London 2012 blog

We have been at Eton Manor since December 2007 and we are involved in training people to use construction machinery (diggers, trucks etc). When setting up the National College of Construction for East London site we required large amounts of crushed brick to form stock piles incorporating ramps for training purposes. So when the North Park Contractor took us around the Park looking at various stock pile heaps to see what would suit, we saw several buildings were in the process of demolition and lots of materials were being crushed and screened.

Myself and Plant Training Manager, Andy were very interested at the time in all the works being carried out and how the skyline was changing with all the demolition works going on. Several months down the line we had another tour of the Park also including Colin, the Senior Instructor of Plant Mechanics within the college and the transformation within the seven months is unbelievable.

The skyline has dramatically changed with most demolition now complete and access roads being completed at pace. As industry people, it was great  to see all the excavation works being carried out by the different companies and machines.

Myself and Andy really enjoyed the opportunity to re-tour the Park and Colin loved the opportunity to visit the Park for the very first time.