All 2012 Olympics articles – Page 3
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Olympic delivery partner CLM nets £162m profit
Exclusive: Building’s analysis of accounts reveals CLM achieved 33% margin on turnover of £495m
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RICS to offer Olympics dispute resolution system
DAB system for early solution to legal problems set to be brought to a wider market
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Olympic legacy: Time to collect our gold medals
It may have been a rocky road but London 2012 has given the world a taste of UK construction’s quality. Now it’s time to make good on the legacy the Games has left us with
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RIBA and ISE demand end to Olympic marketing rights gag
Industry bodies call for rapid resolution after government confirms no solution will be found before end of the year
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Minister promised PM swift action on Olympic marketing gag
Olympics minister’s letter to David Cameron more than three months ago promised swift resolution to the ongoing problem
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Olympic memories: Peter Sell
Davis Langdon’s Peter Sell recalls staring at a scrapyard that was to become the aquatics centre and realising the enormity of the task ahead
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Olympic memories: Pernilla Ohrstedt
The Olympic Beatbox pavilion designer looks back at the nervous creation of a complex structure and a rooftop afterparty with medal-winning athletes
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Olympic memories: Mike McNicholas
Atkins’ 2012 project director reflects on the journey from excavating 200 million m3 of soil to watching a gold medal winner in Taekwondo
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Olympic memories: Mark Reynolds
Olympic delivery partner CLM’s deputy programme director explains how he changed the course of the stadium design to remove over £100m of cost
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Olympic memories: Zaha Hadid
Architect of the aquatics centre Zaha Hadid singles out the moment that the American swimming team thanked UK construction for the Olympic venues
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Exposing the Olympic marketing gag
Peter Murray on how he and Building have campaigned for firms who worked on the Olympics to get the recognition they deserve
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Olympic memories: Andrew Weir
The unforgettable moments of London 2012 for Expedition’s project director were an athlete’s realisation of a great achievement and the crucial point in assembling the Velodrome
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Olympic memories: Mike Peasland
Tthe acquatics centre contractor boss shares his Olympic highlights, including an inspirational performance in the main stadium
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Allies & Morrison wades into Olympic marketing row
Architect which worked on Olympic Park masterplan hits out at restrictions in BBC interview
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Olympic firms warned not to 'preach' to rest of world
Sir John Armitt says industry should avoid ‘empire-building’ when seeking to win post Olympics work
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Engineers' Olympic effort celebrated on YouTube
Film from the Institution of Civil Engineers and the Olympic Delivery Authority already seen by 9,000 people
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Taylor Wimpey to submit new Olympic planning application
Chief executive Peter Redfern says it will submit plans before Christmas for Chobham Manor
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Expert panel set up to oversee Olympic legacy
16-member design review panel will oversee legacy plans for Olympic Park and promote high quality design
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Architects and engineers launch Olympic marketing protest
RIBA and Institution of Structural Engineers call for government to lift London 2012 marketing gag
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Taylor Wimpey to build first Olympic Park neighbourhood
Taylor Wimpey and London Quadrant win Chobham Manor job