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2012 Olympic Constructions

Mega-Network on Tap for London Olympics - BusinessWeek

Work is already beginning on a super-powered communications network for the 2012 Games from Nortel and BT A network capable of streaming the equivalent of 50,000 DVDs every second is being built for the London 2012 Olympic...

London Olympics may scrap venues amid credit woes

London's 2012 Olympics organizers may scrap plans to build temporary arenas for sports such as basketball and shooting to save money as the global financial crisis squeezes the 9.3 billion-pound ($16.3 billion) project. "The...

Rogge says global crisis won't hurt Olympic cities (AP)

By GRAHAM DUNBAR, Associated Press Writer Tue Sep 30, 12:22 PM ET GENEVA - IOC president Jacques Rogge says the global financial crisis should not hurt preparations for upcoming Olympics. "No one has certainties today, but I am...

London—host of Olympic challenges

After the splendor that was the Beijing Olympics, the bar is set high for the 2012 Summer Games. And as a city prepares, a world of obstacles awaits. After the splendor that was the Beijing Olympics, the bar is set high...

Five ‘adiZones’ to be constructed in London

Sportswear manufacturer, Adidas has said it will spend £1 million on five multi-sport outdoor venues in east London as part of its sponsorship of the London 2012 Olympic Games, Brand Republic reports. Under the plans the...

London pins Olympic hopes on Westfield

OLYMPICS officials in London have pinned their hopes on Australian shopping centre giant Westfield overcoming tough economic times to deliver the main gateway to the 2012 Games. Westfield (ASX: WDC) has begun work on a...

Thousands of Londoners 'already benefiting' from 2012 Olympics

Thousands of Londoners are already benefiting from the 2012 Olympic Games coming to the capital through support from the London Development Agency. These achievements are summarised in "Employment and Skills Update for...

After Beijing: can only dictatorships dazzle?

What Beijing’s opening ceremony and London’s handover ceremony reveal about China and Britain. Everyone recognises that the British ceremony at the end of the Beijing Games was mortifyingly awful. A British columnist in...

Ready or not, London up next

The spectacular opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics had many officials here squirming in their seats.After watching thousands of synchronized dancers, drummers, acrobats and fireworks, the big question was: How are we...

The four-year journey towards golden profits at the London games

On your marks, get set, profit Long before the Beijing games had even begun, an elite band of property entrepreneurs was already miles ahead in the race to make money from the lucrative building contracts associated with...

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