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Wednesday, September 24, 2008 12:42 PM

Olympic Park most accessible

The ODA has published its Inclusive Design Strategy which sets out the framework for how the Olympic Park will be designed and constructed to be inclusive for people of all cultures, faiths and ages, and accessible to disabled people. Inclusive design principles have been embedded into the ODA’s procurement, design and construction processes. Practical examples of how the Park will become the most accessible and inclusive in London include: wider pathways with smooth surfaces and seating and resting...

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Filed under: London 2012, Olympic Park, Paralympic Games, Dame Tanni Grey - Thompson, Boris Johnson, ODA, John Armitt, Olympic Games, Design Strategy

Tuesday, September 23, 2008 8:57 AM

Record Numbers at Olympic Park opening

The buzz following the performance of Team GB and ParalympicGB at the Beijing 2008 Games brought record numbers to the London 2012 Olympic Park as it opened to the public for London Open House weekend for the second year running. Around 3,000 people joined bus tours around the Olympic Park, 50 per cent more than last year’s event, to see the site clearance almost complete and construction work underway on the Olympic Stadium, Aquatics Centre, Athletes Village and bridges, roads, utilities and other...

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Filed under: London 2012, Olympic Park, John Armitt, Team GB, Paralympics GB, Olympic Athletes

Thursday, September 11, 2008 3:50 PM

Olympic Park workforce reach new safety milestone

The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) today announced that the Olympic Park workforce have achieved another million hours without a reportable accident, for the fifth time since the ODA gained possession of the Park in July 2007. There are over 2,600 workers on site, all of whom will be bought a free breakfast in the canteens across the site tomorrow morning as a thank-you for the achievement. ODA Chairman John Armitt said: 'To complete a million hours without a reportable accident on a project...

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Filed under: Olympic Park, Construction, ODA, Olympic Village, John Armitt, safety milestone, Olympic Park Workforce

Wednesday, August 27, 2008 4:58 PM

Olympic Stadium begins to rise out of the ground

Progress on the London 2012 Olympic Park became clearly visible this week as new images reveal the columns of the Olympic Stadium emerging from the ground. Over 100 columns, each five meters tall, have already been constructed and act as the support for the podium of the Stadium’s west and south stands. This also forms the lower ground floor of the west stand which houses the athletes' changing rooms, a 60 metre long call track and other back of house facilities such as doping control and treatment...

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Filed under: London 2012, Olympic Park, ODA, John Armitt, Gordon Brown, 2012 Games, Olympic Stadium

Friday, August 22, 2008 11:05 AM

Work powers ahead on Olympic Park utilities infrastructure

Huge progress is being made in constructing the new utilities infrastructure that will form the ‘backbone’ of the Olympic Park, the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) announced today. Construction work is well underway on a new Primary Electrical Substation that will supply electricity to the 2.5sq km Olympic Park and the Stratford City development in Games time and in legacy. The electrical substation is being built by EDF Energy construction and piling works on the substation have now been completed...

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Filed under: London 2012, Olympic Park, utilities, energy centre, Construction, ODA, John Armitt, EDF Energy, Electrical Substation

Thursday, July 24, 2008 11:36 AM

London 2012 gets young people from East London involved in the Games

The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) is involving children and young people from east London in the preparations for the Games with a string of successful community projects. Last month, Olympics Minister Tessa Jowell and ODA Chief Executive David Higgins praised children and young people from East London for their artwork which they unveiled on hoardings on the Hackney Wick towpath. The ODA and Tower Hamlets-based social enterprise Signs of Life have been working with primary, secondary and special...

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Filed under: London 2012, Olympics, Olympic Park, ODA, David Higgins, East London, Tessa Jowell, John Armitt, Children, Hackney Wick towpath

Wednesday, July 23, 2008 8:46 AM

ODA publishes Annual Report after a year of strong progress

The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) today published its Annual Report and Accounts for 2007 – 2008, following a year when the ODA has delivered virtually all, and exceeded some, of its ‘Dig, Demolish, Design: Milestones to Beijing’. Publishing the report, Chairman John Armitt said: 'Thanks to the hard work of the team, impressive progress has been made over the last year with the Olympic Park transformed and construction already underway ahead of schedule. This has been reflected by the International...

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Filed under: London 2012, Olympics, ODA, IOC, Tessa Jowell, John Armitt, Annual Report

Thursday, July 17, 2008 11:21 AM

Construction starts two months early on London 2012 Aquatics Centre

ODA also announces it has achieved its milestones to Beijing and sets out next set for the ‘Big Build’ Construction will start two months earlier than planned today on the Zaha Hadid designed London 2012 Aquatics Centre, the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) announced today. Work will start on the foundations of the venue which will form a stunning ‘Gateway to the Games’ in 2012, and in legacy will provide world-class swimming facilities that London does not currently have. The ODA also announced...

