MADE IN LONDON

摘要

Last year the eyes of the world watched London cope admirably with the Olympics. The cynics predicted the venues wouldn't be ready, the roads would seize up and public transport would grind to a halt. But good organisation and clever engineering ensured the Olympics ran without a hitch. These same skills are applied daily to extending and improving London's buildings and infrastructure. Some of these schemes such as Crossrail are more ambitious in scale than the Olympics yet are being constructed with minimal disruption to Londoners. Occasionally there is disruption when things go wrong as happened when Hammersmith flyover was closed last year due to structural corrosion.