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Olympic Village fit out begins

Written on Saturday, 28 January 2012.

The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) handed over the Olympic Village site to the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) yesterday (Friday 27 January). The handover of the Village, on time, marks the start of the huge process to fit-out the new apartments and Village site ready to welcome athletes and officials from around the world in six months’ time.

The Olympic Village will be able to house up to 16,000 thousand athletes and team officials during the Olympic Games and 6,200 thousand athletes and team officials plus 1000 referees and umpires during the Paralympic Games, all from 200 countries around the world. The fit-out and overlay work now underway to get the Village ready for the Games includes:

– Installing 16,000 beds, 64,000 bed sheets and 21,000 pillows
– 9,000 wardrobes and more than 170,000 coat hangers
– 11,000 sofas, 5,000 bins and 5,000 toilet brushes
– Equipping each apartment with a television and wi-fi services
– Constructing the temporary 24-hour main dining facility with 5,000 seats, as well the Village Plaza CafÃ© and ‘Grab-and-go’ carts — the Village will provide the largest peacetime catering operation in the world with up to 60,000 meals served daily
– Sustainably sourced food from around the world will be available including 25,000 loaves of bread, 232 tonnes of potatoes, 75,000 litres of milk and more than 330 tonnes of fruit and vegetables
– Building the Olympic Village Plaza — the main ‘social hub’ of the Village with essential shops and services for athletes and guests including a cafÃ©, general store, bank, beauty & grooming salon, internet lounge, London 2012 shop and entertainment centre
– Constructing the Welcome Centre, the initial arrival point for athletes and officials to be officially accredited for the London 2012 Games
– Installing exercise equipment to create a state-of-the art athlete gym in Chobham Academy

Olympic Village in Buildington

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