March Event - London 2012 ODA - Project of the Year 2011

Ruari Maybank from ODA 43 members attended a fact-filled presentation giving an insight to the Velodrome, Aquatics Centre and Stadium - in fact the entire Olympic Park project including the infrastructure and landscaping  as it currently stands.  Apart from the presentation and video there were many questions asked.  Ruari focussed on the main areas of Sustainability, Carbon, Costs (of course!), Variations (vigorously challenged), Procurement mechanisms and then followed up with legacy arrangements, stakeholder interaction and let's not forget statistical analysis!! Click here for Velodrome project PDF.

We were wooed with tales of velodrome competitors having toilet facilities WITHIN the centre of the track. Allegedly something new.What did they do before in all their Spandex?

Interesting points arising - Even the way the doors open into the velodrome was modified as apparently the opposition were known to open the doors surrepticiously, let the cold , denser air in to slow the cyclists down. The ODA even gave money back as they did not need it all.  Something quite rare! The "mix" was 1:2:4  not just concrete but constructed with 1 year to go; 2 years of planning; 4 years of building.


No LCEC session is complete with a networking session, this one was no exception especially with the discussion points raised from the talk!


Postscript: Ruari Maybank has emailed to say "I regret that for reasons of brand protection, I am unable to share the presentation, but would note that most of the points raised are available on the learning legacy website and in ICE proceedings papers.

http://learninglegacy.london2012.com"