The picture above was added wih the caption "Olympics window cleaner should get a gold for cleaning this."
The futuristic glass-clad design of the 2012 London Olympics aquatics centre in East London could be a window cleaner's nightmare, it has been warned. Both the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment and Newham local authority believe the roof of the £242 million swimming venue could pose a huge headache for window cleaning. Their concerns were raised in a report for the Olympic Delivery Authority, which has just granted planning permission for the 17,500-seater stadium in Stratford. The Commission, while supporting Zaha Hadid's overall design, told Olympic chiefs the final design would have to take account of roof 'cleaning and maintenance. 'Newham council, meanwhile, asked how window-cleaning would be done on such an "unusually shaped and large building. "Contractors Balfour Beatty start building the venue this summer, which will include two 50m pools and a diving pool. Olympics boss Lord Seb Coe is confident the venue will be ready by 2011.
The futuristic glass-clad design of the 2012 London Olympics aquatics centre in East London could be a window cleaner's nightmare, it has been warned. Both the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment and Newham local authority believe the roof of the £242 million swimming venue could pose a huge headache for window cleaning. Their concerns were raised in a report for the Olympic Delivery Authority, which has just granted planning permission for the 17,500-seater stadium in Stratford. The Commission, while supporting Zaha Hadid's overall design, told Olympic chiefs the final design would have to take account of roof 'cleaning and maintenance. 'Newham council, meanwhile, asked how window-cleaning would be done on such an "unusually shaped and large building. "Contractors Balfour Beatty start building the venue this summer, which will include two 50m pools and a diving pool. Olympics boss Lord Seb Coe is confident the venue will be ready by 2011.
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