December 2008
2,000 trees to create the roots of London 2012 Olympic Park
24 December 2008
Suppliers are being sought for approximately 2,000 mature and semi-mature trees to form the ‘roots’ of the 100 hectare park that will provide a colorful setting and festival atmosphere for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and a new green space for people and wildlife in legacy.
The Olympic Park workforce has achieved another set of a million hours worked without a reportable accident, for the sixth time since the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) gained possession of the site in July 2007.
London 2012 Children’s Promise scheme – final call for registrations
19 December 2008
On the eve of their fourth birthday, the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) has issued a last call for children born on 20 December 2004 to be registered on the Children’s Promise scheme.
New images published by the Olympic Delivery Authority today showed that the London 2012 Aquatics Centre is starting to take shape as the ‘big build’ surges ahead.
New images show work on 2012 VeloPark site moving up a gear
10 December 2008
Plans for new world-class cycling facilities in London for cyclists of all ages and abilities have moved a step closer as new images released by the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) today show the site of the London 2012 VeloPark taking shape.
The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) today announced that Martin Richman and Jason Bruges Studio have been selected as the winning artists for the first in a series of arts commissions in the Olympic Park that will celebrate and commemorate London 2012.
London 2012 on track to reach sustainability goals
9 December 2008
One year on from the publication of the London 2012 Sustainability Plan, the first update is published today and shows that London 2012 is on track to achieve its goal of being a truly sustainable Games.
Last pylon removed from Olympic Park as £250m powerlines project delivered on time and to budget
9 December 2008
The two-year powerlines project has been delivered on time and to budget with the removal of the final overhead electricity pylon from the Olympic Park site, the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) announced today.
London 2012 is investing £80m for permanent transport improvements to allow an extra 33 million passengers a year to travel on the DLR by 2012, as set out in a new publication, 'pace', published by the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA).
The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) published new figures showing that the Olympic Park work force has broken 3,000 as the project gears up to accelerate the ‘big build’ of venues and infrastructure for the London 2012 Games and legacy in 2009.
In a speech today, Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) Chief Executive David Higgins set out the benefits that hosting the London 2012 Games are already delivering for the UK economy and the long-term regeneration that the work of the ODA is driving in east London.
London 2012 sponsors meet at Number 10
2 December 2008
The inaugural meeting of ‘The Chairman’s Club’ - a collective made up from the top level sponsors of the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games - was hosted today by the Prime Minister Gordon Brown at 10 Downing Street.
London 2012 can ‘blaze a trail’ for women in construction work says Olympics Minister
2 December 2008
During a visit to a construction taster event for women on the Olympic Park today, Olympics Minister Tessa Jowell said that the London 2012 ‘big build’ can offer construction job opportunities for women and help breakdown gender barriers within the industry as a whole.
