

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By 27 July 2011: Construction
of the International Broadcast
Centre/Main Press Centre
(IBC/MPC) will be complete
and ready for occupation by
the Olympic Broadcasting
Service and the London 2012
Organising Committee.
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The International Broadcast Centre/
Main Press Centre (IBC/MPC) will
be a 24-hour hub for more than
20,000 broadcasters, journalists
and photographers during the
London 2012 Games. Together,
they will convey the excitement
of the London 2012 Games to
an estimated four billion people
around the world.
The giant structure of the IBC is
already complete and fully clad.
A temporary gantry structure on the
outside of the building has also been
finished. This will hold equipment
that will service the building, such
as air-conditioning units, fans
and back-up generators, thereby
maximising space within the building
and reducing background noise
for broadcasters.
The MPC will have four storeys of
offices and studios for journalists
and photographers. Its 29,000sq m
structure has been completed and is
now being covered. It is due to be
fully clad in autumn 2010.
The building has a ‘brown roof’,
which uses seeds and logs reclaimed
from the Olympic Park construction
site to encourage new wildlife.
Throughout the rest of 2010 and the
first half of 2011, both the IBC and
MPC will be fitted out and furnished,
with both buildings complete by
27 July 2011. This will allow for
the installation of the equipment for
An artist’s impression of the International Broadcast Centre during the
London 2012 Games
broadcasters and the media in good
time for the start of the Games.
After the Games, the buildings
will offer a total of 80,000sq m of
business space with the potential
to generate thousands of new jobs.
The facilities have been designed
to be adapted for a wide range of
potential tenants after the Games:
either single tenants occupying the
entire buildings, or multiple tenants
on each floor.
The multi-storey car park that will
serve the media during the Games
and tenants of the development
afterwards is also structurally
complete. It is due to be complete
in autumn 2011, once the final work
inside, such as lighting and lifts, has
been finished and tested.
Because the media will be working
around the clock, the complex will
have a temporary catering village,
including a 4000-seat restaurant,
800-capacity media conference
room and a 200m-long ‘high
street’, with outlets such as banks,
newsagents, travel agents and
a post office.
A planning application for the
groundworks for these temporary
facilities has been submitted, with
the main planning application due
to follow in early autumn 2010.
Construction is due to start on all the
facilities early in 2011 and will be
well underway by 27 July 2011.
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meals served each day in the
24-hour IBC/MPC catering village
during the London 2012 Games

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Press Centre

An aerial view of the International Broadcast Centre/Main Press Centre (IBC/MPC)

showing the IBC (front), MPC (back left) and multi-storey car park (back right)

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By 27 July 2011: Construction
of the Handball and Basketball
Arenas will be complete
and the venues ready to be
handed over.
Handball Arena
The structure of the new multi-use
sports centre being built in the
west of the Olympic Park has been
completed in the past year.
The cladding of the Arena’s walls
has started, and the venue’s copper
covering will follow later this summer.
To give it a distinctive appearance,
the recycled copper has been
aged, then treated to stop it ageing
further, before it is installed. The roof
will feature 88 light pipes to allow
natural light into the venue, reducing
the demand for electric lights.
The concourse level that encircles
the venue will be glazed, enabling
visitors to the Park to see the sport
taking place inside and illuminating
the venue when lit at night. This,
along with the wall and roof
covering, is due to be complete
during autumn 2010.
The installation of the venue’s
timber-sprung field of play will
begin in early 2011 and is due
to be complete in the spring.
The Arena’s permanent terraced
seating will be fitted towards the
end of 2010, followed by its
retractable seating. This will allow
the seating capacity to be flexible,
enabling the venue to be used for
different activities after the Games,
ranging from community sport to
international competition.
The retractable seating is due to be
fitted from spring 2011 and by 27 July
2011 the venue will be fully complete
and ready to be handed over.
Basketball Arena
The Basketball Arena will be one of
the most heavily used venues within
the Olympic Park, with competition
events taking place every day during
the London 2012 Games, watched
by around half a million spectators.
During the Olympic Games, the
Arena will host the Basketball
preliminaries and quarter-finals, and
the Handball semi-finals and finals.
During the Paralympic Games it
will be the venue for Wheelchair
Basketball and Wheelchair Rugby.
The Arena’s giant frame was erected
in less than three months during
spring 2010. It has been covered
in fabric that will form the canvas
for spectacular lighting during the
Games. The temporary seating and
accommodation around the venue
will start to be installed this summer
with the Arena on track to be
complete in spring 2011.
Different contractors have been
employed to construct each
element of the venue, such as
its frame, seating and modular
accommodation. These parts are
owned by the respective contractors,
who will dismantle, take away and
reuse or recycle the parts elsewhere
after the Games.

