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Temporary archery venue
Lord’s Cricket Ground
Established in 1814, Lord’s Cricket Ground is home to the England and Wales Cricket Board and hosts international test matches. Atkins helped transform this Victorian pavilion into a temporary venue for Olympic archery events, to support state-of-the-art broadcast equipment, power supplies and an additional 4,000 spectators seated in temporary stands, without disturbing the cricket field.
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South West London
area Thames Strategy South West River Thames Our development of the Thames Strategy for the South West London area created a vision for riverside communities along the River Thames and future use of the waterway. The strategy provided a long term vision and basis for a more holistic approach to the many complex and interrelated issues relating to planning, management and use of the river.
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area Thames Strategy South West River Thames Our development of the Thames Strategy for the South West London area created a vision for riverside communities along the River Thames and future use of the waterway. The strategy provided a long term vision and basis for a more holistic approach to the many complex and interrelated issues relating to planning, management and use of the river.
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Oxford Circus crossing
Oxford Circus
Oxford Circus is one of the world’s most congested intersections, with more than 200 million pedestrians crossing it each year. We remodelled it to improve pedestrian flows and the public realm. This allowed pedestrians to use the crossing diagonally as well as in straight lines, greatly benefitting shoppers in one of London’s main tourist districts.
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Quadrant 3, Regent Street
Regent Street
Quadrant 3 is a mixed use development including high quality residential accommodation overlooking Piccadilly Circus, with a complex of fully restored Art Deco basement restaurant and wine bars. Our public realm designs for the surrounding area included the transformation of Glasshouse Street and part of Sherwood Street into pedestrianised areas and complementary routes to Regent Street and Soho, bringing new style to this previously run-down area.
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Enhancing Trafalgar Square
Trafalgar Square
Trafalgar Square is one of London’s most famous landmarks, a popular tourist destination and the scene of many major events. Using a mixture of traffic management and urban design we helped transform it from a congested, ill equipped space, into a location fit for purpose - enhancing the enjoyment for visitors, improving pedestrian access and bus travel around this heritage site.
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HM Treasury
Westminster
Faithful+Gould acted as cost consultant to the Exchequer Partnership for the £100 million redevelopment of a Grade II listed building, to provide modern facilities for Her Majesty’s Treasury Department. Our cost efficient solution ensured the building envelope complied with Government’s strict security and anti terrorist regulations.
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London’s temporary beach
Horse Guards Parade
Horse Guards Parade dates from 1745 and has a long tradition of hosting celebrated events including Trooping the Colour, the Queen's annual birthday parade. We helped transform it into a world-class beach volley ball stadium for the London 2012 Games by providing advice on utilities, acoustics, lighting, traffic, accessibility, spectator experience and the requirements of competitors.
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Legible London
South Bank
Legible London is a unique system of on-street signs, maps and guide posts designed to make it quicker and easier to walk around the city. We led the development, testing and implementation of this scheme in preparation for a city-wide roll out, working closely with a wide range of stakeholders to ensure a comprehensive information system which met the expectations of residents, business people and visitors.
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Farringdon Station
Cowcross Street
When the major rail development projects Thameslink and Crossrail complete in 2018, Farringdon will become an important interchange and one of the country’s busiest stations. We have provided concept and detailed design for the associated station entrances and integrated ticket hall, the respective concourses and platforms for London Underground. As detailed designer we are also helping Network Rail accommodate longer trains and increase passenger flow.
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Olympic train travel
Link between St Pancras to Stratford International
The high speed Olympic Javelin Train transported millions of Olympic Games spectators from St Pancras station to Stratford International, Olympic Park in just seven minutes. We worked on the Class 395 Javelin Train including technical support for early phases of the train design, integration testing and safety management risk assessments.
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Crossrail
East to west London
When it opens in 2018, Crossrail’s much anticipated east-west rail service will link London’s key interchanges and destinations, relieving congestion on the Underground and speeding up journeys. We are delivering the architectural components for all stations and associated structures, such as seating, wayfinding, wall and ceiling finishes. With Arup we are providing the detailed design of the major twin tunnels, currently being bored beneath Central London.
