David Watts will be presenting at the annual IBC Control Room conference asking why control rooms haven’t traditionally learnt the lessons from workspace design on producing more human spaces. To minimise the risk of distraction etc control rooms are often austere spaces with minimal decoration or green spaces; or sometimes, in contrast, they are over-elaborate spaces designed to create eye catching visuals for the operator’s brand....
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by David Watts
14 Sep 2015
The CCD team are doing three presentations at the 5th International Rail Human Factors Conference in London this week. Our Managing Director, David Watts, is presenting the research we did for High Speed 2 predicting the impact of train steps and passenger mobility on dwell time. Dan Simmons is talking about how virtual world simulation has been integrated into rail system design programmes as an effective...
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by David Watts
10 Sep 2015
Earlier this week the new Borders Railway opened for business. The new line is the longest railway line to be built in Britain for over 100 years. The new Borders Railway runs between Tweedbank and Edinburgh and was built at a cost of £294m We’re proud to have made a small contribution to the project having worked with Network Rail in the design. We provided...
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As part of its £100m redevelopment and investment programme, London Luton Airport (LLA) has appointed CCD to develop and implement a new wayfinding design which will cover strategy and signage design. Luton Airport is the UK’s fifth largest airport and aims to increase capacity from 12 million to 18 million passengers a year by 2026. CCD has been appointed following a competitive pitch and will be...
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