As part of the 2012 Learning Legacy, ICE worked with the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) to deliver a UK-wide lecture programme.
The topics covered include:
- master planning
- land treatment
- venues
- bridges
- structures
- water use management
- transport
Details of each lecture can be found below.
Online lectures
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John Armitt, ICE Fellow, and Chairman of the Olympic Delivery Authority, describes the various engineering and construction challenges from governance, land assembly, budget agreement, stakeholder relations, planning, programme management and how they were overcome.
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Launch of the Olympic Delivery Authority’s Learning Legacy and panel discussion on the lessons learned from the London 2012 construction project.
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Hear from those that led the complex design and planning process to ensure buildings and infrastructure were designed to meet long-term regeneration ambitions as well as the unique technical requirements for the games.
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Prior to 2005 the Olympic Park site in east London was heavily polluted and divided by pylons and railways. The preparation for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games required environmental improvement on a huge scale.
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The Aquatics Centre London 2012 is an iconic venue designed by acclaimed architect Zaha Hadid.
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The lecture looks at the use of modern techniques to reduce the use of water across the site and successfully manage the resource.
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Hear from those who led the design and delivery of the Olympic Stadium. An innovative use of permanent and temporary forms was developed to meet the 80,000 Olympic capacity and 25,000 legacy capacity, with the final structuring consisting of a permanent sunken concrete bowl and a removable upper seating tier.
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The structures, bridges and highways project is one of the largest and most challenging on the Olympic Park, delivering infrastructure within a complex, contaminated site that is criss-crossed by numerous rivers, railways and major utilities. Find out how the project was delivered.
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As part of the London 2012 transport programme, the Olympic Delivery Authority has invested more than £500m in upgrading key transport hubs, carrying out extensive planning on public transport, and delivering integrated operations plans that will cover off a further £500m in operations at Games-time to make this the ‘public transport Games’. Find out more about the transport programme.
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Engineering the Olympic Park by Director of Infrastructure, Utilities & Public Realm
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Insight into how partnerships have been critical to the successful delivery of transportation for the London 2012 Olympics.