We stand today on July 27, one year away from the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games. Britain is well ahead of schedule. Contingency budgets are $1.4 billion under-spent. Even the notoriously cynical British media remain supportive. Look below the surface, and the scale of this achievement so far becomes clearer — not only because of the world-class execution of this $15 billion project, but also the context in which it is being delivered.
London Succeeds in Its Olympic Trials
We stand today on July 27, one year away from the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games. Britain is well ahead of schedule. Contingency budgets are $1.4 billion under-spent. Even the notoriously cynical British media remain supportive. Look below the surface, and the scale of this achievement so far becomes clearer — not […]
July 27, 2011
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