PLEASE NOTE: Because of security requirements and the
restricted numbers, delegates coming on these tours will need to
have made confirmed bookings by the 15th September and will need to
bring their passports on the tour.
Olympic Site Tours
| OL-1 |
Wednesday 21st |
0830 - 1230 |
(maximum 45 persons) |
| OL-2 |
Wednesday 21st |
1330 - 1730 |
(maximum 45 persons) |
| OL-3 |
Thursday 22nd |
0800 - 1200 |
(maximum 30 persons) |
| OL-4 |
Thursday 22nd |
0830 - 1230 |
(maximum 45 persons) |
| OL-5 |
Thursday 22nd |
1330 - 1730 |
(maximum 45 persons) |
| OL-6 |
Friday 23rd |
0800 - 1200 |
(maximum 30 persons) |
| OL-7 |
Friday 23rd |
0830 - 1230 |
(maximum 45 persons) |
Price per delegate £20 + VAT = £24
These tours will provide an opportunity to see the extent of
construction on the main 2012 Olympic site. This is a very
congested construction area with work in progress on nearly every
square metre. The main venues are the Stadium, Velodrome, aquatics
centre, handball arena and the temporary basketball arena. Other
structures include the media centre, the energy centre and the
Olympic Village for the Athletes. The site was a heavily polluted
industrial area that was subject to a major clean-up operation
prior to construction. The site is also crossed by three canals or
rivers and a major rail line. Several bridges, some temporary, have
been built with connecting roads and footpaths to provide adequate
access to the venues. Where not being built over, the ground is
being landscaped with plants that will look stunning for the games
in August 2012. Sustainability and low carbon aims have been
addressed for all parts of the site.
Delegates will be taken to the Olympic Park in East London in
Coaches which will depart from the Conference Centre on the days
and times above. At the Park they will have to pass through
security where passports will be required and there will be a
baggage check. They will be shown around the site in special
coaches with a tour guide technically familiar with the site.
Unfortunately, due to security issues, delegates will have to
remain in their coach throughout the tour.
The Olympic park from the Greenway view area
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O2 Dome and Arena Tours
| O2-1 |
Wednesday 21st |
0830 - 1230 |
(maximum 50 persons) |
| O2-2 |
Wednesday 21st |
1330 - 1730 |
(maximum 50 persons) |
Price per delegate £20 + VAT = £24
The O2 is a 12,000 seat Arena built inside what was
formerly known as the Millennium Dome. It is one of the main venues
for the Olympics to be used for artistic gymnastics and the finals
of the basketball. The O2 Dome is tensioned cable
structure, 320m diameter wit a primary grid of 72 pairs of radial
cables supporting a PTFE coated glass fibre fabric skin. 12 - 100m
high masts support the radial cables at 25m spacing with arrays of
suspension cables.
The Arena roof structure consists of two primary trusses and
four secondaries. It had to be built beneath the existing roof so
it was assembled close to ground level and raised to its final
level with strand jacks. Before lifting it was more or less
complete with the internal walkways and most of the plant in
place.
Delegates will depart in groups of 10 led by a guide to take the
Jubilee line from Westminster to North Greenwich. Delegates will be
met at the O2 entrance and will walk through the
entertainment district to the open area where a clear view of a
portion of the interior of the dome can be seen. In the Singapore
Airlines Chairman's Club there will be short presentations on the
Dome, the worldwide activities of AEG and finally the design and
construction of the Arena. Delegates will then return by Thames
Clipper, a regular boat service along the Thames leaving from the
adjacent pier and travelling to the Embankment Pier, with a 10
minute walk to the Conference Centre.
O2 Dome - photo Buro Happold
O2 Arena model - photo HOK Sports
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Visits to the Crossrail station at Canary Wharf
| CR-1 |
Wednesday 21st |
1330 - 1630 |
(maximum 15 persons) |
| CR-2 |
Wednesday 21st |
1430 - 1730 |
(maximum 15 persons) |
Price per delegate £20 + VAT = £24
Crossrail is a new east to west line running through the centre
of London. It is designed to take full size main line trains so the
platforms are 256m long. This is a visit to the Crossrail station
currently being constructed at Canary Wharf. It will include short
presentations on Crossrail as a whole and on the construction of
the station box which extends to 25m below the water level in the
dock. It is being constructed using top-down techniques with some
interesting temporary works and piling methods. By September it
will be more or less completed ready for the tunnelling machines to
bore the tunnels. The tour will include descent to the lowest level
via scaffold stairs so this tour is not suitable for other than fit
and agile delegates. Visitors will be able to get an impression of
the scale of the project.
Visitors will travel by Jubilee line from Westminster Station
and gather at the Western exit of Canary Wharf station for a short
but complicated walk to the site. After the visit they are free to
walk around the area and return by Jubilee Line to Westminster
station.
Each tour will cater for groups of 15 delegates.
West India dock - The station box site is beyond the rail
bridge.
Footbridge over the dock on the route
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Wembley Tours
| WE-1 |
Wednesday 21st |
13.30 - 17.45 |
(maximum 45 persons) |
| WE-2 |
Thursday 22nd |
08.30 - 12.45 |
(maximum 45 persons) |
Price per delegate £20 + VAT = £24
With its stunning arch spanning 315m visible from over 20km, the
new Wembley Stadium stands out as a landmark on London's skyline.
This is a technically challenging structure, with its complex
retractable roof hung from the iconic, inclined, basket-weave
lattice steel arch, itself stabilised by a series of cables and
back-stays.
The main bowstring trusses of the retractable roof span up to
150 metres north to south, and are supported at the northern end on
the leading edge of the north roof and, ultimately by the arch. The
trusses are retained laterally by a slender, tensioned cable
system. The perimeter of the roof is supported on a prismatic ring
truss that is propped from the main stadium bowl structure.
It was designed by architects Foster & Partners and HOK
Sport + Event with engineering design by Mott MacDonald
Ltd/Sinclair Knight Merz/Connell Wagner. It opened in 2007 at a
cost of £450 million.
Tour description
Each bus load of 45 delegates will be split into two smaller
groups each with a Technical guide as well as a Wembley guide. This
is a specialist technical tour and will cover aspects not included
in the regular public tours. The duration of tour is likely be in
the region of 2 hours maximum. Areas of the stadium would be as
follows:
a) Outer concourse - Level 1
b) Terracing (all levels)
c) Inner concourse - Level 1
d) Club concourse
e) Level 5 concourse
f) Level B1 service road
g) Level B2 entranceway
Levels 3 and 4 are not included as they are private areas for
boxes and offices respectively. Delegates will have access to the
areas of the stadium as listed above but delegates will have to
take direction from the Wembley Guide as to where exactly they are
permitted to go within these areas. The Technical Guide will be
able to provide information and answer questions on the engineering
design.
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