With rave reviews from the media, public and LOCOG spokespersons, aesthetically the stadium got the thumbs up on every count
it found that the only way to achieve this was to streamline the supply chain, employing one main contractor to manage every element of the build. Alongside the stadium itself this
included the installation of 3,000 seats along The Mall for the cycling and road races, practice courts and hospitality structures on St James Park and the warm up courts and ancillary structures around Queen Victoria Monument. In total, the site spread across 32 acres
(13 hectares) and had just a 42-day build time. Back-to-back with The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and Trooping the Colour ceremony, there was no room for error. A complex containment strategy to
distribute power, water and all of the broadcasters’ cables and fibre-optics was also needed. Requiring the same level
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of planning as a permanent city, the cables alone required 72 cable bridges to channel five million litres of water and 2,700kw of power during the course of the two-week event. More than 400 crew, 150,000 man hours, 123 temporary structures (10,363sq m, 111,546sq ft), 180 temporary cabins, 2.36 miles (3.8km) of fencing, 3,483 truck movements and 30,000sq ft (7,787sq m) of trackway somewhat outline the size of the project. After a competitive tender process,
Arena Group was contracted as LOCOG’s only turnkey contractor for the London 2012 Games, project managing and delivering every aspect, including the build of the site’s main attraction – the Beach Volleyball Stadium. The entire build needed to be brought in quickly and efficiently and removed
without a trace and respect needed be paid to the prestigious nature of the venue. In July 2011 a test event was held. Wildi commented: “The test build was a
vital stage in the process, it not only gave us a taste of what we needed to achieve the following year but more importantly it gave the various stakeholders the op- portunity to air any concerns and ask any questions they might have. It was vital in cementing the relationships which helped the actual build in 2012 go so smoothly.“
PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES IN TEMPORARY Designed by Team Populous (led by Populous and assisted by Allies & Mor- rison and Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands) the 15,000-capacity demountable stadium was designed with the upper fourth side
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