CITY UNIVERSITY LONDON School of Engineering & Mathematical Sciences ETM062 MEng Design Study 2011-12 Sustainability of the

London Olympic Village

Scenario The Construction Sector has been identified to be a significant contributor to CO2 emissions. Amid targets set by the UK Government for reduction on CO 2 emissions, changes in construction practice, including building design, have been and continue to be necessary. This is not a problem exclusive to the UK Construction Industry; other countries, in Europe and other continents, are faced with similar challenges. Therefore, it is now crucial that major, large scale construction projects, especially ones of global interest, incorporate an appropriate level of sustainability. This contributes to achieving targets, ensures minimal effect on the environment and helps avoid criticism.

Task You are required to produce an outline group report on the London Olympic Village, for consideration by a group of Civil Engineers and Environmentalists. This report must focus on the strategy adopted in designing the Olympic Village and must take into account environmental, social and economic aspects. A written group report must be produced, comprising an Executive Summary and a number of chapters written by identifiable group members (see page 2-3 of this brief). Upon submission of the report, there will be an oral presentation involving all members of the group. Each group member must write a synopsis of the whole study. A percentage of the marks will be allocated for contribution to the group effort as well as for individual work, as outlined in the marking scheme of page 4. Group details, deadlines and other important information will be posted on Moodle.

Specialist seminars Some specialist seminars on relevant topics will be arranged during Term 1. Details will be posted on Moodle, where a detailed schedule will be maintained for the complete duration of the project.

Group Working Each group must hold 'formal' meetings weekly (normally during the timetabled period every Thursday morning). Each group must: elect or select a Chairman (the Chairman may hold the post throughout the project or the post can rotate) elect or select a secretary (permanent or rotating) who must take minutes of the meetings indicating: attendance (noting chair and secretary) apologies for absence

agenda report on work carried out since previous meeting actions (and who is to take the actions) to be done before next meeting date and time of next meeting

These minutes, together with an up-to-date planning chart, will be submitted on a monthly basis (see schedule on Moodle). The group must divide the workload into roughly equal tasks so that all group members are given the opportunity of equal contribution and all parts of the report are covered. If any member of a group is thought to be underperforming (e.g. fails to attend meetings or does not carry out actions required) and the issue cannot be resolved within the group, then the remaining group members should report this to the Module Lecturers without delay.

Online Discussion In addition to the above group work for the formulation of the group reports, all MEng4 students are expected to participate in Discussion, which will be facilitated through Moodle. This may, for example, be on current issues as reported in News headlines, etc.. More details about this will be given during the first timetabled session.

Submission A hard copy and an electronic copy of reports must be submitted by the given deadlines. Electronic submission will be facilitated through Moodle.

Full participation is a compulsory part of the MEng programme.

The Report The Executive Summary (by the Group) will be followed by individual chapters and sections according to the following: Part 1: Background (2,000 words approx.) This part of the report should consider at least the following: background to sustainable development discussion on necessity of targets for reducing carbon emissions discussion on carbon footprints discussion on EU and UK Government actions the London Olympic Village Part 2: Environmental Impact of the London Olympic Village (3,000 words approx.) This part of the report should consider at least the following: CO2 emissions in Construction impact on surroundings, including the impacts on both the environment and public health social and economic aspects use post Olympics 2012 life cycle implications Part 3: Landscape and Natural Resources (2,000 words approx.) This part of the report should consider at least the following: site landscape and ecology

availability of natural resources recycling demolition likely problems

Part 4: Power Supply (2,000 words approx.) This part of the report should consider at least the following: details of power supply contribution of renewables accordance with government action long term implications (e.g. cost, maintenance) opportunities for further improvement Part 5: Case studies (2,000 words approx.) This section should identify two specific structures and compare these in terms of cost effectiveness and sustainability. At least the first structure must be from the London Olympic Village. The second structure may be from a different site, in the UK or overseas, but must be suitably comparable to the first structure. For a valid comparison, the capacity of the structures must be taken into account. Some of the aspects addressed in Parts 1-4 above will need to be revisited and both short and long term considerations must be presented. Part 6: Conclusions and Recommendations (1,000 words max.) Here, everything covered in previous sections should be brought together, drawing conclusions on the extent to which opportunities to maximise the sustainability of the London Olympic Village have been taken advantage of. Each group must summarise their own proposal for necessary actions that should be taken in order to ensure sustainable use of the Village after the 2012 Olympics. Each student is required to make an identifiable contribution to each of the four parts of the report. The report must also include: List of references (that must be properly cited in the main text of the report) An Appendix with details of which student has written or contributed to which part of the report

Individual Synopses In addition, each student is required to submit an individually written synopsis of the whole project. This is to indicate to the examiners that each student, who will have been concentrating on particular aspects of the project, has a good understanding of the overall project. The synopsis should be about 1500 words in length and synopses of all group members should be included in an Appendix at the end of group reports.

The report should be concise, and must not exceed 100 pages (including Appendices).

Marking The marking scheme is as follows: 1. Attendance at Group meetings, contribution to actions and Group activities* 2. Individual written report section(s) ('technical' quality presentation, innovativeness) 3. Coherence of components of report into a whole 4. Presentation of report (e.g. neatness diagrams, style) 5. Individual Synopsis 6. Individual oral presentations 7. Participation in Moodle Discussion Total * 10 marks 30 marks 10 marks 10 marks 15 marks 15 marks 10 marks 100 marks

Note that participation as Chairman or Secretary will be taken into account and these two roles will be equally weighted i.e. for all group members to receive maximum marks, they would need to demonstrate 100% attendance at group meetings and the two roles of Chairman and Secretary would need to be equally shared among group members. In case of absence from a group meeting due to illness, etc., the group member should notify the Secretary prior to the meeting and apologies should be recorded in the Minutes.

References In order to get students started, two relevant documents have been uploaded onto Moodle.

Module Lecturers Dr C Dymiotis-Wellington Room C165 cdwell@city.ac.uk Dr S Yan Room C351 Shiqiang.Yan.1@city.ac.uk