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National

Audit

Office

Preparations

for

the

London

2012

Olympic

and Paralyrpic

Games:

Progress Report

Ju

ne

2008

796.

480

684

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Conslruclion

slrort

dote

October 2006 October

2006

September 2009

September 2008

November

2008

Enobling Works

{site

preporofion}

Power Lines Under Grounding

{switchover

only}

Structures,

Bridges

ond Highwoys

Utilities

Moin

Stodium

Aquotics

Centre

Velopork

Hondboll,/lndoor

Sports Areno

Bosketboll

lnternotionol Broodcost

Cenhe/

Moin

Press

Centre

Olympic Villoge

Eton

Monor

{troining focilities

ond

Porolympic

eventsi

Broxbourne

{white

woter conoeing}

Eton

Dorney

(rowing)

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Comments

Elements

of

enobiing works

ore

criticol

to ihe

Auhorily's

delivery

progromme.

Good

progress hos been

mode

ond

where deloys

hove

occurred

this hos

notdeloyed

the

stortof

construction

octivities.

See

porogrophs

3.5

and

Figure 8.

The

pLUp

project

is

criticol

io

ihe

delivery

of

the

Olympic

Pork os

itwill remove

overlond

power

lines from

the_site

ond ollow

the switchover

to unddr

giound

po, , cobles.

ln

June

2AA7

the Authority

ochieved

o

crificol.

projeci

miiesione,

completion

of

the lwo moin 6km

power

line

tunnels

9n'iime

ond

to budget.

This wos

o

high risk octivity

given the need

to bore

tunnels

through

o

complex

site

ond

hod

the potentiol

to

seriousl;l

deioy the

site

preporotions.

The ,Auihority

expects

lo

switch

power

to ihe underground

cobles

by

November

2008.

Ebmer{ts of

the Skuctures.

Bridges

ond

Highwoys

proiect ore criticol

to the

Authority's

delivery

progrqmme.

Progress

is

on

trock,

with

the

first

lour coniroct

pockoges successfully

procured ond

work

underwoy

{the

four mosi

criticol

elements

of the

proiect}.

The Utilities

proiect is

criticol

io

the Authority's

delivery

progromme.

The Authority

hos re-scheduled

utilities works

to

meetthe

plonned

needs

of

venues on

the

pork,

in

porticulcr

the utilit'y

requiremenls

for

test evenls.

Construction

of

the

Moin

Stodium

ond

its

reodiness for

iest events

is

criticol

to ihe Auihority's delivery progromme.

At

the

iime of

the

November

2002

Progromme Boseline

Report,

which

wos before controci

signoiure,

construciion

ol

lhe

Moin

Stodium

wcs

scheduled to be

completed

in

Februory

20,l

1, to

be

followed

by

LOCOG

overloy

works

for tesi events which were

to

be completed

by

June

201

I . 1o dole

good

progress

hos been

roi on site

prepcroiion,

which

hos

oilowed

construction

io

stqrt

in

Moy

2008,

two

months earlier

fhon plonned^1

i, o

1. .rii of controct

negotiotions

the

Authority

hos ogreed o

longer conslruction

period

lhon

cnticipoted

[35

months

ro$er

thon

32].

The

Authoriry

hos. however,

drik

orly

occess

dotei

{or LOCOG

overloy works

into the controct

so overloy

con be cqrried

oui

in

porcllel

with

ihe construciion

work.

The forecast

dote for

reodiness

for test events

remoins

otJune

201 l.

Construciion

of

the Aquotics

Cenire

ond

its reodiness

for lest events

is

criiicol

to the Authority's

delivery

progronrme.

A'r:e

-

-e

:-'-:

November

2007

Progromme Boseline

Report, which

wos

before

coniroci signoture,

construction

of ihe Aquotics

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201

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controct

negotiotions,

the

Auihority

hos ogreed

o

longer

construction

period.

The Authorify

considers,

however, ci

irls sioge

the inrpcct

on

the dote

of

ieodiness

for test evenis

is minimol.

The Authority

hos built

eorly occess

dctes for

LOCOG overloy works into the coniroct

so thot

overloyconbecorriedoutinporollel

withtheconstructionwork.Theforecostdoteforrecdinessfortesteventsof

August20ll

isonemonth

loter thon

originolly expected.

Broodly on

trock

{ond

currenily

forecost

io

be completed

oheod

of

schedule}.

Storted

eorly

ond

currently

forecost

to be completed

oheod

of

schedule.

The stsrt dote

for

construction

of

this

temporory

venue

wos

put bock

four

months. but

the

proiecl

remoins on

irock for delivery

in

April

201

I

.

The conshuction

of

the lnternotionol

Broodcost

Cenire/Moin

Press Cenire

is criticcl

to

lhe Authoriiy's

delivery

programme.

The Authority

expects

to sign

the controct on

ihe

deol

by

ihe end of

June

2008.

ln the meontime.

the design

ond

construclion

is on trock.

The

Olympic Villoge

site is

now cleor. Plcnning opplicotions for the

first

three blocks of

the

oportments

hove

now been

submitted

ond

piling

stcrted

in

Moy

20b4.

See

porogrophs 3.20

to 3.25 on

the progress

towords

finolising

the

deol

for the Villoge.

The delivery

strotegy

for the

Eton Mcnor

orec

on

the

Olympic

Pork hos

been significontiy

refined since

ihe November

2007

Progromme

Bqseline. Construciion

of

the different

elements

moking

up

the Eton

Monor proiect

{for

exomple

Porolyrnpic

Tennis

ond

Archery} will

now

be

procured os

one pockoge

of

work

ond,

os

ot the end

of

Morch 2008,

the Authority expects

thot

construction

will be complete

in

April 20,l

1

lnvestigotions

info

ground

contorninotion

ct

the Spifolbrook

site

in

Broxbourne,

Hertfordshire,

(plonned for the white woter

conoeing course)

reueolid

ihe siie

is-unsuitoble.

The

venue will

be relocqted

to an

olternsiive

siie, six miles

south

of the planned

site, ot

the Showground

in

Broxbourne.

The

lotest pionned

stort

cnd

finish dotes

for

the proiect

{which

is

noncriticol to the delivery

of

lhe Auihority's

progromme} hove been

deiermined

using

improved

informotion

on Gcmes

time

requirements.

Construction

storted

oheqd

of

schedule

ond

is forecosi

to

be delivered

one

month

eorly-