02 mike vaughan the olympic park
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unique opportunity to revitalise the Lower Lea Valley, transforming one of the most underdeveloped areas of London The project is about harnessing this potential to create one of the largest new urban parks in Europe for 150 years. In addition to world-class facilities for sports including athletics, cycling, hockey, swimming and tennis, there will be homes for a new community, and green spaces in and around the Olympic ParkTRANSCRIPT
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Restoring London’s rivers
The Olympic Park –
a case study
Mike Vaughan, Atkins Limited
25 October 2012
NLA breakfast talk
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Timescale: 2005 to 2012 = 7 years
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Back in 2005 B.C
(Before Clean-up)
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Industrial site in a state of urban decline,
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Contamination
Site clean up, remediation of soils and groundwater
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Little access to the watercourses
River walls repaired, restored or replaced
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Invasive species
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Park and Public Realm
(Ecological restoration)
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River edges and wetlands:
Integrating the river
environment into the Park
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River Restoration ?
• Restoration options constrained
• Obviously “complete” restoration philosophy can not be applied here
• Constraints of the Olympic Park
• Restoring biodiversity to river margins
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• Restoring biodiversity to the river margins
• Enhancement of the river as a feature
• For people:
• Aesthetic
• Engaging people with the river environment
• For wildlife
• Intrinsic habitat value
• Habitat diversity with connectivity
• Target species and habitat
River Enhancement
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Challenges
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Contamination Silt
Plant performanceWeeds
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Wetland channels
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Wet Woodlands
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Waterside margins
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• River engineers
• Ecologists
• Hydrologists and hydraulic experts
• Geomorphologists
• Soils and geotechnical
• Landscape architects
• Botanists / horticulturalists
River Edge Engineer
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• Parnerships vital
• Environment Agency
• Lee Valley Park
• Rivers & Canal Trust
• 4 London Boroughs
• ODA
• CLM
• Designers
• Contractors and suppliers
Collaboration
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So what have the Games done for the River Lee?
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2005 BC:
Overgrown & low value
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2012 AD (Atkins Design):
Colour structure, habitat with value
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Sustainability
Accessibility
Remediation
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A place for recreation and biodiversity –
a site of metropolitan importance
2.3ha of wetland habitat
An important wildlife corridor
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“We believe that our work on London 2012 will
showcase the Games as a feat of engineering
excellence, demonstrating the breadth and quality
of career opportunities in engineering and design”
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