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London 2012 Paralympics

The Olympic Park on camera

The Olympic Park on camera

GSK scientists in sport

Think about the demolition, clearing and cleaning that happened on the Olympic Park. What comes first, and what does each stage achieve?

ODA Construction Kit resources provided:

  • Images of the stadiums at different stages of development
  • Demolition day video from 2007 – in which tall buildings are raised to the ground and we learn that 90% of the materials will be re-used on the site
  • Olympic Park flythrough from 2009 showing good images of the site pre-construction and in the very early stages

Go to London 2012 for up to date images through the webcam and also the virtual tours

Talk about the stages of construction, from demolition, clearing and cleaning the site and beginning to build.

Place the procedures in chronological order. You can download images to illustrate the timeline, which should also include a summary of the stages of development.

Outcome

An illustrated timeline summarising the stages of development around the construction of one of the venues.

Extension

Can you find out more about the process of soil washing What happens and why is this important?