The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) has announced that the Olympic Stadium’s roof cover has been completed, as the ODA’s Annual Report and Accounts for 2009-2010 is published.
New images show how the Stadium’s roof is made up by 112 panels of white material stretched between an outer truss and an inner tension ring. A total of 45,000sq m of material has been fitted by a team of 23 expert abseilers. The cover creates the correct conditions on the field of play for athletes and provides protection for two-thirds of spectators.
ODA Chairman John Armitt said: 'The Olympic Stadium is the most visible symbol of the huge progress that has been made on the construction of the Olympic Park and the infrastructure which is transforming east London.
'Last week, we published our next set of milestones for 2010-2011 after hitting all of our milestones for the previous year. The project remains on track and within budget and construction of the major venues will be complete by next summer.
'There are around 10,000 workers on the Olympic Park and Olympic Village and the preparations for the Games continue to provide jobs and business opportunities to companies all around the UK. 75p of every pound the ODA spends is an investment in long-term regeneration so a considerable physical legacy from the Games is already largely delivered.'
Hugh Robertson, Minister for Sport and the Olympics, said: 'This has been another good year for the ODA. The project is on time and within budget with 70 per cent of construction complete. In what is the most challenging year of the building project the ODA continues to make excellent progress as the completion of the Stadium roof shows.'
The pictures showing the completed cover of the Olympic Stadium roof can be viewed or downloaded:
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The ODA also published its annual report and accounts which show that the senior management have deferred an equal amount to 10 per cent of the maximum bonus payable until after 2012 and will also be voluntarily taking a pay freeze this year. The Chief Executive’s bonus is subject to approval by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport. Approval had not been given at the date the accounts were signed.
The ODA also published expenses for the Board and Directors for 2009-2010.
John Armitt added: 'The senior management team have ensured that this multi-billion pound project with a fixed deadline is on track and within budget, making £700m savings to date.
'The ODA was created solely for a time-limited task and we will be scaling down from next summer. These are short-term jobs with no enhanced redundancy arrangements and all Directors will be voluntarily taking a pay freeze this year as well as deferring a proportion of performance related pay until after the Games.'
Construction on the Olympic Stadium started in May 2008 and progress to date has included:
- Over 4,500 reinforced concrete columns installed as the foundations
- 12,000 pre-cast concrete terracing units for the seating installed
- All five bridges and their abutments in place, connecting the Stadium island to the rest of the Park
- Work has begun on the fit-out of the 700 rooms and spaces within the Stadium, including fitting toilets and tiling showers in the changing rooms
- The 450-tonne cable net roof structure has been lifted into place
- 14 lighting towers which sit 60m above the field of play have been lifted into place and the fitting of the power cables has started
- The covering of the cable net roof has now completed, providing the correct conditions for athletes on the field of play and covering two-thirds of spectators.
- Landscaping work has begun including trees planted, a green wall installed and the trial sowing of meadows which will flower in this summer.
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