Innova Park Essay, Research Paper
?Anyone who has driven along the top end of
Mollison Avenue recently will have noticed the building work taking place on
the old Rammey Marsh dewatering works.?
This is Innova Park, the beginnings of an exciting Science and Business
Park development which will create many jobs and encourage the growth of
high-technology businesses in the area.The
reclamation of this land presents an interesting challenge.? Although the land was never used for
treatment purposes, there is still a great deal of deconstruction and some
decontamination work to be carried out.?
All the concrete and topsoil from the excavation work is to be reused on
the site, in an effort to keep works traffic to a minimum.? Other environmental issues have also been
addressed.? Steps will be taken to
prevent future contamination of the watercourse by site traffic, and areas are
being set aside for the protection of the rare Marsh Dock which grows on the
site.The
first company to move on to the park will be the London Lee Valley Business
Innovation Centre.? The BIC will move
into a purpose-built building late in 1998, along with a 60 "incubation
units" for new hig
move.? He says, "provision within
the BIC of incubator units flexible to the needs of our clients is the final
piece in the jigsaw."Middlesex
University are already involved in the planning stages of Innova Park and, as
the project develops, will become more directly involved with Research and Development
activities on the site.? Innova Park may
also offer opportunities for innovative students and graduates who want to
start their own high-technology businesses.To find
out more: http://www.innovapark.com ?News in
Brief:The
University has recently won two TEMPUS contracts.? One, co-ordinated by Andrew Thomas, Director of REDI, will
provide technology transfer and telecommunication programmes in Hungary, and
the second, co-ordinated by the University of Miskolc, Hungary, provides resources
to develop PhD programmes in English for Hungarian Universities.? Not only does this provide a significant
amount of income for the unversity, but it allows us to extend existing areas
of expertise and use this knowledge and experience to help institutions in
other parts of the world.Back to
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