Challenge B – Prepare the Guide’s Notes

The visitors from Rio will have tours of these venues and will have a guide with them throughout their time in London.
It is planned to take them to seven of the Olympic and Paralympic venues:

• Olympic Stadium.
• Aquatics Centre.
• Velodrome.
• IBC/MPC.
• Athletes’ Village.
• Energy Centre.
• Parklands.

Please prepare notes for the guide who will be working with the delegates. He/she will need:

• Information about each venue – key facts and ‘expert ‘information as well as interesting stories to keep them entertained; for example, that a hawk is used at the Stadium to control the number of pigeons!
• The delegates are particularly interested in sustainability – so any information about sustainable design or the use of sustainable materials would be particularly relevant.
• As the guide is also on the coach with delegates travelling from their hotel to the Olympic Park and between some of the venues, you should also include any information about major tourist attractions that they will see en route.
• Delegates will ask about the transport improvements that have been made including the developments and improvements at King’s Cross/St Pancras, DLR and Stratford station. Provide the guide with factual information about what has taken place.
• Information about the ODA and LOCOG.

Resources for guiding notes

To help you with your research, the ODA have provided you with links to resources and an overview of their content:

• A video about Cleaning the Olympic Park – which started in 2007, how the site is to be used – including a bit of history about the site, the industry that was there and the waste that was left to be cleared away.

• A video about Stratford Station showing numbers of people travelling, how it was, what is happening and its contribution to legacy.

• A video about sustainability which is at the heart of the London 2012 project.

• A video about how the construction materials were delivered to park by rail or water.

• A video showing Ian Thorpe and Rebecca Adlington at the Aquatics Centre.

• A video about the construction of the Aquatics Centre.

• A map about cleaning up the Olympic Park site.

• More information on what is being done to ensure sustainability?

• More information on sustainability in the Energy Centre.

• A video showing how the use of sustainable materials, importance of accuracy (zero tolerance of trusses), concept of pride in work are all important parts of the project.(A video showing how the use of sustainable materials, importance of accuracy (zero tolerance of trusses), concept of pride in work are all important parts of the project.)

• Sustainable objectives and practice.

• A map showing the London 2012 venues in London.

• A map showing the Londn 2012 venues across the UK.

• A video showing what the Olympic Park looked like in 2010.

• A video showing what the Olympic Park looked like in 2009.

• A video about power on the Park.

• A video about archaeology of the Olympic Park.

• A video about Willow the stadium hawk.

• More information about the design of Athletes’ Village.

• More information about designing for Legacy.

• A video featuring the Director of Infrastructure and Utilities talking about the demolition of buildings.