The construction of the 2012 Olympic Stadium has reached another milestone with
the installation of a cable net roof made by a Yorkshire firm.
The roof is made of over 12,000 meters of cables supplied by Bridon
International Limited and manufactured at its headquarters in Doncaster.
On Tuesday, January 5, 2010 Rosie Winterton, the Minister for Yorkshire and The
Humber and also Doncaster Central MP, visited the Olympic Stadium to see the
roof at first hand.
Rosie Winterton, Regional Minister, said: “It is a magnificent
achievement and I congratulate all those at Bridon International who’ve
worked on this project.
“The London 2012 Games provide an unprecedented opportunity for our
region’s businesses in every sector to gain new contracts and put their
services and products onto a global stage.”
Twenty six companies or organisations from Yorkshire and Humberside have
already won contracts from the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA), and many more
have won work supplying the ODA’s contractors through the supply
chain.
The ODA confirmed that with the cable net roof now in place, the Stadium is on
target for completion by the summer of 2011.
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