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Olympic Design Competition Announced
15th February 2007
The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) intends to select a landscape or urban design practice from five short-listed practices in response to advertisements placed in trade press in February 2006.
The practice is required to develop a landscape design solution to the Greenway – a key pedestrian and cycle spine in the Lower Lea Valley that forms a significant part of the southern end of the site; it is envisioned to be available for public access by summer 2008.
The Greenway is the name given to the embankment and public wayfare that runs along the top of Thames Water's outfall sewer. It runs from Victoria Park to West Ham and is approximately 3km. The project is also likely to include a section of the Lee Navigation towpath from Carpenters Road to the Greenway at Old Ford Lock. Download a map of the project.
The commission will be to undertake design services for a phased redesign of the Greenway. Initially the ODA will be seeking to implement works in 2007 to provide a route for pedestrians and cyclists between Stratford High Street to Victoria Park and a section of the Lee Navigation towpath from Carpenters Road to Old Ford Lock.
From Expressions of Interest practices will be short-listed for interview. The short-listed practices will be invited to attend a site visit and briefing meeting at the Greenway on 2 March 2007.
Each practice will be required to submit a written proposal for resourcing, managing and delivering the project and its associated fee tender in accordance with the tender documentation by noon on 14 March.
Each practice will also be required to attend an interview at the ODA's offices.
The ODA is looking for practices that can demonstrate a high level of creativity and design quality as well as the ability to collaborate positively with ODA design and delivery partners and Arup, which will be providing support services including structural advice. The commission is for consultancy work below the OJEU threshold.
The Design Selection Panel will include Richard Burdett, Principle Design Adviser, Kay Hughes, Project Sponsor, Design, and Tom Smith, EDAW.
Expressions of Interest should include the following information:
Practice design philosophy (max one side A4);
Examples of past work (max six sides A4);
Practice profile and key individual profiles;
An example of a delivered project and how it responded to programme and cost restraints (max one side A4);
Summary of practice turnover and Professional Indemnity (PI) cover limits; and
Contact details from two previous clients for references.
The ODA will look positively at submissions from established emerging practices.
The ODA is responsible for ensuring provision of venues, infrastructure and services for the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games, and the subsequent transition to legacy uses.
The ODA was established by the London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Act 2006, as a Statutory Corporation, whose Board members are appointed by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) in consultation with the Mayor of London.
The ODA is developing the Olympic Park to provide a focus for the Games and a sustainable legacy that will contribute significantly to the regeneration of the Lower Lea Valley.
For more information please send an email to: Greenwayproject@london2012.com.
Expressions of interest should be sent no later than noon on 26 February 2007 to Greenwayproject@london2012.com or by post to:
The Greenway Project
Planning and Design team
22nd Floor, One Churchill Place
Canary Wharf
London E14 5LN.
Source: ODA, www.london2012.com
http://www.london2012.com/en/gettinginvolved/Business/Greenwaydesign.htm