A view from inside the completed structure of the Handball Arena

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height of the doorways in the athlete’s
facilities at the Basketball Arena

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hours to get the Handball Arena
ready for the Modern Pentathlon
Fencing events after the Handball
finishes, including replacing the
Handball mat with the ten Fencing
pistes and installing new scoreboards

Workers finish covering the structure of the Basketball Arena

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By 27 July 2011: Construction
of the Lee Valley White Water
Centre will be complete and
the venue handed over to Lee
Valley Regional Park Authority.
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Lee Valley White Water Centre
In spring 2011, the Lee Valley White
Water Centre in Hertfordshire will
be the first new London 2012 venue
to open to the public – more than
a year before the London 2012
Games. People of all abilities – from
elite athletes to beginners – will
be able to raft or canoe down the
two white water courses at the
centre, which will be run before
and after the Games by the Lee
Valley Regional Park Authority
(LVRPA). During the Olympic
Games the centre will host the
Canoe Slalom events.
The two courses are being built from
scratch: a 300m competition course
and a 160m intermediate/training
course. A new starting lake has been
constructed and the white water is
created through a system of pumps
and obstacles placed along the
courses. A new facilities building
is also being constructed.
The lake, courses and pumps have
been finished, and the facilities
building is structurally complete.
The centre is due to be handed
over to the LVRPA in autumn 2010.
Before then, the facilities building
and viewing mounds around the
course will be completed and the
two courses commissioned. LVRPA
will own and operate the Lee Valley
White Water Centre.
The new finish line bridge at Eton Dorney was lifted into place early in 2010
Weymouth and Portland
The enhancements to the Weymouth
and Portland National Sailing
Academy (WPNSA) were completed
in 2008 – the first London 2012
sporting venue to be finished. The
works included the construction of
a new slipway and 70 moorings,
boat parking and crane piers.
The works are already benefiting the
sailing community, helping athletes to
prepare for the Games and benefiting
the local area before the Games begin.
Eton Dorney
Work at a second sporting venue
was completed in spring 2010. Eton
College Rowing Centre, near Windsor,
Berkshire, will host the Rowing,
Paralympic Rowing and Canoe Sprint
events during the Games. The venue
has a 2,200m, eight-lane rowing
course, warm-up lanes and competition
facilities. Although the facilities were
already world-class, improvements were
needed to ensure the venue met the
particular requirements of the Games.
An additional cut-through has been
created at the 1,400m mark, to allow
competitors to get from the return lane
to the competition course. Previously
the only cut-through was at the 600m
mark. Two bridges have also been
installed. The first spans the new
cut-through, while the other has
replaced the existing finish line
bridge with a wider one.
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speed of parts of the competition
course at the Lee Valley White
Water Centre

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sporting venues (Eton Dorney and
Weymouth and Portland) complete
and in use more than two years
ahead of the Games

An aerial view from May 2010 of the Lee Valley White Water Centre, showing the facilities
building (centre) and, in blue, the starting points of the intermediate and Olympic courses

