The Chinse group, a constituent part of Beijing Municipal Government, has agreed to co-operate with the De Boer Group, the world's largest provider of temporary accommodation, to try to recycle the accommodation for use at the London Olympics.

 

 

According to Dong Bin, the Deputy General Manager of Beijing Urban Construction Group, a total of 31 competition venues, 17 non-competition venues and 45 training facilities were used at last year's Beijing Olympics.

 

They include buildings, seating, interior fixtures, parking lots and pavements, electric wires and circuitry, and road signs, all of which were designed as temporary structures.

 

Dong said: "Temporary facilities played an important role in guest reception, security, broadcast facilities and competition venues.

 

"The materials, equipment and products used to construct the Beijing Olympic temporary accommodation were all made in China."

 

The BSTC has 120,000 square meters of temporary accommodation, 80,000 seats and 240 kilometres of security railings used in the Games, all of which meet international standards and can be recycled several times.

They have signed an agreement with De Boer to offer the facilities to London 2012 as part of BSTC's recycling programme.

 

The De Boer Group, whose headquarters are in Amsterdam and who are based in Northampton in Britain, rents out various types of temporary quick-to-build accommodation structures for short and long term uses ranging from events and festivals to storage, airport luggage handling, and temporary supermarkets.

 

They have previously worked on a number of major sports events, including the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta and the 2006 Winter Games in Turin.

 

They were also involved in the 2006 Asian Games in Doha and the 2006 World Cup in Germany.

 

It is currently recruiting a lead programme manager to co-ordinate its strategy for the London 2012 Olympics and work with the Olympic Delivery Authority and LOCOG.

 

An advert on its website said: "Their [the ODA] requirements are undefined at present, although there are reports of requirements for temporary facilities of around 355,000m² - this includes cabins, security huts etc and the detailed breakdown of venues and potential requirements is expected to be tendered on a site by site basis."

 

Among the events they have targeted are the beach volleyball, which is due to be staged on Horse Guard Parade in central London and is expected to be one of the main attractions during the 2012 Olympics.

 

The BSTC is also hoping to cash in on last year's Olympics in several other ways.

 

More than 100 scientific achievements in urban construction, intelligent transportation systems, environmental management and energy saving developed for the Beijing Olympics will be on the market by 2010, it is hoped.

 

Zhu Shilong, the Deputy Director of BSTC, said: "We plan to establish a perfect mechanism to promote the scientific achievements of the Beijing Olympics.

 

"We hope to establish five to ten world-famous service brands by the end of 2010 to promote these achievements and realise revenue of 10 billion yuan (£806 million)."