Roof Goes On 2012 Olympic Stadium
The first stage of the roof on the £525m Olympic Stadium being built for London 2012 have been put in place.
The first of 28 trusses that will support the roof have been erected with the 30-metre steel support raising the height of the stadium in Stratford, east London, to 37 metres above the future podium level.
The 85-tonne section of steel was raised by a super-crane that held it in place while it was bolted to the support columns.
The rest of the trusses will be levered into place over the next nine months.
Despite concerns over costs, Olympic Delivery Authority chairman John Armitt said the complex engineering project was progressing well.
More than 500 people are working on the Stratford site, a number that organisers say will grow closer to the stadium’s completion.
The ODA was forced last week to use £461m of £2bn contingency fund put aside from the primary London 2012 budget to cover construction costs on the Olympic Village and the Media Centre after private sector funding failed to materialise.
