The London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) has unveiled plans for the regeneration of the future Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park which will generate millions of pounds in the British economy and boost the building construction industry. The new park will reopen exactly one year after London 2012 opening ceremony, becoming an exciting new visitor destination and community park unlike any other in the UK, the LLDC said. The creation of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park will be one of the biggest construction projects in Europe. MORE >>

LEED 2012 is headed to commenting for the third time! Just a quick drop in to let you all know that the latest and greatest from the USGBC , LEED 2012, will be opening for the third round of comments in two weeks. This is likely the last go-round for commenters before the new rating system goes to the ballot in June 2012. If you know little about LEED 2012, check out my prior post on the current draft by following this link. The final version will go to ballot in June and should be implemented by November 2012. Nothing is set in stone, yet. MORE >>

Plans submitted to transform the Olympic Park when the 2012 Olympic Games in London finishes. The 5,000 page planning application documents the plans detailing how the Olympic Park could look after the 2012 Games. The future of the Olympic Stadium has already been dealt with, with West Ham set to move in after the Olympics, and this project would also be a welcome boost for the construction industry. Train4TradeSkills News: What effect has the 2012 Olympics had on the UK Construction Industry? What do you think should be done to the Olympic Park post-2012? MORE >>

2012 was no different. Among these opinions are many that affect the construction industry in Virginia. Several of these have been discussed here at Construction Law Musings and all are well summarized at VLW so I will not be getting into them with specificity here.  Suffice it to say that as a Virginia construction lawyer , I always find new and interesting wrinkles to the construction tapestry in Virginia in the pages of Lawyers Weekly and thank the editors for their consistent highlighting of interesting cases in my field of practice. license. MORE >>

Prompt and successful completion of the building construction work for the Olympic Games in London this summer could be a chance for UK firms to get work all over the world – a leading publication in the trades, Construction Enquirer, reported today. One of the UK’s leading International Consultants, McBains Cooper, has urged the Government’s trade teams to introduce more building contracts from abroad for the building construction industry in Britain. Tell us how optimistic are you about exporting your business abroad? MORE >>