Work on Olympic Media Centre Begins

Building work on the Olympic media centre has started a month ahead of schedule. Work on the foundations is currently being undertaken with construction now started on all the big venues - the Olympic Stadium, Aquatics Centre, Olympic Village, Velodrome and media centre.

Construction work on the foundations involves sinking 2,100 concrete piles up to 24m into the ground to form the foundations of the International Broadcast Centre and Main Press Centre. The media centre will support around 20,000 broadcasters, photographers and journalists.

During summer 2009 work will begin on the steel frame of the IBC. Over 4,500 tonnes of steel with trusses up to 24m long are being produced and fabricated for the IBC in Dalton, North Yorkshire. Work is also underway on the media transport mall and the foundations of the MPC are due to start this month.

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