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my guest in the studio is simon right. every olympian is promising to be the greatest in history but the summer games in london are promising to be the bridges to the contractors are using then u.s. high tech methods to reduce carbon dioxide emissions they even say ninety percent of demolition materials are going to be recycled and reuse this is involved in the massive construction campaign that will deliver roads new buildings and stadiums for the games but do the brits have anything to share with the russians to make the next games in sochi even greener and maybe even greater here's the director of infrastructure utilities and public will at the london two thousand and twelve olympic deliberate authority simon wright. run an olympics delivery authority designed its work plan to be one of the most high tech and progressive

they're going to china under developed area of the city into a twenty first century benchmark of the urban environment roads bridges waterways buildings transport and environment are going to see a new standard of quality and comfort thousands of miles away from london another big construction project is underway and the sochi olympics organizers surely don't want to lose but univision breaks. home is right and welcome to the show thank you very much for being with us this right well first of all what is the olympic delivery authority in a few ways and how different are the responsibilities from the london organizing committee. who. i work at the government organization who were charged with design and construction an implementation of the venues most of the venues the new venues on the olympic park along with the olympic village were publicly funded were a government agency

a local london organizing committee of the olympic games is is the private organization who are charged with actually running the games itself. the question that i had to you as soon as i learned then run the bid was this deal with public transport london public transport was partly there of the olympic bid and it was rated pretty poorly which was a surprise to me because i love london public transport and for example saatchi as far as i know has no public transport it at all so what's wrong with the system from the point of view of olympics of course with the london transportation system and what's being done i think it's going to work extremely well stratford olympic park which is in east london is one of the best connected parts of london and has many railway lines that are over we are developing new capacity on existing lines so the underground railway system is being improved the overground surface rover

systems also being heavily invested in and the doctrines like roll the system which is a new system that's gone in fairly recently again has significant investment so there's going to be capacity increases they'll be measures to keep vehicles off the roads in the days of the games by persuading normal commuters to stay at home and i think it's going to work really well is it possible to persuade people to settle there what they did in moscow in one thousand nine hundred eighty during the olympics they just persuaded the normal commuters to get out of the city and off that let's put a period of below this this is i think the only way to keep people off the streets and there was a water well proven way of doing things so through up campaign which is already started working with employers were so you change your patterns of commuting come in later come in earlier but don't come in at the peak time when we're trying to get the games to get whole going to let private cars or not private better but olympic the tolls on two bustling well there are the network which is our separate

lanes the olympic fleets will be using those lanes not the bus lanes as a driver london are i be knocking. bus lanes for the living. so the buses will get to keep all of those little buses will be for buses ok now how much of the plan which has already been done because i've heard that your head of schedule. we're actually eighty percent of all the construction work is is completed the low greater percent was slightly ahead of schedule we've already handed over the first of a new to local that was the velodrome which was last month the main stadium will be completed early spring spring summer and all the venues will be completed by july of this year that is within one year to go to the twenty games when we finish the last venue so we are the last two which going to be the swing be at. what wembley how big is one going to be for the olympics wembley is already completed so

no they don't work so we didn't have to do anything i think was very minimal work we're not involved we were really local to some overlay just to to make it look like an olympic venue but there's no other construction it will be heavily used. only for foot before her and the opening ceremony you know that's in the main stadium on the olympic park when you're eighty thousand seats so it's bigger than wembley no one is not into your partner but why why not use wembley liberal as your debut but it's in the wrong part of the cities we wanted a stadium that was close to the athletes' village of course as you understand the athletes you know don't want to be spending lots of energy travelling a long distance just at that crucial moment before will be before the sports start so there's a new stadium being built very close to half its village so easily and they can get back home here after the services are speaking about travelling how wide are the olympic facilities spread around the the u.k. world most many of them are in east london so we have the olympic park at stratford

which is where we're most involved we have the xcel center which is only on the docklands in east london. we have the oats who don't which is well the world used by noon hour the old millennium dome as it's become. and so many venues are in that part of east london and the only other venues really are weymouth which is for the sailing on the south coast dorney which is the rowing in windsor and heathrow and then the football stadium. and the megaphone but what about wimbledon i'm going to use you will notice that it will be used when will it exactly will be used for the tennis so it is tennis going to be on grass tennis will be in growth olympic tennis is going to be a gram i believe so not one of my particular responsibility but it's on a limb pick regulations you have a hard court and the country can choose is there i was not personal owner was i play right i'm not an expert on olympic tennis and it seemed so yes otherwise i presume we would have got permission is ok now i want to ask you i think there it's

