Technical papers
Atkins has been invited to author a series of reports as part of the Olympic Delivery Authority’s (ODA) Learning Legacy programme:
Designing river edges
The successful design and delivery of the river edges, wetlands and wet woodlands required innovative responses to many technical challenges, including flood risk management, bank side erosion, habitat creation and the ease of management and maintenance.
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Utilities resilience and capacity on the Olympic Park
The design of the utilities networks on the Olympic Park had to accommodate the differing demand profiles and resilience requirements of the short-term London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and the longer term community requirements.
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Treating Japanese knotweed on the Olympic Park
Around four hectares of the Olympic Park site contained established Japanese knotweed colonies at the outset of works. The weed can cause serious damage to infrastructure and competes with native species resulting in reduced diversity.
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Habitats for birds and bats on the Olympic Park
As part of the biodiversity action plan (BAP) the Olympic Delivery Authority set challenging targets for the placement of bat and bird boxes across the Olympic Park. Architects, engineers and ecologists worked together to identify innovative approaches to creating appropriate habitats.
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Integrating trees and utilities within the Olympic Park
Incorporating large trees within the complex and compact site of the Olympic Park brought some significant technical challenges.
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Eradicating invasive weeds during the construction of the Olympic Park
Invasive weed species including Japanese knotweed, giant hogweed, Himalayan balsam and floating pennywort were recorded in abundance throughout the Park. Prior to any clearance and construction work, a detailed strategy had to be established to identify, verify, control and dispose of these weeds.
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Site investigation and data management for earthworks and remediation design
Information on the chemical and physical properties of the ground is fundamental in the design of any earthworks or remediation scheme. Proactive management and effective data transfer allowed the earthworks and remediation design to progress as planned and gave the rest of the London 2012 project team access to the available ground investigation data.
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Further information on Atkins’ work on the Olympic Park has been published as part of the Institution of Civil Engineers’ Delivering London 2012 series:
Delivering London 2012: utilities
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Delivering London 2012: geotechnical enabling works
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Delivering London 2012: structures, bridges and highways
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