What's the Impact of the Olympics?

WHAT'S THE IMPACT? Presented by: clicksoftware.com BEIJING 2008 7.0 MILLION TICKETS SOLD SYDNEY 2000 ATHENS 2004 LONDON 2012 6.7 MILLION TICKETS SOLD 3.6 MILLION TICKETS SOLD 8.8 MILLION TICKETS SOLD 5,000 70,000 100,000 18,200 MILITARY PERSONNEL ARMY PERSONNEL AND POLICE OFFICERS GROUND TROOPS BLACK HAWK HELICOPTERS PEOPLE DRAFTED FROM MILITARY AND POLICE FORCES BACKED BY 20,000+ ARMOURED VEHICLES M30,000 ON DUTY PRIVATE GUARDS DURING SECURITY GUARDS THE OLYMPICS UNDERGROUND 800,000 4 MILLION 800,000 1.5 MILLION PASSENGÉRS ON THE BUSIEST DAY ARE EXPECTED TO USE PUBLIC TRANSPORT ADDITIONAL PASSENGERS PER DAY PASSENGERS PER DAY EXPECTED TO USE ATHENS' PUBLIC TRANSPORT NETWORK EXPECTED TO USE BEIJING'S ADDITIONAL PASSENGERS PER DAY RIDING THE RAILWAY SYSTEM SUBWAY SYSTEM EXPECTED FINAL COST OF £9.3 BILLION £6.5 BILLION SPENT ON TRANSPORT UPGRADES OVER 100 EXTRA TRAIN SERVICES WILL BE ADDED EACH DAY TO THE REGULAR TIMETABLE DURING THE OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES DOCKLANDS LIGHT RAILWAY EXTENDED BY: 2.6km UNDERNEATH THE RIVER THAMES 500 DLR WORKERS WILL BE GUARANTEED HOURS & PAID 75% ABOVE 5 OVERTIME SOUTHERN RAILWAY STAFF A WEEK NORMAL SHIFT RATE £27 A DAY FOR REST DAY AND SUNDAY WORKING FOR ADDITIONAL £50 LATE NIGHTS FIFTY-FIVE NEW DLR CARRIAGES WILL ENABLE THREE-CAR TRAINS TO RUN ON MOST OF THE NETWORK THESE ARE IN ADDITION TO G4S SECURITY RECRUITMENT CONCERNS A BASIC PAYMENT OF £300 Officials informed 2 weeks prior to the start of the Olympics "Encountered serious difficulties in processing applicants "4,000 people already working across 100 venues, with a further 9,000 people going through the final stages of training and accreditation." and stood to lose between £35 million and £50 million on the contract, which is worth £300 million." GOVERNMENT CALLED IN G4S contracted to supply 10,400 staff out of the 23,700 security staff needed for the games AN ADDITIONAL 4,700 SOLDIERS AND POLICE FROM VARIOUS FORCES TO FILL THE GAPS NUMBER OF SECURITY PERSONNEL WILL NOW TOTAL 40,000 SOME PASSENGERS HAVE HAD TO WAIT HEATHROW ANTICIPATES 217,000 PASSENGERS AT ITS BUSIEST 47,000 MORE THAN THE AVERAGE 2-3 HOURS IN IMMIGRATION AN EXTRA 650,000 PASSENGERS ARE EXPECTED TO PASS THROUGH THE AIRPORT UK BORDER AGENCY CREATING A POOL OF VOLUNTEERS TO ENSURE EFFICIENT BORDER CONTROL PROCESSES DURING PEAK PERIODS DURING THE GAMES AN EXTRA 500 STAFF ARE TO BE DRAFTED TO EASE CONGESTION IN IMMIGRATION HALLS BAA SAID WAITING TIMES PEAKED AT AROUND 90 MINUTES RECENTLY, WHICH BREACHES THE TARGET TIME OF 45 MINUTES FOR NON-EU PASSENGERS MOST OF THE EXTRA STAFF HAVE ONLY RECEIVED BASIC TRAINING WHICH COULD ACCOUNT FOR LONGER WAIT TIMES FOR YOUR OWN ORGANISATION'S CHALLENGES AND DAY-TO-DAY BUSINESS, CLICKSOFTWARE PROVIDES MOBILITY, SHIFT SCHEDULING AND CAPACITY PLANNING presented by ClickSoftware LEARN MORE AT www.clicksoftware.com/planning Making Service Click SOURCES: dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2092068/London-2012-Olympics-Strike-threatening-DLR-railway-union-negotiates-extra-2-500.html bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-18759227 nationalrallgamestravel.co.uk/train-services/ telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/9368647/London-2012-Olympics-chaos-hits-Heathrow-as-Games-approach.html bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15 heathrowairport.com/static/Heathrow/Downloads/PDF/london-2012-games-at-6-mths_LHR.pdf latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-britain-olympic-security-20120625,0,2552497 story wsws.org/articles/2000/mar2000/olym-m14.shtml msnbc.msn.com/id/S490540/ns/business-business of_ the olympics/t/record-opense security plans-set olymplcs/.UAI134738D0 telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/2489001/Beijing-Olympics-By-numbers.html bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18837524 n n ravel Advice for Business handbook.pdf report 900.pdf wpiedu/Pubs/E-project/Avallable/E-project-062211-112745Aunrestricted/Final_Report.pdf thestar.com/news/world/article/1227492-london-2012-security-company-chief-admits-olympic-fiasco-has-embarrassed-u-k en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_for_the 2012 Summer_Olympics