The Olympic Village is immediately to the north of the new Stratford International station and the line that takes the High Speed 1 train from London to Europe:
Zooming in
In this image you can see some of the site detail more clearly including the first of the piling rigs. These will insert concrete columns up to 24 metres in length to reinforce the ground where the first blocks of the Olympic Village will sit:
Piling to create the foundations
The piling works will form the permanent foundations for the first blocks of the Olympic Village:
Looking into the future
This is the latest artist's impression of the Olympic Village. During the Games, the Village will provide 17,000 beds for athletes and officials and 7,500 in the Paralympic Games. After the Games, the Village will provide up to 3,500 new homes:
Comments for this post:
11 Jun 2008, 14:44PM, said:
I think it is going fast because they have still got a long way to go but they have done a lot in just over 1 year consitoring they have still got 4 years left to finish it off. I personley think it might be infront of it's schedule