Today marks the exact point between London winning the bid for the 2012 Games and the Opening Ceremony in July 2012. These before and after images show just how far we have come since that fantastic day back in July 2005 when London was awarded the Games.

This image shows how the Olympic Stadium site looked before demolition had started on any of the 33 buildings on the site:

And here is how it is looking now. Construction started early on the Stadium, providing hundreds of jobs for local people:



This is the old Carpenters Road at the site of what will be the Aquatics Centre, back in 2005. Businesses have since been relocated and the buildings demolished, allowing work to begin on the site.



On the Aquatics site we can now see the south wall of the venue has been completed. This is one of three walls that will support the wave-like roof.



As the ‘big build’ accelerates in 2009 the workforce is expected to more than treble from the current level of over 3,315 to a peak of 11,000 on the Olympic Park and Olympic Village in 2010. Approximately 30,000 workers in total are expected to work over the different phases of the project to 2012.  The first half of this project has been a thoroughly enjoyable experience and a real success. Now we are all looking forward the second half!