London 2012 Olympics Progress

Progress of 2012 Olympics

While the world eagerly waits for the 2012 London Olympic Games to begin, the organizers are quite happy with the development work taking place with regard to 2012 Olympics.  No doubt, it is a huge task, but excellent planning and infrastructure have ensured that the work goes on smoothly.  A whopping 10,000 people are involved in the construction of the Olympic stadium and other allied structures required to host the various Olympic sporting sessions.  Most of the workers have been hired locally and this has created huge employment opportunities.  What more, the London Olympic construction site is claimed to be the biggest construction site in Europe.

You would be amazed to know that a one and a half billion dollar shopping center is coming up at Westfield.  Although, this is not part of the 2012 Olympics, this definitely has received a stimulus due to the construction of the Olympic site.  The builders of the shopping center are well aware that huge crowds would be pouring in for the Olympics and the huge crowds would definitely love to do some shopping during free time.  A huge dealership of a leading car brand has also opened up.

The new Olympic venues to be handed over by summer 2011 are nearing completion. The construction of the Olympic stadium is almost complete including the roof and fitting of spectator the seats.  The wooden flooring work is a marvel.  A whopping 20,000 journalists are expected to attend the Olympic event.  This is precisely the reason why a massive one million square feet of space has been allocated to media, broadcasting and journalists.  It has also been decided that a good 16,600 people would be able to stay in the Olympic Village and the first phase of the Olympic village has already been constructed.  The ventilation and air conditioning work in the first phase of the Olympic village is almost nearing completion.

The aquatic center at the Olympic center promises to be an architectural marvel and work is progressing at a fast pace.  The aquatic center is supposed to have an arc shaped roof and it looks extremely stylish.  There are also talks about this building being deemed as one of the most beautiful and exquisite in the world.

What is even more surprising is that the Olympic stadium is just a little more than three miles farther from Canary Wharf, a huge financial district and is located in an area with a huge population.  In spite of all this, work is being carried out very quickly and that too on a huge area.  The Olympic park is coming up on the banks of river Lee, one of the tributaries of Thames.  You should note that for a long time river Lee was the dumping ground of London.  All sorts of industrial waste, construction material and all the rubble of destroyed buildings, old television sets and refrigerators used to be dumped in the river.  A good four million tons of waste were removed and most of the soil has now been decontaminated.  This shows the great work being carried out by the organizers.

Definitely, the work on the London 2012 Olympics is progressing quite well and promises to complete much ahead of the scheduled time.

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