Temporary accommodation built for the Beijing Olympics will be shipped to London and re-used at the 2012 Olympic Games, Beijing Municipal Science & Technology Commission (BSTC) has announced, the Beijing Daily reported on August 3.

Temporary accommodation built for the Beijing Olympics will be shipped to London and re-used at the 2012 Olympic Games. [File photo]

BSTC is to cooperate with De Boer Group, the world's largest provider of temporary accommodation, to recycle the accommodation for use at the London Olympics.

According to Dong Bin, 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.

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

"The materials, equipment and products used to construct the Beijing Olympic temporary accommodation were all made in China," added Dong. The Group has 120,000 square meters of temporary accommodation, 80,000 seats and 240 kilometers of security railings used in the Games, all of which meet international standards and can be recycled several times.

Temporary accommodation built for the Beijing Olympics will be shipped to London and re-used at the 2012 Olympic Games. [File photo]

The Group has signed an agreement with De Boer to offer the facilities to the London Olympic village as part of BSTC's recycling program.

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

More than 100 scientific achievements in urban construction, intelligent transportation systems, environmental management and energy saving will be on the market by 2010. "We hope to establish five to ten world-famous service brands by the end of 2010 to promote these achievements and realize revenue of 10 billion yuan (US$1.46 billion)," said Zhu.

(China.org.cn by Huang Shan, August 4, 2009)