A lifetime leading major infrastructure projects has made Terry Hill a preacher for their powers of regeneration. But now, he tells Stephen Harris, the sector needs a revolution. The key factor behind London's successful bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games - according to Arup's Terry Hill - wasn't the legacy plans, the environmental credentials or David Beckham. It was the Channel Tunnel. Or rather it was the rail link between London and the tunnel, also known as High Speed 1 (HS1), which not only connected the UK to the rest of Europe but also stopped at the Stratford area of east London that would become home to the Olympics.
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