The Government has this week published a progress report on the Strategy for Sustainable Construction, highlighting the achievements made on the Olympic Park. The report uses the London 2012 project to demonstrate how sustainability can be successfully integrated into large-scale construction projects.

Speaking at the launch of the publication, ODA Chairman John Armitt said: ‘The Olympic Park is one of the largest and most complex construction projects in the UK. We made sustainability a key priority from the start and integrated it into every part of the project, from the procurement of contractors, through the design stage and into construction.

‘We set ourselves ambitious and challenging targets across a range of criteria which we have been striving to deliver against every day on the site.

Targets include transporting over half of the materials (by weight) to the Park by rail, using aggregate and concrete with a high recycled content and focusing on minimising, reusing and recycling waste wherever possible.

‘Working in partnership with the contractors, we are raising the bar for the industry and setting new standards for future projects to follow. We still have challenges ahead and there is no complacency about delivering a project that will showcase the UK construction industry to the world,’ he added.