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Milestone 07

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By 27 July 2011: Construction
work on Eton Manor and
Royal Artillery Barracks will
be underway and on track
to be completed as planned
in spring 2012.
Eton Manor
Work began in June 2010 on the
final permanent sporting facilities
being built in the Olympic Park.
Eton Manor will host Wheelchair
Tennis during the London 2012
Paralympic Games. Throughout the
Games, it will have five temporary
training pools for participants in
Aquatics events.
After the Games, the area will be
transformed into sporting facilities
for the local community, including
a tennis centre with four indoor and
six outdoor courts, a hockey centre
with two pitches, and space for ten
five-a-side football pitches that will be
added in the future. It is hoped that
the hockey pitches will be relocated
from the Hockey Centre, which will
be constructed by the London 2012
Organising Committee (LOCOG)
within the Olympic Park.
The detailed design of the Eton
Manor facilities is complete and the
contractors undertaking different
parts of the facilities have all
been appointed. Work to prepare
the ground levels and form the
foundations of the temporary
swimming pools is underway.
The main sports complex will house the
hockey centre and the indoor tennis
courts after the Games. Work has
begun on its foundations, which are
due to be complete in autumn 2010,
followed by the structure early in 2011.
The tennis courts and stands are
due to start in autumn 2010 and will
be structurally complete by summer
2011. The temporary pools and
buildings needed for the Games will
follow and are due to be completed
in spring 2012.
Royal Artillery Barracks
Unlike at most previous Games,
competitors in the Shooting events
at the London 2012 Games will
be close to the heart of the action,
enabling the participants to stay
with their teammates in the Olympic
Village. During their event, the
athletes – and spectators – will enjoy
the spectacular backdrop of the
historic Royal Artillery Barracks in
Woolwich, which date from the
18th century.
Four temporary indoor ranges for
Pistol and Rifle Shooting are being
built, along with outdoor shotgun
ranges for Trap and Skeet events.
Temporary spectator grandstands
will be provided at each Shooting
range. After the Games, the indoor
10m Shooting range will be taken
down and relocated to provide
shooting facilities elsewhere in
the UK.
The proposed facilities have been
granted planning permission and
a design team has been appointed.
A construction contractor will be
appointed by the end of 2010 to
start on site early in 2011.

An artist’s impression of the new facilities at Eton Manor, where the Wheelchair
Tennis will take place during the London 2012 Paralympic Games

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war memorials at Eton Manor that will
be stored off site during construction,
then returned to the newly landscaped
area after the Games

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new tennis courts for use by the
local community at Eton Manor after
the Games

An aerial view (from east to west, with the A12 running down the left)
showing Eton Manor at the start of construction

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Milestone 08
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By 27 July 2011: The external
structure of the Olympic Village
will be finished with the internal
fit out complete in most of
the blocks.
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An entire new community is taking
shape on the Olympic Park in east
London. More than 2,800 homes
are being constructed on the
Olympic Village site, along with
a new educational academy,
multi-use community space and
healthcare facilities.
There will be 11 residential plots,
each made up of six to eight blocks,
with a mix of affordable homes and
housing for sale and rent.
Five of these residential plots are
structurally complete – one of which
has been fully clad – and the others
are approaching their full height.
Across all the plots, three-quarters of
the floors are structurally complete. All
plots will be complete during autumn
2010 and clad by the end of the year.
As the blocks are completed, they
will start to be fitted out. Temporary
partitions will be put in to create
the rooms where around 17,000
athletes and officials will stay during
the Games. Bathrooms, lighting,
telecommunications and temporary
flooring will also be installed.
By 27 July 2011, most of the blocks
will be fitted out with the rest
completed in autumn 2011.
An aerial view of construction on Chobham Academy (bottom right), the new
educational facilities being built within the Olympic Village
After the Games, the Village will
be transformed into one-, two-,
three- and four-bedroom properties.
Kitchens will be installed and
temporary partitions removed to
form the final living spaces and
bedrooms. New timber or carpet
flooring will also be fitted.
Construction has also started on
the new education campus being
built within the Village site. After the
Games, Chobham Academy will
provide 1,800 places for students
aged 3–19 in nursery, primary and
secondary schools, and an FE college
with adult-learning facilities. During
the Games, it will be used as an
operations centre. The structure of
the academy will be completed by
autumn 2010 and it will be clad
by the end of the year.
Work has also started on the
foundations of the Polyclinic, which
will serve existing local communities
and the residents of the Village
after 2012. Run by NHS Newham,
the facilities will include multiple
GP surgeries, outpatient and
physiotherapy services, a children’s
clinic and facilities for X-ray and
ultrasound. During the Games, the
facilities will be used by athletes.
The Polyclinic is due to be structurally
complete in spring 2011.
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blocks across the 11 residential plots

