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| 'Greatest Contribution to London' award The engineering project that laid the foundations for the long-term regeneration of the Olympic Park site has been awarded the 'Greatest Contribution to London' award at this year's ICE London Civil Engineering Awards, it was announced. The award was presented to the Olympic Park Enabling Works programme which began when the 2.5sq km Olympic Park site was handed over to the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) in summer 2007. The Enabling Works project covered the huge programme to clean and clear the Olympic Park site, along with the preparation of each main venue site to allow construction work to start on time, the delivery of essential new infrastructure, and work to prepare the Park for extensive new parklands and improved biodiversity. The main achievements in the enabling works programme highlighted by the ICE Award include: • A huge demolition and clean-up programme delivered on time with over 215 buildings demolished and 2.3 million cubic metres of soil excavated to be reused for earthworks or recycled to become 'fill' material for construction work • Exceeding the challenging target of reusing and recycling 90 per cent of material during the demolition phase • The early delivery of site preparation works on the Olympic Stadium and Aquatics Centre, allowing the main construction work to start ahead of schedule • The programme to revitalise over 3km of rivers and canals in the Olympic Park site well underway • Delivery well underway of a new 'backbone' of 30 new bridges and underpasses together with early site access roads to create essential new links across the Olympic Park - the single biggest construction project the ODA is delivering • Developing a coordinated approach through all contractors across the Olympic Park site, allowing maximum efficiency and flexibility in the logistics, design and construction work. write your comments about the article :: © 2010 Construction News :: home page |