March 2009

March 2009

Work has started to lift the 2,800-tonne wave-shaped roof of the Aquatics Centre into position. The lift is considered one of the most complex engineering and construction challenges of the Olympic Park ‘big build’.

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The eighth World Conference on Sport and the Environment is underway in Vancouver, Host City for the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.

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The contractor has been appointed to build the London 2012 Handball Arena, the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) has announced.

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Construction has started on the London 2012 Velodrome, in the same week as the Track Cycling World Championship’s start in Poland where Great Britain’s medal winning cyclists from the Beijing 2008 Games will be back in action.

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London 2012 today announced that international firm Crystal has become the sixth Tier Three Supplier to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, and the 16th company to join the London 2012 domestic commercial programme. Crystal becomes the Official Digital Imaging Services Supplier.

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London 2012 is encouraging people to improve their local environment with the launch of a new 'Changing Places' project.

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The Olympic Board has confirmed that Shooting for the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games will remain at the Royal Artillery Barracks, Woolwich, south east London.

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Artists are being challenged to use the nation as a blank canvas and create 12 inspirational commissions as part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad.

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New images showing progress on the Olympic Park have been published ahead of the final part of the BBC2 documentary ‘Building the Olympic Dream’.

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The search has started for ten school or college leavers to join the London 2012 Organising Committee, with the launch of the 'Get Ahead' employment programme.

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New images have been unveiled for the London 2012 Basketball Arena, the third largest venue on the Olympic Park, after planning permission was granted for the design proposals.

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Two new webcams launched today give the public a chance to view daily progress of construction on the Olympic Village.

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The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) today unveiled the designs for the International Broadcast Centre (IBC) and Main Press Centre (MPC), which will be used to bring the London 2012 Games to a worldwide audience of four billion.

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Students across the UK have been invited to design a new London 2012 education logo.

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Tier Two Supporter Cadbury has extended its existing deal with London 2012 so that they will supply all confectionary and packaged ice cream sold at official London 2012 outlets at Games time.

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Workers on the Olympic Park have achieved a million hours worked without a reportable accident, the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) has announced.

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The search for an innovative swimming pool lift to improve access for disabled swimmers has been launched during London 2012 Diversity Week by the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA).

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The contract to build the world-class White Water Canoe Centre for the London 2012 Games has been awarded by the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA).

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A flint axe more than 4,000 years old was one of the main finds during a two-year archaeological investigation on the Olympic Park.

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