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affordable homes in the Olympic
Village after the Games, to be
managed by Triathlon Homes

An aerial view of the construction on the Olympic Village

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Milestone 09
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By 27 July 2011: Construction
of all permanent bridges will
be complete. All utilities will
be operational. Landscaping
will be well advanced across
the Park.
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New green spaces
The new parklands in the Olympic
Park will be a venue in themselves
for tens of thousands of spectators at
the London 2012 Games. Visitors will
be able to soak up the atmosphere
in the parklands and enjoy the rivers,
woodlands and ornamental gardens
– or watch the sporting action on
live screens within the Park.
Long after 2012, tens of thousands
more visitors will be able to enjoy the
meadows, gardens, woods and river
walks in the parklands, which were
inspired by the original Victorian
public parks of London.
The north of the parklands will be
ecologically diverse, with a range
of new wildlife habitats, meadows,
woodlands and wetlands. Planting
in the north of the Park will be
substantially complete during the
coming autumn/winter, with the
earthworks and planting complete
by 27 July 2011. There will also be
spectator lawns at two of the highest
points of the Park, offering views
across London.
The southern parklands will have a
more ‘urban’ feel than in the north.
They will also be the location of
the London 2012 Gardens. These
ornamental gardens will celebrate
the British tradition of collecting
and cultivating plants. Around 250
different species will be planted in
different world zones.
As well as the setting for the Games,
the parklands will also be a working
landscape. The wetland bowls and
wet woodlands in the north of the
Park will help to manage floodwater,
protecting the rest of the Park and
4,000 existing homes around the Park
from a one-in-a-hundred-year storm.
The Park is a carefully designed
ecosystem with an interconnected
series of habitats, such as otter holts,
sandmartin banks, bird and bat
boxes, frog ponds, compost heaps
and wormeries.
The Park’s landscape has been
designed to collect rainwater and
filter it slowly through a network of
frog ponds and reed beds, rather
than let it drain straight back into
the river system. The irrigation
needed to establish new plants will
use non-potable water from the new
waste-water treatment facility that will
recycle sewerage from the Northern
Outfall Sewer under The Greenway.
Connecting communities
More than 30 bridges are being
built to span the numerous rivers
and railways that run through the
Park and create links across the
Park during the Games. After the
Games, the majority will remain and
connect the communities within and
surrounding the Park with the new
parklands and sporting venues.
More than half of the bridges and
underpasses are structurally complete
with work underway on nearly all the
remaining structures. The completed
structures include the five bridges
linking the Olympic Stadium ‘island’
site with the rest of the Park, and a
new link into the Park underneath
the busy A12 dual carriageway in
the north-east corner of the Park.
A ‘backbone’ for regeneration
Just as construction is transforming
the Olympic Park above ground, the
‘big build’ is also progressing under
the surface. An entirely new utilities
infrastructure is being installed to
meet the demands of the London
2012 Games, and to provide
a ‘backbone’ for the long-term
development of the area.
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different species in the
London 2012 Garden

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wetland plants in the Olympic Park

The first trees have been planted in the wet woodlands in the north of the
Olympic Park – view looking south to the Aquatics Centre

