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| Olympic legacy goes to Rio with cauldron petals As the host country of the next Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2016, the Rio de Janeiro Organising Committee will receive a London 2012 copper petal taken from the Olympic flame cauldron later this month. LOCOG representatives are travelling to Brazil to share the London 2012 lessons learnt, including Atkins' design and engineering technical knowledge gained over the last seven years. By the end of the year, each National Olympic and Paralympic Committee will receive the copper petal which accompanied their teams at the opening ceremonies and formed part of the Olympic and Paralympic cauldrons at the London 2012 Games as a memento of their sporting achievements. As the official provider of engineering design services for the London 2012 Games, Atkins' engineering design solutions will be passed on to the host organiser via a series of reports it authored on a variety of topics as part of the ODA's London 2012 Learning Legacy programme; papers from the UK-GBC's London 2012 Lessons Learned programme which Atkins partnered; and Atkins' Temporary Materials Handbook which gives advices on materials substitutions and end of life destinations. The distribution of the copper petals is also a special moment for Atkins. Atkins' utilities engineer Daniel Hatton was the scheme designer for the gas supply up to the cauldron. As the technical co-ordination manager, Atkins worked with the cauldron's designers and manufacturers to ensure the gas supply to the 204 floral petal designs for the Olympic nations and 164 petals for the Paralympic nations met safety standards and passed all building control and security regulations. This was made more complex because of the number of parties involved and the fact that a relatively high pressure supply was needed in order to get the effect required. write your comments about the article :: © 2012 Construction News :: home page |