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Overseas travel and tourism: September 2012
Posted on: 15 November 2012
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The publication of the September 2012 tourist figures by the Office for National Statistics helps to show the impact of the Olympics and Paralympics on UK inbound tourism.
How London 2012 will change UK transport. London, 26 October 2012
Posted on: 1 November 2012
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Webcasts are available on this event, including the following topics: Physical transport legacy; Regeneration for the future; National rail during the Games; London Underground and London Rail during the Games; Keeping London and the other venue cities moving; Rio 2016; Transport planning for mega events; Managing an integrated programme.
London, the (n) ever-changing city
Posted on: 30 October 2012
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A 17-strong international tutor team of practising architects, researchers in architecture and urbanism, artists, and linguists are leading this years’ Urban Transcripts workshop on the city, to be held on 3-9 December 2012. Focusing on London’s actual problematics, combining on-site visits, urban explorations, studio work and social events, the workshop is an interdisciplinary exercise in understanding the urban condition and working towards collaborative solutions. The workshop is open both to students and non-students; it will be of particular interest to students past their 2nd year of study, postgraduate students, and recent graduates, in disciplines related to the study of the city and urban intervention; notably architecture, urbanism, planning, geography, the social sciences, and the arts. Further details of the event, together with listings of reference, can be found online.
UK Hotel Investment Monitor: Autumn 2012
Posted on: 4 October 2012
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Despite some of the negative press and cynicism in the build up to the Olympics regarding reduced levels of demand and over priced hotel rooms over the Olympic period, London hoteliers achieved unprecedented profit growth, according to the latest hotel investment statistics published by Savills.
Chartered surveyors and the 2012 Olympics
Posted on: 4 October 2012
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This video includes interviews with chartered surveyors involved in delivering the Olympic Games in London in 2012.
Review of impact of London 2012 Games on perceptions of Britain overseas
Posted on: 27 September 2012
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This document from VisitBritain provides an indication of how Britain was perceived during the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games based on the feedback of VisitBritain’s staff who were monitoring the media and national sentiment in overseas markets. Perceptions of Britain’s creativity, heritage and Culture, arts and music, and diversity seem to have been huge positives for the destination across the board. Weather, food, and transport and security seemed to have remained largely neutral, whereas perceptions of Britain as a value for money destination seem to have suffered somewhat.
Vila AutĂłdromo: one community taking a stand against Olympic gentrification in Rio de Janeiro
Posted on: 26 September 2012
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Sporting events like the Olympics and the World Cup are touted for sparking local economic development but just as often displace large numbers of urban poor to achieve it. Maureen Donaghy visits the community that is challenging the government’s redevelopment plans for the Olympic Park site with its own People’s Plan that promises to be more cost effective.
London 2012: The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007: Dutyholder roles and impact
Posted on: 13 September 2012
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Frontline Consultants was commissioned by the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) and funded by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) to review duty holder implementation of The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 (CDM 2007) on the construction of the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (London 2012). The objectives of this research are to: review the effectiveness of the 2007 Regulations as implemented by duty holders for the construction of the new 2012 venues against the criteria set for the CDM revision during 2005/6; assess the extent to which the Regulations assisted the management of health and safety during the construction of the new 2012 venues; identify examples where the Regulations produced obvious and demonstrable benefits in both health and safety and business delivery terms and the extent to which such benefits can be transferred to the construction of other sites; identify any requirements within the Regulations which affected good health and safety performance or which were considered burdensome or unfair, or inhibited the competitive environment with little overall benefit to improved health and safety performance; and capture the good practice and present it for dissemination by HSE, ICE and ODA in a way that will inspire and enable a genuine and lasting health and safety legacy from the construction of the games to benefit construction across Britain. This report is part of a suite of research projects and independent evaluations undertaken on health and safety at work on the London 2012 construction programme.
Groundwater treatment on the Olympic Park
Posted on: 12 September 2012
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This article appears in the Proceedings of the ICE: Water Management, Vol.165, Issue 8, September 2012. Following completion of the site investigation, the remediation design and soil remediation phases on the Olympic Park, the focus turned to the remediation of the underlying groundwater contamination. As with the soil, the groundwater aquifers had also been impacted by the downward migration of contamination following historic industrial activity in the area. This contamination required treatment by a number of techniques to protect both the surrounding watercourses that dissect the park and the underlying groundwater aquifers from further impact.
A marathon not a sprint? Legacy lessons for London
Posted on: 11 September 2012
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While it praises the many legacy achievements so far, a report from the regeneration think tank, Centre for Cities, urges the London Legacy Development Corporation, which is leading the post-games regeneration of the Olympic Park, the five host London boroughs, the Mayor of London and the government to learn from the successes and failures of previous host cities. The Centre proposes a five-point plan.
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