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Analysis | Olympics | Olympic Stadium

DATABASE

OLYMPIC STADIUM PLAN: SPORTS ACTIVITIES ON ATHLETICS FIELD

CREDITS

Architect: Populous Client: The Olympic Delivery Authority Structural engineer: Buro Happold M&E consultant: Buro Happold Quantity surveyor: Arcadis and CLM Landscape architect: Hyland Edgar Acoustics consultant: Vanguardia Crowd circulation consultant: Steer Davies Gleave Project manager: CLM Main contractor: Sir Robert McAlpine CMD co-ordinator: Buro Happold Approved building inspector: JLAB

SPECIFICATION

London Concrete: Precast units Philips: Sports lights Schindler: Lifts Ideal Standard: Sanitary ware Allgood: Architectural ironmongery Flowcrete: Flooring Metsec: Steel sections Knauf: Insulation/walling Acco: Material handling Wade: Drainage products Mondo Sport: Athletics track and warm-up track surfaces

SECTION : CABLE-TENSIONED LIGHTING RIGS MAIN ELEVATION: LOWER TIER SUNK INTO SLOPING SITE

IN NUMBERS: Start on site: May 2008, Completion: March 2011; Total floor area in games mode: 108,500m2 (46,830m2

Full project cost: £496 million, Full project cost per m2

internal accommodation); Form of contract: NEC 3 Integrated design and construct team; : £4,571

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