We can pick the weather to go on an site visit! On Thursday 5 February a coach load of seekers after enlightenment from the Chartered Architects, Engineers and Plumbers Companies met for an initial look at the site of the 2012 Olympic Games. After a week of snow and ice it had the decency to merely rain as we were driven around the site in a coach whose seating arrangements would have done an Easyjet flight to the Coata Somewhere proud. We had both a PR lady and an architect from the ODA with us and they struggled to answer the battery of technical questions thrown at them. In a moment of quiet embarrassment they advised that a significant percentage of the workmen on the site were British. The embarrassment arose from the fact that the PR lady was antipodean and the architect from ODA Italian.
The photos above and alongside are courtesy of Tom Ball. The panorama being taken from the top of the Stratford Station Car park.As can be seen the structure that is most advanced is that of the main stadium.
The Company intends to arrange these visits on a frequent basis so that we can monitor the progress. Hopefully the weather will be better and we will get something more by of specialist input from the technical team. Our colleagues from the Engineers' Company have also promised to invite us to meetings they have in the pipeline to deal with specific issues such as transportation and infrastructure.
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