Health and Safety Officer Ros Seal (above) is a key part of the female force behind the construction of the 2012 Olympics in London
Exhibition: Women Making the London Olympics, Museum of London Docklands, London, until May 2 2010
Even if British athletes falter spectacularly on the tracks at the 2012 Olympics, the sprawl of futuristic facilities springing up at heat-winning pace across London will leave the nation with a legacy to savour.
Much of the construction work on the spectacular venues owe a heavy debt to the diligence and graft of hard-hatted female workers, and this project features images of 12 of them.
Photo: David Poultney, Olympic Delivery Authority
Taken from a set of calendars raising money for human rights organisation the Helen Bamber Foundation, it was opened on International Women's Day (March 8) by Olympics Minister Tessa Jowell.
Security guard Syria Begum
"This exhibition encapsulates the legacy of the Olympics," said Jowell, praising the Games for helping the team earn experience for "the building of future London."
Plumber Catherine Neary
"The images of the women show a wider legacy of the Games where gender barriers in the construction industry are being broken down and old stereotypes binned.
"Now is the age of the white van woman."
All individual photos courtesy Janie Airey
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