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News Release from: Lifting Solutions | Subject: London 2012 Olympic bid banner
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 14 February 2005
Wire rope structure supports 8200m2 of
banners
Lifting Solutions has supplied an enormous supporting structure of steel wire rope holding up what is believed to be Europe's largest ever banner.
Lifting Solutions has supplied an enormous supporting structure of steel wire rope holding up what is believed to be Europe's largest ever banner The giant London 2012 Olympic bid banner has been erected on the roof of the Dome as London prepares to welcome the International Olympic Committee Evaluation Commission to the city from 16-20 February 2005
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 25 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The spectacular brand dressing consists of two banners covering 8200m2 of the Dome's roof, and is thought to be the largest building wrap ever constructed in Europe.
40 per cent larger that the temporary poster site erected on the facade of Selfridges department store on Oxford Street in 2000, the banners are clearly visible to passengers on flights into London's Heathrow and City airports.
Lifting Solutions has been working on the mammoth structure for many months; the company has supplied over 5km of steel wire rope in a range of diameters - 12mm, 16mm and 19mm.
Jonathan Moorhouse, managing director of Lifting Solutions, says: "We weren't even able to tell our family when we worked on last year's Olympic Games opening and closing ceremony, and this has been quite a similar job in terms of confidentiality.
"Once again it shows that a local engineering company can do well on the major stage with the right attitude, approach and quality of workmanship.
"We're hoping, of course, that London gets the games, as our experience and expertise as used in Athens for the 2004 games could well be called upon again if there's any lifting to be done in the 2012 opening and closing ceremonies".
If London were to host the 2012 Olympics and Paralympic Games, the Dome would host basketball and gymnastics, and is one of the venues that the IOC Commission will visit during its four-day trip to the city.
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