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Scandpower undertake crowd modelling assessment for London Olympic park Hockey Stadium.

09/12/2011

LR Scandpower Ltd were commissioned by The London Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) to conduct a crowd modelling assessment of the multi-purpose hockey stadium to be located on the Olympic Park in East London.

Over the last couple of years, architects, designers, builders, and a whole host of other people have been busy constructing sporting venues and facilities in preparation for the 2012 London Olympics.

LR Scandpower Ltd was part of this team, and was commissioned by The London Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) to conduct a crowd modelling assessment of the multi-purpose hockey stadium to be located on the Olympic Park in East London.

LR Scandpower Ltd worked closely with the LOCOG Venues Operations team and the architects responsible for the stadium design from the concept design stage, to assess and ultimately help improve the overall usability, safety, and efficiency of the proposed stadium design with respect to crowd movement.

The general remit for the assessment was to ensure that:

  • LOCOG’s operational goals were met (e.g. spectator processing, crowd management, tournament scheduling);

  • Spectators enjoyed their experience (e.g. efficient ticket scanning process, minimal crowding / queuing, expedient stadium exit) ;

  • Spectators were safe (e.g. provisions for general circulation, emergency exit).

More specifically, LOCOG requested that the LR Scandpower Ltd team conducted the assessment with a particular focus on a number of key operational parameters including:

  • Number of turnstiles required to get people in (based on worst-case spectator arrival profiles);

  • Required capacity of holding area (transition area between the turnstiles and stadium concourse);

  • Width of concourses (general circulation and evacuation);

  • Number of exits required to ensure that the stadium can be emptied in the tight turnaround times between schedule matches.

The crowd modelling assessment was based on a number of assumptions and known data pertaining to the design and operation of the hockey stadium, including; proposed event timetables, stadium capacity and likely distribution of spectators, spectator arrival profiles (including peak arrival times), and event turnaround times including time taken for ticket scanning and spectator processing and flow rates. Human factors principles and guidance related to the build environment, crowd management and sports stadium design underpinned the assessment.

Based on these inputs and assumptions, LR Scandpower Ltd reviewed the proposed hockey stadium design and presented recommendations to the design team. The design was then modified by the architects based on the recommendations, and a follow-up assessment conducted by the LR Scandpower Ltd team.

The project proved to be a success. Through simple crowd modelling assessments early in the design process, LR Scandpower Ltd was able to provide the LOCOG venues operations team and stadium architects with some valuable insight into how the stadium is likely to operate in terms of crowd movement and management, what can be expected in terms of crowd dynamics, and how the stadium design could be modified to more readily meet LOCOG’s operational goals but also the goals and expectations of the spectators.

Article submitted by: Anthony Lafratta, Human engineering - LR Scandpower Ltd.


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