All Building 2012 articles – Page 7
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CommentThe London 2012 Aquatics Centre: Star of the show?
Zaha Hadid’s £269m contribution to the Olympics is complete – and it has both triumphs and disappointments
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BuildingTV: How Wiggins stays cool in the Velodrome: part 2
BDSP explains how track temperature at the 2012 London Velodrome is tightly controlled using services hidden beneath the terraced seating
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NewsWest Ham hits back at Olympic payment accusations
The club has denied making secret payments to an Olympic Park Legacy Company executive to win the stadium bid
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NewsBuckingham Group completes hat-trick of sporting venues
New stadium for Brighton football club follows Olympic handball and Silverstone completions
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NewsLend Lease to complete halted Olympic village block
Firm lined up by ODA to work on N14 block after contractor P Elliott went into administration
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NewsLondon 2012 firms in talks over Rio Olympics work
Brazilian construction giants also in capital to learn from UK Games supply chain
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NewsOlympic Village contractor faces winding up petitions
Legal action taken by a number of creditors in the Irish High Court
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NewsIndustry should follow ODA's green example, says LOCOG
’Low carbon’ Olympic venues should be “game-changing’ for construction, says Games’ organisers
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NewsODA eco-targets may apply to all public work
New procurement strategy could mean the Olympics sustainability targets are rolled out to all public sector construction
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NewsThe Olympic Lea Valley White Water Centre opens
The Olympic venue in Hertfordshire containing a canoe and kayak slalom course opens later this month
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NewsODA offsets Olympic park carbon
After failing to meet renewable enery targets, the ODA has had to pump over £1m into energy efficiency for schools and housing
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FeaturesThe Olympic stadium: Sprint finish
Functional, lean and tightly compact, the Olympic stadium has powered through the construction phase to be delivered early and under budget.
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FeaturesWest Ham's stadium: Up close and personal
West Ham won the acrimonious battle for the post-Games conversion of the Olympic stadium. But will its football stadium-cum-athletics arena be able to create the intimate atmosphere its fans demand?
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NewsWest Ham reveals changes to stadium
The £95m conversion will include removing floodlighting masts and installing an extended roof
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NewsOlympic Park could be 'no-go zone' for low-income families
Coalition plan to charge tenants 80% of market rent would make housing around Olympic Park too expensive for most
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NewsPlans to turn Olympic media centre into snowdome won't happen
Gensler’s plans for a snow resort have been ruled out by the Olympic Park Legacy Committee
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FeaturesDennis Hone: the long goodbye
The Olympic Delivery Authority’s new boss has kept his cool in the furore over the Games’ legacy. He’s more concerned with meeting those unmissable deadlines and ensuring the ODA itself bows out with grace
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Olympics contractors deny blacklisting
Skanska, Daletech and the ODA accused of unfair blacklisting
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NewsHubble bubble: the ArcelorMittal Orbit
The ArcelorMittal Orbit is a third of its way to becoming London’s tallest sculpture