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Milestones

The Olympic Delivery Authority has delivered on the 10 milestones it planned to achieve by July 2009.

The big build: foundations

In July 2008 the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) set out 10 milestones that it planned to achieve by 27 July 2009 - three years from the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games.

They marked the first phase of construction on the London 2012 venues and infrastructure - 'the big build: foundations' phase of the project. These milestones, listed below, right, were achieved by 3 July 2009.

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Read 'the big build: foundations delivered' to see how the ODA delivered the 10 milestones it planned to achieve by July 2009.

Download ‘the big build: foundations’ (PDF, 8MB) to read about the 10 milestones in more detail.

Milestones to the Beijing 2008 Games

In April 2007 the ODA announced 10 milestones that it would achieve by the time of the Beijing 2008 Games.

These earlier milestones focused on preparing the site for the main construction of the venues and infrastructure for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, and the legacy beyond 2012. This phase was known as ‘demolish, dig, design’.

You can read about these milestones by downloading ‘demolish, dig, design’ (PDF, 9MB)

Milestones

  • Details of the planning applications submitted in February 2007 and approved in October 2007.

  • Details about the new Energy Centre planned in Kings Yard on the western edge of the Olympic Park.

  • Items from the Iron Age and Bronze Age through to World War II have been found on the Olympic Park site.

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Milestones to 27 July 2009

1 Almost all of the Olympic Park will have been cleared and cleaned. The overhead pylons will have been removed and the erection of the new perimeter security fence will be underway.

2 Seven bridges will be structurally complete, 10 further bridges and underpasses will be under construction and the building of the permanent roads will have started. The refurbishment of the waterways in the Olympic Park will be complete.

3 The new primary substation at Kings Yard will be substantially complete, with the new equipment also in place to transmit permanent power to the Olympic Park from the wider national network. The construction of the new Energy Centre will be well underway.

4 The foundations of the Olympic Stadium will be complete. Work on the upper seating structure and roof will be underway.

5 The foundations of the Aquatics Centre will have been competed with work on the building’s structure well underway.

6 Work will have started on the foundations of the Velodrome and International Broadcast Centre/Main Press Centre.

7 Contracts will have been let, designs agreed and work will be about to start on the Handball Arena. The design of the Basketball Arena will have been agreed, and the process of appointing construction contractors will be underway.

8 Building work will be underway on the majority of the Olympic Village plots.

9 Significant progress will have been made on the transport projects that are increasing capacity to support the Games. Of the 25 underway, 13 will be nearing completion.

10 Outside of London the ODA works at Weymouth and Portland will have been completed and ready for use. Construction work will have also started on the Broxbourne White Water Canoe Centre.

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