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Milestone 09 continued
A new Energy Centre in the
west of the Park is ready to be
operational in autumn 2010 and
will be commissioned in line with
requirements for heating across
the Park. Throughout the coming
year it will begin providing heat
to the different construction sites.
During the Games, the Centre will
provide heating, cooling (for air
conditioning) and power for the
venues across the Park. After the
Games, it will contribute power and
provide heating for the local area.
A Primary Substation has been
built alongside the Energy Centre
to distribute electricity efficiently
from the wider national network
to the venues around the Park
and the developments in the area
after 2012. It was completed in
autumn 2009 – almost three years
before the Games – when it began
supplying power to the Stratford
City development.
The original utility networks
underneath the Park have been
The Primary Substation, which was completed in autumn 2009, won the
Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Award for ‘Commercial and
Industrial Building of the Year’ in May 2010
30 The Big Build: Completion – Olympic Delivery Authority
diverted, removed or disconnected.
The electricity pylons that dominated
the landscape were removed by
the end of 2008, with the power
moved into two new 6km tunnels
underneath the Park. By the
end of 2010, the permanent
infrastructure for the new network
of utilities (gas, water, electricity,
telecommunications and sewerage)
will be complete and used by
contractors on the Park.
All the contracts are in place for
the operation of these utilities to be
adopted by private companies by
27 July 2011. For example, Thames
Water will take on the water and
sewerage networks. The electricity
network is owned by Lee Valley
Utilities, a wholly-owned subsidiary
of EDF, and Cofely will own and
operate the Energy Centre.
Work has begun on a waste-water
recycling plant in partnership with
Thames Water. This will help to
reduce the use of potable water
on the Park.
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reduction in the use of potable
water that the Olympic Delivery
Authority is aiming to achieve on
the Olympic Park

The new Pumping Station (pictured) and sewer network within the Olympic Park
is operational. It will collect, convey and remove waste-water from the main
venues and buildings within the Park during and after the London 2012 Games

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Milestone 10
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By 27 July 2011: Construction
work at Stratford Regional
Station will be complete, with
Londoners already benefiting
from hundreds of millions
of pounds of additional
investment across London’s
transport system.
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The Olympic Delivery Authority
(ODA) is funding or contributing
funding to a series of improvements
to transport infrastructure to create
a safe, reliable and accessible
transport system for the increased
numbers of passengers during
the Games.
The improvements – many of which
are already complete – will leave
lasting benefits after the Games and
transform this part of east London
into one of the best connected
areas of the capital. Londoners
are already benefiting from the
many enhancements that have
been completed.
Stratford Regional Station
Currently 37,000 people use
Stratford Regional Station (SRS)
during morning peak hours and this
is estimated to increase to 83,000
by 2016. During the Games it will
be one of the three ‘gateway’ stations
to the Olympic Park, when it will
be used by an estimated 120,000
people, including around 80,000
spectators at peak times. The ODA
is investing around £125 million
to treble the station’s capacity and
improve its accessibility.
Already, platforms have been
lengthened and widened, more
space has been created on the
An artist’s impression of the new mezzanine-level entrance to Stratford
Regional Station. It will link to a bridge that will take spectators to the new
Stratford City shopping centre and on to the Olympic Park
platforms, and new lifts and
staircases installed. A third subway
will be opened by the autumn.
Together, these will improve
passenger flow at what will become
the interchange for 10 rail routes
with 19 platforms. In autumn 2010,
a new Central Line platform will
open, allowing passengers to exit
trains on both sides and interchange
or leave the station more easily.
Next to SRS, a developer is building
the new Stratford City shopping
centre – within which will be a new
northern entrance/exit to the station
– and a bridge linking Stratford
City to the existing town centre. The
bridge will also join up with the new
mezzanine-level entrance/exit that
has been built for the ODA on the
south side of SRS. This new southern
entrance/exit will open in autumn
2010, while the shopping centre
and bridge are scheduled to open
in autumn 2011. During the Games,
spectators will be able to use the
new exits and bridge to reach
the Olympic Park through the new
Stratford City shopping centre.
Two new platforms for the London
Overground’s North London Line
(NLL) opened at SRS in spring 2009.
The former NLL platforms at the
station are being modified, so
they can be used as a stop
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different rail routes will serve Stratford
Regional Station during and after
the London 2012 Games, making it
the most connected station in London
other than King’s Cross St. Pancras

Later this year, a new staircase will lead from the front of Stratford Regional Station
up to the new mezzanine-level station entrance (centre), and from next year to a bridge
leading to the new Stratford City shopping centre