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Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
Olympic Park
When the Park reopens in 2013 it will be renamed as the Queen Elizabeth Park, in honour of our Monarch’s Diamond Jubilee. Working together with a wide range of partners, our work to transform a derelict site into a living legacy showcased the diversity of our skills, the dedication of our staff and celebrated the very best in Engineering.
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Engineering the River Lee
River Lee (Olympic Park)
Our river engineering services work for the north of the Park facilitated one of the biggest urban habitat creation schemes in the UK. New habitats have been created to cater for 380,000 native plants comprising 28 species, as well as otters, kingfishers, grey herons, bees, house sparrows, lizards, black redstarts, flower and fungus beetles, frogs, newts and toads.
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Olympic Park transformation
Olympic Park
Our project to remediate the 246 hectare Olympic Park involved site clearance, demolition, earthworks, soil and groundwater remediation, treatment and eradication of invasive species. We cleared the equivalent of 10 soccer fields of Japanese Knotweed and relocated 4,000 smooth newts, 100 toads and 330 common lizards. The £450 million project established the basis for one of Europe’s largest urban parks as part of the Games’ legacy.
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Docklands Light Railway (DLR)
Link between Stratford International and ExCeL
The DLR is an important north to south link between the main Olympic Park stadium at Stratford and the ExCeL Centre. From the first strategic review through implementation, Atkins advised on the three car upgrade programme which increased passenger capacity by fifty percent. We managed this complex project around a live operational railway with minimal disruption to the rail service.
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Temporary equestrian venue
Greenwich Park
Greenwich Park is part of the Greenwich World Heritage Site. During the London 2012 Games the Park hosted dressage and show jumping Olympic events. We devised a temporary, level, Olympic standard field of play which did not damage the fragile historic site and mimicked qualities of solid ground to ensure both horse and rider comfort. Our solution was unprecedented in equestrian sports.
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Modelling airflow impact
ExCeL
To ensure ExCeL met Olympic and Paralympic table tennis standards for the London 2012 Games, we developed a three dimensional Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) model to understand the impact of airflow on table tennis balls during play. We researched ball speed, spin and trajectory and used the model to assess the impact of heating and ventilation, spectators, doors and lighting.
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London’s busy skies
London City Airport
We forecast that the city’s airports and skies would have to cope with 240,000 extra commercial air passengers and 3,000 additional business and executive flights over the 31 day period of the London 2012 Games. We developed an aviation strategy to ensure the best use of available capacity, as well as enabling the safe transport of 150 international heads of state and other world VIPs.
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M25 widening
Jn 16 – 23 and 27 - 30
The M25 motorway around London is one of the busiest motorways in Europe and a critical element of London’s transport infrastructure. Atkins is the primary design consultant for the contract to widen and increase the motorway’s capacity between junctions 16 and 23 and junctions 27 and 30. The contract also includes operation and maintenance of the M25 and the Dartford Crossing for a 30 year period.
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Passenger Authentication
Scanning System (PASS) Heathrow airport The Atkins Passenger Authentication Scanning System (PASS) is currently deployed at BAA airports. It uses advanced technology to link passengers to their travel documents as they pass through security checks. The system improves airport security and passenger processing by amalgamating online check-in, airline data, biometric fingerprint technology and departure lounge systems into one seamless end to end solution.
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Scanning System (PASS) Heathrow airport The Atkins Passenger Authentication Scanning System (PASS) is currently deployed at BAA airports. It uses advanced technology to link passengers to their travel documents as they pass through security checks. The system improves airport security and passenger processing by amalgamating online check-in, airline data, biometric fingerprint technology and departure lounge systems into one seamless end to end solution.
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London: engineered for 2012
Welcome to our map of some the key projects we’ve delivered in London. We hope you enjoy learning how we helped prepare the city for its role as host for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
From helping transform derelict industrial land and historical landmarks into world-class sporting venues to improving vital transport links, the breadth and depth of our technical expertise has touched almost every element of London’s infrastructure.
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We have been instrumental in preparing England for the London 2012 Games. Our work also includes Portland Marina, host to London 2012 Games sailing events and supporting the delivery of the temporary overlay for the temporary Games venues. Visit our website to learn more about our work on some of the world’s most exciting and technically challenging infrastructure projects of our time.