five hundred days before the opening of the games and everybody's been talking about the clock that was that was launched in that curated and then it stopped after a couple of hours what happened is you have to do anything today. i mean the clock was it didn't work it's now been fixed yes i don't know there was a problem with i don't know what it was so the south but but but but it's being clark is done by the olympic timekeeper by the fisheries and people so so this is a scandal i mean it's kind of a time for the olympics even it's of mine a figure in the you know it was a it was a clock it's a countdown clock it's not used for a living timing stop it's been fixed it'll be fine ok so if the clock if time people at least today is not a problem what's the major what's the key challenge for reform for you we're going

as a should right now i think we yes well the weather we cannot predict life like any other country but we've been we've been very fortunate. in keeping to our shuttle so far we've set a program of two years for planning four years can for construction and one year for commissioning and testing and where we're now into that last year of construction we will finish on time this year so the key challenges are really in turning what is sort of static works into operational functional work so he is always an interesting problem in digital systems and then of course getting all the people all the all the support staff and the operational staff trained and put into place and working effectively so i was turning water off explaining his entire operational brilliance that's the key challenge in the world when you have to do that well you said you said like any other country can't predict the way i think i think i think the brits have the advantage and not like any other country

can't predict whether you can say it's going to be bad for you and this is if you always say but but then where do the going to go and around london one of the think europe as a matter of fact but always because we like to complain that i look at you as one of those national. you know so i thought of as all the never say never the weather is never perfect there will be i think you'll be ok i think it you can tell me how to plan for every branch around the city so you know we're doing or. how did the experience are they doing and did it influence the construction of olympic venues in london not so much the construction i mean in two thousand and eight we went to beijing and some of the team went to beijing and met them and so we chose city turns to go and learn and talk to the previous of the city so we certainly learn things from from the chinese interesting useful things about technology in back of our support but our venues were pretty well designed as we didn't really affect the design we were set on a path of trying to do things in our own way i mean there is a there is

a british way and there are other nationals have their own views but we want to make things very lightweight very low. in carbon intensity and we want to make things that were sustainable in its will and it's why the sport of science and where venues for instance do not have a legacy and use a permanent and use we made them temporary so we're going to take them down at the end of the game so we've used a lot more temporary facilities and i think most of the games so far but people. were present at the beijing games i was there before the olympics i was not part of the olympic. team but people say it was one of the best probably the best to live yes it was fantastic in the world and you say you know that he has the experience but you say oh you're going to be better i think i'm going to be better do you think that's pretty you know i mean it's a fair comment i think the chinese had a fantastic job i think if anybody's you saw that opening and closing ceremonies not this remark was you know just incredible i mean you can't compete with that so

i don't think the point is to try and compete with the previous city we will do it in our own way we will do it in a london way and it will be different i think the brits have to change the trend because because these are so these they're going to expect something something different to change the trend because spending enough and enough a billion more there chad it is not the point is that really and so we're not trying to do that now local good response with the first sermon is not the only so . you know what is being planned i am not sure but i can tell you it will definitely be interesting exciting but it will certainly be very different from china couldn't put more smoke it looks very british. says simon wright the director of infrastructure you tell it he said publicly on at the eleventh two thousand and twelve olympic village. but like it will be back shortly right after the break so stay with us will continue the center here in less than an in the way .

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welcome back to spotlight algorithm i've been just reminded of my guest in the studio today is simon right the director of infrastructure utilities and public real mad the london two thousand and twelve olympic delivery authority well we've already talked. about had. connections with the with the beijing olympics and now using we're not using some of the expertize expertise there we have learned from the chinese know how bo the russians who are getting ready for a loan here in two years after they have two years in sochi this will be winter but but anyhow are they interested in using some of your. know how some of your expertise are you ready to share absolutely one of the reasons to be

here this week is to do precisely the delegations from sochi have already been to london we've hosted a number of from senior officials from the organizing committee in london and referred long and these are all discussions with a mobile asked a lot of questions we try to give them pointers and to tell them exactly what we're doing and for let them to choose whether they elect to make use of any of that so we're very willing to share i think each city ought to be prepared to share their learning and we absolutely will interview and i think you know in many ways the more cities can get together and actually make use of each other's knowledge the better off we will be because you know we want this olympics to work efficiently and well and to make it more cost effective. let's note take a look at the preparation for the two thousand and fourteen winter games in russia with three years left before the sucha with two games the newly built menus there

are starting to host major international events spotlights did you need more. two thousand and fourteen. small will see on the impact champ and descending it world their fleets already have a chance to capture the feeling of the big event the largest venue for the winter games hooter has begun host an international competitions the first serious examination was the european cup in the helpline skin last month after which four in disciplines shared their impressions real around the hole over the whole world in. really can you go to your little area here your little monkeys and the organizing committee great job to get this globe ready seventy more bands will use the facility within the next three years will impact countdown is speeding up the venues are now more than two thirds ready but this still