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Milestone 10 continued
on a new branch of the Docklands
Light Railway (DLR). This will run
from Canning Town to Stratford
International Station. The new
line – along with four new stations
– is nearly complete and due to
open in 2010.
By the end of 2010, the ODA’s
improvements to SRS will be
complete. They will all be
operational, except for the new
northern exit/entrance, which will
open when the developer opens
the new shopping centre.
In addition, a series of other
improvements to London’s transport
infrastructure will also be in place
for the London 2012 Games. These
include: a second new Docklands
Light Railway (DLR) line; the new
East London Line; increased capacity
and frequency on the Jubilee Line,
DLR and North London Line; new
and improved piers for river services
on the Thames; a new ticket hall
at King’s Cross; and enhancements
to more than 100 walking and
cycling routes.
The introduction of three-car trains on the Docklands Light Railway to increase
capacity is among the improvements to transport infrastructure, benefiting
Londoners ahead of the London 2012 Games
34 The Big Build: Completion – Olympic Delivery Authority
Transport during the Games
While Londoners start benefiting
from improvements to transport
infrastructure two years or more
before the London 2012 Games
begin, the ODA is continuing to
develop its plans for how transport
will operate during the Games.
Comments have been received
on the draft second edition of the
‘Transport Plan for the London 2012
Olympic and Paralympic Games’
during the consultation period and
an updated second edition of
the plan is due to be published
by the end of 2010.
Together with its delivery partners,
the ODA is finalising the levels of
service needed during the Games
across all transport modes. It is
also looking at venue-specific
transport needs, such as levels of
shuttle bus services, or Blue Badge
and bicycle parking.
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walking and cycling schemes on nine
routes are being created or enhanced
before the London 2012 Games

The Greenway, a 7km walking and cycling route, will provide access to the Olympic Park for around
20 per cent of Games spectators, including those arriving from West Ham Station. The Olympic Delivery
Authority has made improvements to a 2.3km section from Wick Lane to Manor Road (near West Ham
Station) to make it more accessible, safer, and more appealing

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The delivery of the venues and infrastructure for the London 2012
Games are underpinned by the Olympic Delivery Authority’s six
priority themes.

Design and accessibility

We are delivering design for the
London 2012 Games that combines
excellence with innovation. We are
creating exciting, well-designed
venues that are an appropriate stage
for the greatest sporting and cultural
event on Earth.
We are designing for the Games
and legacy together. The venue
designs must obviously meet the
requirements of the Olympic and
Paralympic Games, but we are
looking beyond 2012. We are only
building permanent venues if there
is a long-term use. We are being
creative in the use of temporary
venues and seating.
We also want the design of the range of disabilities both during and
venues within the Olympic Park to after the Games. We want to set an
deliver a striking visual statement excellent standard of accessibility
that reflects the importance of for disabled people, older people
the Games, while ensuring they and families with children, which
are balanced with the urban will set a benchmark and act as
architecture and landscape that an inspiration to others.
define the area. After the Games
the venues must seamlessly connect
with the parklands and urban
neighbourhoods that surround them.
Inclusive design is at the heart of our
design process, and has been since
the project began. The Olympic
Village, the sporting venues, new
transport services, supporting
facilities and the Park itself will be
accessible to people with a wide

The new green spaces within the Olympic Park have been designed to be
accessible and inclusive to all types of visitors, including wheelchair users,
families and people of all ages and faiths. To make sure everyone can move
through the parklands easily and comfortably, the pathways will be wide,
with smooth surfaces, shallow gradients and seating at regular intervals.

36 The Big Build: Completion – Olympic Delivery Authority

Employment and skills
Building the stage for the London
2012 Games will give people in
London and the UK unprecedented
access to new jobs and career
opportunities. We have the chance
to get unemployed people into
work and to improve the skills
within communities in east London
and beyond.
As one of the largest construction
projects in the country, we are
demonstrating our commitment
to increasing skills and providing
learning opportunities, particularly
given the current challenging
economic climate.
We anticipate that the three major
Stratford-based projects alone – the
Olympic Park, Olympic Village and
Stratford City development – will
create around 30,000 jobs over the
course of the construction period.
We want local people not only to
experience the excitement of hosting
the Games, but to help build them.
We have established an integrated
approach to help local people to
get into jobs, develop skills and gain
new qualifications in construction,
in partnership with government,
contractors, training organisations,
sector skills councils, Jobcentre Plus
and job brokerage networks in
the five Host Boroughs (Hackney,
Newham, Tower Hamlets, Waltham
Forest and Greenwich).
We are establishing a link to skills
development, including retraining
and sustainable employment, to
equip people with the right skills
for future jobs in construction.
These efforts create a positive
employment and economic legacy
for London and the UK after the
Games: the creation of new
jobs; opportunities for continuing
employment; an improved skills and
qualification base among local
people; and better links between
employers and people looking for
work. This will leave a highly skilled
workforce that can help deliver
the Games, and go on to have
sustainable and rewarding careers
in construction after 2012.

