Have you seen the virtual tour you can take around the Olympic Stadium? It's on the ODA website, and it's pretty slick. To save you the hassle of looknig for it, here it is. Check it out. I'd like to see more information added to it, but it's a good ...

Apparently residential construction experts have raised concerns over the tight schedule to build the Olympic Village. 3,000 units is a LOT of units to to complete in two years and we don't want a half-arsed job as visitors from around the world are going to be staying in them. The last thing we need is our construction reputation to be ...

[quote user="Molevalleyman"]Demolition contractor Thompsons of Prudhoe, which knocked down the house, said: "It is probably the newest building we've ever demolished."[/quote] I reckon it must be, unless they're forgetting all the times they demolished something before it was built! It's always a role like this ...

[quote user="EEPaul"]The skyline may be very different in 6-12 months time, I think.[/quote]  A bleak picture you paint EEPaul, but probably a rather accurate one. [quote user="Molevalleyman"]I am advised that Genesis HA pulled the plug on that project due to being unhappy with aspects of the design and cost of the £300m ...

I don't know about nicknames that don'ts suit the subject, but the nickname 'Hemorrhoids' for China's CCTV headquarters always makes me chuckle. Particularly when you consider it next to the artist impression!  

I was driving across London (from SE through the middle to the W) and I lost count of the number of tower cranes I saw dominating the London skyline. I've got a mate who reckons you can tell how well the construction industry is going by the number of cranes you can see from the top of Primrose Hill. He counts them every time he takes a walk ...

Cool video Danny Boy. Even better is the news that: Mace have signed a £425m contract to build the Shard! To me, that is absolutely fantastic news. I can't help but feel that as the Shard grows out of the ground so will the 'green shoots of recovery' and the economic fortunes of this country will soon be on the up. OK, so ...

Steelwork stopped temporarily on the Heron back in November for concrete to be poured for the base slabs. Steelwork started up again Jan 21st following the steel delivery Janie mentioned. Apparently work has already begun on floors 5 and 6. I read somewhere that they'll be constructing the floors in sets of 2, and each set should take a ...

Heard on the grapevine today that the Shard will definitely go up. Construction due to start in March.  

The only things going up round my way are snowmen!