a lot of work to be done it's not only about building new tracks and stadiums but also a massive make over of the whole area the legacy of the two thousand and fourteen games is meant to be a unique year round then you combine in the possibilities for alpine skiing and sunny seaside relaxation and while it's definitely a positive transformation for the region's economy to reason among the big winners environmentalist and voicing their concerns they gave the green light to the project in two thousand and seven with us to keep an eye on construction works during the possible damage. well. one of the main problem for russians was not the climate but the environmental review i'm sure you did have problems with with environment viable with environmentalists how did you deal how did you cap world question i mean we set out

very early on from a show that we damage in terms of the absolute minimum extent so we're talking about an inner city site so we have a very challenging environment very. post-industrial environment so there wasn't much ecology on our site but that which we had we certainly treated very carefully and we worked very closely with the ngos from from day one so we're very transparent we tell everybody flatly what's going on and we work with stakeholders very carefully do you feel that you or your environmentalist are happy or more than ever happy well i think their job is to be slightly up slightly unhappy because they are trying to put pressure on people to do better and we appreciate that and we expect that but i think our large i think if you spoke to them your bedside that actually we've done pretty well and we've met most if not all of our targets in terms of sustainability fifty percent carbon reduction overall against current regulations renewable energy

a biodiversity reuse of waste as you said in your introduction all these things we've achieved. do you have a figure well maybe it's a question to the to the organizing committee but still how much will the little dylan fix cost our budget is just over nine billion not illinois a one billion house and the pounds of which our budget is seven point one billion pounds so you mentioned that most certainly many facilities will be pulled down after the olympics yeah so will it play back these normally when towns will are you . at least thinking of getting it back year well i think the economic benefit has to be looked at in the one in a wider sense so of course the local budget is separate to ours lots of different budgets private sector so ticket sales revenue goes to local not to us but in terms of london and u.k. and british industry and our economy we feel it is a good investment it is

a broader payback it is a longer payback and so to say you know that you all the money will be earned by. in revenue i think one has to look at the wider economy and tourism in london we believe will be improved over a longer period. the big suppose you are a pretty much of a three million tourists old ready you want well over a longer period listen i am asking about payback is there is there for example countries like china hosting and paying billions for liberty this will improve our image countries like russia like sartre to say will build a whole new industry structure and all the stadiums will have new hotels roads will improve the city of sochi and turn it into a great resource are a. good level now followed and no use of proving the image probably they

most of the facilities will be will be. liquidated after the games so how's it going to pay back tickets tickets i don't know where let me correct you but not most of the venues will be removed a few venues the main stadium is now saying we will host the western football club the velodrome is a permanent venue in the quest it's a permanent any so one of two venues are being removed but the investment in this part of east london which was a very deprived area had very little investment for many years will kick start the whole regeneration of that part of the east of the city so this is part of a long term regeneration plan this is against british culture and the whole point about calling the west bengal west-end is being is being underfunded. it's not good if you were spending more if you got it but at least. in some benefit as well that it was the. government's plan was to kickstart regeneration so this is

a great way of ok where's the money coming from or from taxpayers i mean your money your car money is from two sources one is tax payers one is from the lottery. a lot . funs that fifty fifty or are you giving was about twenty percent from a loss or some twenty from the lottery or eighty percent from the start other task restarting i think you'll find the typos are pretty happy we do a lot of surveys the government do surveys and something over seventy percent public approval for the games is and it's going up. is the word in london los lea had doubts reconstruction were your main concern is he is the new facilities you have built your are concerned is the new facilities is we have i think one of two areas where we are improving existing facilities at the rowing eton dorney we've made some improvements there and on the infrastructure on the transport then we're investing in improving the facilities for all the whole new facilities will be limpy park is all new ok i've mentioned as you already noticed

some pioneering things in the introduction to go can you can you say couple of words about this pioneering pioneer it's going to because because there's been lots of talk about. well we wanted to do things slightly differently so as well as having a very large construction program which had to be completed on time of course and within budget we also set out to to make some meet some other objectives sustainability being one so as i said reducing carbon emissions overall by half of my fifty percent was a massive reduction using renewable energy and for instance training so we have a problem in britain over the construction industry not attracting enough bright young school leavers and graduates so we want to change that and intrude and introduce more apprenticeships back into construction better training better health and safety we have a very good record on i'm pleased to say we're not there yet so we don't want to be

complacent but on health and safety really try to improve that so that we make the construction industry a safer and better place to work longer i don't know that you're using. the london waterways. during construction i'm going to use the waterways for the guests of the olympics to visit to some extent it's pretty capacity is you can get a lot of people up rivers and canals but there will be some use of the thames and then the come out that lead up through the site yeah but most of the customers the ticket holders will come by rail rather than by water and we've used a lot in construction so more than half of all our materials have come in and in and out of the site by by rail and by water thank you thank you very much and just a reminder that my guest on the show today was sam graff director of alvin first structure your daily utilities and publicly held at the london two thousand and twelve olympic village and that's it for now for all of us if you want to tell yourself spotlight we're at someone in mind who you think i said to be next time to

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