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apprentices working on the
construction programme at the
end of March 2010

Apprentice Jamie Norris from Chingford had already completed his first year
at college, where he was studying to become an electrician, when he was
offered the chance to work on the Olympic Park. Jamie was approached
by one of the Employment and Skills Managers, working closely with the
company providing electrical supplies for the International Broadcast Centre/
Main Press Centre. He started on site in August 2009.

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Equality and inclusion

The momentum provided by the
London 2012 Games and the
substantial investment in the Lower
Lea Valley can have a significant
impact on reducing historic and
long-standing inequalities.
We want the economic and social
benefits of the regeneration of the
area, and the design and build of the
Olympic Park and venues, to have a
positive impact on local communities
and the UK. An example of how we
are achieving this is ensuring our
procurement process is transparent,
fair and open to a wider range of
diverse suppliers.
The way that we are recruiting and
managing employees is fair, and
helps to promote equal opportunities
for all and eliminate discrimination in
the workplace. We are working with
partner organisations to encourage
women, black, Asian and minority
ethnic people, and disabled people,
to train and apply for jobs in
construction and other areas
where they have traditionally
been under-represented.
What we are building for 2012 and
beyond will be inclusive for people
of all cultures, faiths and ages, and
fully accessible to disabled people
with a wide range of impairments.
We will also provide an accessible
transport network that will give
everyone the opportunity to enjoy
the Games, as well as leave a lasting
legacy for equality and inclusion.
We celebrate the diversity of the
population of the UK, London and
the five east London Host Boroughs
and are committed to realising the
advantages of this diversity in
delivering our programme. We
are already engaging with and
involving the local communities to
help us deliver an accessible and
inclusive Games.

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women helped into a range of jobs
on the Olympic Park by the Olympic
Delivery Authority’s ‘Women into
Construction’ project

Zaynab Mahmoud, who is on an electrical placement on the Olympic

Stadium, is one of the beneficiaries of the Olympic Delivery Authority’s
‘Women into Construction’ project. This has already helped more than 160
women into a range of jobs on the Olympic Park and provided 412 women
with careers advice and guidance. It has also entered a further 173 women
into pre-employment training in practical construction skills, such as
working at heights.

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Health, safety and security
The health and safety of everyone has
been and remains a key priority. As a
best-practice organisation we are fully
compliant with applicable UK and
European legislation and standards.
We are continually improving
by integrating health and safety
considerations into planning, design
and construction operations.
We are providing a safe and secure
environment by designing venues,
facilities, infrastructure and transport
to help eliminate health and safety
hazards during construction, operation,
maintenance and decommissioning –
and to meet the needs of operational
security during the Games.
We aim to prevent illnesses, injuries,
business losses and environmental
harm due to unplanned events on
our sites. During the past year we
have been able to celebrate our
13th period of a million hours worked
without a reportable accident.
As well as focusing on preventing
harm, we are committed to enhancing
the well-being of all involved in
the project, which is why we have
established comprehensive on-site
occupational health facilities
Every project has a clear strategy
for worker engagement, marked
by one of our health and safety
awards following wholly independent
adjudication. Developing a new
health and safety culture survey
and forming a Leadership Team
involving senior representatives of
the Tier 1 contractors are examples
of the radical, systematic and
comprehensive programme to which
we are committed. This systematic
approach is ensuring that our
workforce is properly protected –
safety is no accident.
The combination of worker
involvement and personal leadership
in tackling risks is sustaining our
high standards and improving our
performance. We are working with
all our staff, partners, suppliers and
their workforces to embed this culture
and give the highest priority to health,
safety and security issues, and share
it with others across industry. Our
organised approach is independently
certificated to the international health
and safety standard OHSAS 18001.

