All ڶ 2012 articles – Page 9
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Government puts Olympic village up for sale
ODA calls for expressions of interest from developers for up to 4,000 homes
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Track goes down at 2012 velodrome
Facility on course to be first Olympic park venue to reach completion
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Four firms win £900m Olympic temporary structures job
Bovis Lend Lease, Turner & Townsend, Capita Symonds and Rider Levitt Bucknall have won a £900m framework deal for temporary structures during the Olympic Games, ڶ understands
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Bidding starts for Olympic stadium legacy
Potential anchor tenants for the Olympic stadium have six weeks to get their bids in
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Scrapped turbine for Olympic park cost almost £1m
The Olympic Delivery Authority spent almost £1m working up plans for a wind turbine on the Olympic park only for it to be scrapped last month, the organisation has admitted.In accounts published last week, the ODA said the proposal for a 130m-high turbine had incurred “abortive” costs of £842,000 for ...
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Converting 2012 stadium into West Ham's ground will cost £180m
Karren Brady says extension of roof and other modifications would cost up to £180m
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Video: London 2012 venues under construction
Watch Tim Crocker’s stunning film of London’s 2012 Olympic venues
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Green 2012 expertise in danger of being lost
Government departments must harness the sustainable expertise gained from building the 2012 London Olympics
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Two years to go to London 2012
Olympic officials and athletes tour Olympic Park to view construction progress
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ODA bosses claim £56,000 in expenses
Construction director claims most while chief exec spent just £99 entertaining
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Features
2012 countdown: The aquatics centre
Since the aquatics centre’s 160m-long roof was lowered into place last year, work on the Zaha Hadid-designed venue has continued to power ahead
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2012 countdown: The temporary basketball venue
The Olympics may need a basketball venue the size of an aeroplane hanger, but London can probably get by without one after they’re over. So they’ve made the whole thing demountable
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2012 countdown: Higgins on the big make or break year
David Higgins has spent the past two years trying to rebuild a swath of east London during the worst recession for decades. The ODA boss tells how he’s kept the project on track - and why the struggle isn’t over yet
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2012 countdown: Infrastructure
The Olympics isn’t just about show-stopping stadiums. In fact, the budget for venues is £700m less than the cost of the no-frills enabling works, roads and utilities
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2012 countdown: The stadium
One year from now, the 80,000-seat Olympic stadium has to be ready. Will it make it?
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2012 countdown: It starts here …
Forget the World Cup. The biggest show on Earth is the Olympics, and the good news is we’ve already won it
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2012 countdown: Jonathan Edwards and the Olympic village
Don’t worry. Jonathan Edwards hasn’t fallen on hard times since winning gold at Sydney in 2000. Rather, Locog is using his expert knowledge to help with the delivery of the £1bn Olympic village, right down to the fixtures and fittings
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2012 countdown: The velodrome
The plan with the velodrome was to make it as lean as a racing bike, says Chris Wise, one of its designers
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2012 countdown: The Games in numbers
The sheer scale of the 2012 project makes it a statistician’s dream. Here are a few figures, from the biggest buildings to the barest bones …