The UK Olympic Delivery Authority began to define the methodology for an ambitious construction programme on the 2·7 km2 Olympic Park site for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, which came with significant constraints. The construction programme included 14 Games time venues and other buildings; the infrastructure and utilities sufficient to service a small town; 300 residential and commercial buildings to be demolished and 2·6 million m3 of soil to be remediated. This £6 billion construction programme was to be completed in 3·5 years. At its peak this resulted in 4500 vehicle movements each day, 81 tier 1 contractors, and 3000 tier 2 contractors together with their subcontractors and suppliers and up to 9000 people involved in construction.
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Delivering London 2012: site-wide logistics Available to Purchase
Howard Shiplee, FCIOB, FICE;
Howard Shiplee, FCIOB, FICE
Former Director of Construction
Olympic Delivering Authority,
London, UK
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Dave Peacop;
Dave Peacop
Head of Logistics
CLM,
London, UK
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Ray Payne, BA, MRICS, MCIArb, FRSA
Ray Payne, BA, MRICS, MCIArb, FRSA
Former Head of Construction Strategy and Logistics
Olympic Delivering Authority,
London, UK
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Received:
November 24 2011
Accepted:
February 16 2012
Online ISSN: 1751-4312
Print ISSN: 1751-4304
ICE Publishing: All rights reserved
2013
Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Management, Procurement and Law (2013) 166 (4): 165–178.
Article history
Received:
November 24 2011
Accepted:
February 16 2012
Citation
Shiplee H, Peacop D, Payne R (2013), "Delivering London 2012: site-wide logistics". Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Management, Procurement and Law, Vol. 166 No. 4 pp. 165–178, doi: https://doi.org/10.1680/mpal.11.00050
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