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periods of a million hours worked
without a reportable accident

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workers seen each month by the
occupational health teams on the
Olympic Park and Olympic Village,
providing pre-employment medicals,
health surveillance, minor treatments
and other services.

Good practice in health, safety and the environment was recognised at the
ODA’s second Health, Safety and Environment Awards in July 2010. Among
the winners was Kerri Chambers, an apprentice bricklayer on the Olympic
Stadium, who won the ‘Apprentice of the Year’ award. Other awards were
made to teams and individuals in categories such as ‘Lessons Learned’,
‘Excellence in Training’ and ‘Workforce Engagement’.

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Legacy
The London 2012 Games offer a
unique opportunity to revitalise the
Lower Lea Valley, transforming one
of the most underdeveloped areas of
the UK into a benchmark 21st century
urban environment that reflects the
diverse and vibrant population
of the area.
We are harnessing this potential
to create a new park for London.
In addition to world-class facilities
for sports including athletics, cycling,
hockey, swimming and tennis, there
will be homes for a new community,
and green spaces in and around the
Olympic Park.
The work can broadly be split
into two phases. The first, led by
the Olympic Delivery Authority,
is focused on the creation of the
Park and the development of the
venues, including their post-Games
transformation to remove temporary
elements and leave the venues in
their legacy form.
The second, led by the Olympic
Park Legacy Company, is focused
on what the Park will be used for in
the years ahead. The two are closely
linked, with venues and parklands
being designed with their long-term
use in mind.
We are transforming the physical
environment in and around the Park
by clearing and cleaning the site,
improving the waterways, burying
the overhead powerlines, enhancing
the ecology of the area and creating
green, open spaces. Infrastructure in
the area will be enhanced, especially
public transport networks, utilities
and disabled access. By planning
the Games and their legacy together
now, we can ensure that they are
remembered, not only as a summer
of fantastic sport, but also as the
catalyst for the regeneration of one
of the most underdeveloped areas
of the UK.

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pence in every £1 the Olympic
Delivery Authority is spending
is going on the long-term
regeneration of the area

The Aquatics Centre is one of the five sporting venues within the Olympic Park
that will remain after the Games. Together with the new Lee Valley White
Water Centre and improved facilities at Eton Dorney and Weymouth and
Portland, they will leave a sporting legacy for the local communities, sport
clubs and elite athletes.

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Sustainability
We are creating venues, facilities and
infrastructure for the London 2012
Games that leave a lasting social,
economic and environmental legacy
for London and the UK. While we
do this, we are minimising any other
adverse impacts during the design
and construction of the Olympic Park,
venues, infrastructure and housing.
The Olympic Delivery Authority
(ODA) has set itself and its contractors
working on the Park a comprehensive
range of targets, which are
embedded in systems, processes,
tools and the culture of the project.
We are putting in new energy
infrastructure, which will help us
to achieve our target of a 50 per
More than 650 bird and bat boxes are being installed across the Olympic
Park, including within bridge structures (pictured) and on the ‘brown roof’
of the Main Press Centre.
cent reduction in carbon emissions
from permanent buildings on the
Olympic Park (against 2006 Building
Regulations) by 2013.
Our target is to reduce the amount
of drinking water used in new
permanent venues by 40 per cent
(against 2006 standards). To do this
we are optimising the opportunities
for efficient water use by collecting
and reusing rainwater, and using
water-efficient appliances and
non-potable water for irrigation
and flushing toilets.
We are creating more than 100
hectares of open space, which
are designed to reduce the risk
of flooding in the river valley
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and enrich the biodiversity of the
Lower Lea Valley. We are currently
transporting 63 per cent (by weight)
of construction materials to the Park
by rail or river – exceeding our target
of 50 per cent.
Our approach is unprecedented for
a development of this nature. We are
on track to achieve the targets we set
ourselves and we are now capturing
lessons we have learnt. We want to
share our knowledge with the public
and private sectors, raising the bar for
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