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Filed under: London 2012, swimming, Construction, Boris Johnson, ODA, Olympic Village, Aquatics Centre, Diving, Zaha Hadid, Sebastian Coe, Tessa Jowell, John Armitt, Olympic Stadium, Jessica Williams, Crystal Palace

Saturday, July 12, 2008 11:32 AM

Health and safety education goes to the top of the class

The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) is rolling out a health and safety programme to over 1,500 children from schools within the five Host Boroughs - Hackney, Greenwich, Newham, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest. Ahead of the summer holidays, the education program is focused on teaching children how to stay safe near construction sites but also compliments the school curriculum with an emphasis on personal responsibility and the consequences of actions and behaviours on others. By mid-July, 14 primary...

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Filed under: London 2012, Olympics, Olympic Park, ODA, John Armitt, Tower Hamlets, Greenwich, Arc Theatre Group, PSHE, Citizenship, Newham, Hackney, Play safe, Waltham Forest, stay safe, Primary Schools, Bygrove Primary School, Health and Safety

Thursday, July 10, 2008 11:00 AM

‘ODA spending 75 pence in every £1 on London 2012 regeneration legacy’

Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) Chairman John Armitt set out how 75 pence in every £1 spent by the ODA is being invested in long term regeneration of east London. Speaking at a Foundation for Science and Technology debate last night Mr Armitt made clear that legacy from the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games was being delivered now. The first phase of legacy, led by the ODA, is focused on the creation of the Olympic Park and the delivery of the venues, new infrastructure and transport improvements...

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Filed under: London 2012, ODA, East London, LDA, John Armitt, Olympic Games, Lower Lea Valley, Olypic Park, Legacy, regeneration

Monday, July 07, 2008 1:22 PM

First major London 2012 transport project completed ahead of schedule

New rail hub clears the way for Olympic Park construction. The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) has completed a 12 track railway sidings at Orient Way to the north of Stratford five weeks early and on budget. It replaces Thornton’s Field sidings in the heart of the Olympic Park, which is now being dismantled and will allow access for logistical vehicles for the construction of the Olympic Stadium. During the Games, the path will then be used as one of the main pedestrian access points leading up...

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Filed under: London 2012, Olympic Park, Games, ODA, John Armitt, Transport, Balfour Beatty, Olympic Stadium, Rail Hub, National Express East Anglia, Trains, Manfred Leger, Tom Harris, Orient Way, Janet Goodland, Andrew Chivers

Tuesday, June 24, 2008 9:54 AM

ODA award Olympic Park highways management contract

The ODA has awarded a key contract to Fitzpatrick Contractors Ltd for maintenance and construction works on the highways within the Olympic Park. The three year contract will allow the ODA and delivery partner CLM to maximise the use of the highways within the Olympic Park which is efficient and safe, whilst minimising congestion and improving efficiency. Fitzpatrick Contractors Ltd, who was selected from a shortlist of competitively priced tenders, offered the ODA a GIS linked database for Olympic...

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Filed under: London 2012, Olympics, Olympic Park, Construction, Games, ODA, John Armitt, 2012 Games, Fitzpatrick Contractors, Highways, CLM, Olympic Park traffic

Thursday, June 05, 2008 12:02 PM

Small UK companies winning biggest London 2012 business benefits

Of the 650 companies that have already won over £2 billion worth of work supplying the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) to date over 70 per cent are small and medium (SMEs) sized businesses and 98 per cent are UK based. The latest London 2012 business engagement figures published today also show that SMEs make up nearly 90 per cent of the 18,000 companies registered on the unique ‘dating agency’ which aims to match businesses with London 2012 related opportunities. The figures were published today...

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Filed under: London 2012, Olympics, ODA, LOCOG, Tessa Jowell, Paul Deighton, John Armitt, Regional Development Agencies, UK companies, Business Link, London 2012 Business Network, Pat McFadden, CompeteFor, Lord Digby Jones, business benefits

Friday, May 30, 2008 3:45 PM

Full steam ahead for accessible transport

The launch of London 2012’s Accessible Transport Strategy will be the catalyst for change for accessible transport for national rail, taxis, waterborne transport, Community Transport, Stratford Regional Station and coaches The first Accessible Transport Strategy for London 2012 which includes plans to create a multi-modal interactive map of accessible transport has been launched by the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) and London Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG). London...

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Filed under: London 2012, Olympics, Boris Johnson, ODA, Sebastian Coe, LOCOG, John Armitt, Transport, Rail, Covent garden, Rosie Winterton, Transport Strategy, Public, Minister of State, Buses, London Transport Museum, Accessible Transport, Ride, Hugh Sumner

Thursday, May 22, 2008 10:35 AM

Olympic Park construction gets early start

Construction officially started on the London 2012 Olympic Park today as the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) began work on the Olympic Stadium - three months earlier than originally planned. The work to create the permanent foundations for the Stadium was witnessed by Prime Minister Gordon Brown who had an opportunity to meet workers on site. In the next few years over a thousand workers will help build the venue. The Stadium will be the centre-piece for the London 2012 Games with over 4bn people...

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Filed under: London 2012, Olympics, Olympic Park, Construction, Boris Johnson, Mayor, Games, ODA, Sebastian Coe, London, Tessa Jowell, Track, Prime Minister, Stadium, John Armitt, Field, Olympic Committee, Ceremonies, Gordon Brown