All Building 2012 articles – Page 3
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NewsOlympic high street renovation
Restoration of historic properties along High Street 2012 has been completed by Julian Harrap Architects
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NewsZaha’s firm defends green status of aquatics centre
Architect hits back at claims Olympic venue is unsustainable for using 3,000 tonnes of steel
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NewsOlympics 'will keep to budget'
Latest quarterly economic report says overall funding remains within budget
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NewsPlans for Olympic park museum unveiled
Museum at the heart of Olympic Park expected to include displays on the construction of the site
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NewsFirms named for £1.3bn Stratford development
Seven engineering consultants named for International Quarter development
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FeaturesRegional Olympic sites: The out-of-towners
It really isn’t just about London … Ike Ijeh casts an eye over the Olympic-related developments, upgrades and refurbishments that have taken place across the UK, from the white-water rapids of Hertfordshire to the 53m-high Weymouth Tower
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NewsHas the acquatics centre been misjudged?
Learning Legacy breakfast will address whether aquatics centre is least sustainable Olympics venue
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FeaturesClass of London 2012: Apprentices on the Olympic park
The Olympic Delivery Authority bucked the trend of cutting investment in training and took on 457 apprentices on the Olympic park rather than the 100 planned. Emily Wright finds out how this has paid off
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FeaturesAre you a Building 2012 Hero?
Calling all those who worked on the Olympics - Building is on the hunt for five people whose outstanding contribution helped make the Games a success
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NewsOlympics minister backs Building 2012
Hugh Robertson has joined other senior government figures in backing Building’s campaign to celebrate the Olympic construction achievement
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FeaturesHow the Olympics and Jubilee are driving London projects
The Olympics and the Diamond Jubilee have given the capital a real lift this year and all sorts of projects that were languishing in the design drawer are now busily being prepared, spurred on by civic pride and that unyielding deadline. Ike Ijeh looks at the best of them
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NewsFocus on wind turbine blamed for Olympic renewables failure
Sir John Armitt says ODA’s focus on wind turbine to provide electricity for Olympic park was a mistake
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FeaturesSpotlight on: Jubilee Gardens
The Olympics and the Diamond Jubilee have given the capital a real lift this year and all sorts of projects that were languishing in the design drawer are now busily being prepared, spurred on by civic pride and that unyielding deadline. Here’s one such project, Jubilee Gardens
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NewsDesigns for floating pavilion at Olympics unveiled
Pavilion will be situated on elevated site above the Waterworks River
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NewsWork to secure Olympic park green legacy complete
Environment Agency hails completion of its work with the Olympic Delivery Authority to create new urban park
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FeaturesLOCOG's James Bulley: The fall guy
As LOCOG’s head of venues and infrastructure, James Bulley has just six months to install 200,000 temporary seats, put up 76 miles of fencing, finish the hockey stadium, weed the rowing lake … and take the rap if anything goes wrong. So why is he so calm? Building finds out. ...
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NewsOPLC to procure £95m Olympic stadium rebuild
Legacy company will ask interested contractors to pre-qualify ‘before Easter’
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NewsNo marketing rule ‘just needs imagination’, says ODA chairman
Sir John Armitt says contractors can work around Olympic no marketing protocols
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NewsCall to raise green standards of Olympic legacy housing
New Mayoral Development Corporation told current plans will fail to be beacon for sustainability