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September 11, 2020

Dr. Aoife Hunt features on BBC Radio 4's 'You and Yours' programme

Dr. Aoife Hunt discusses what the new sporting landscape might eventually look like in the 'new normal' we find ourselves in.

September 11, 2020

Article on BBC News: Coronavirus - How technology could keep football fans safe at stadiums

Dr. Aoife Hunt spoke to BBC News about the role of crowd data and microsimulation and the role it plays in keeping people safe in stadiums.

September 9, 2020

Movement Strategies & Autodesk collaborate on the blog 'Designing for Social Distancing: Balancing Safety and Human Connection'

Learn more about how Movement Strategies and Autodesk are helping to navigate this new normal.

September 9, 2020

Prof. Steve Gwynne to present at the Fire and Evacuation Modeling Technical Conference (FEMTC) 2020

The Fire and Evacuation Modeling Technical Conference (FEMTC) is an biennial international event, hosted by Thunderhead Engineering, featuring technical presentations from industry experts.

September 8, 2020

Movement Strategies commissioned by the SGSA and EFL to assess the application of social distancing guidance at football grounds

Movement Strategies was commissioned by the SGSA and EFL to assess the application of social distancing at professional football grounds, and this work has now been carried out.

September 3, 2020

Official statement on EFL.com: "Fans to return to EFL matches"

Following on from the project by the EFL and the Sports Ground Safety Authority (SGSA) that looked at the safe application of social distancing at football grounds, Movement Strategies will assess the pilot events at Abbey Stadium on behalf of the EFL, SGSA and DCMS in line with the Governments pilot scheme.

September 2, 2020

Dr. Aoife Hunt: GHD Chairman's Award for Technical Excellence winner

Congratulations to Dr. Aoife Hunt who is the winner of the latest Chairman's Award for Technical Excellence.

August 18, 2020

Webinar: Adapting to the Next Normal - Practical Design for Social Distancing

We have partnered with Autodesk to share the latest design methods and technologies in a live webinar panel discussion on Wednesday 9th September 2020 16:00 BST / 8:00 PCT

August 15, 2020

Article in The Athletic: "Explained: How football will welcome fans back to stadiums"

Dr Aoife Hunt, Associate Director at Movement Strategies spoke with The Athletic about the return of spectators to sports grounds.

July 30, 2020

The Anfield Wrap podcast: The Future of Crowd Planning

What is the future of crowd planning? GHD's Aoife Hunt provides insight during her recent podcast segment with The Anfield Wrap.

Blogs

May 22, 2024

Deportes y Eventos

Nuestro equipo ha desarrollado e implementado estrategias de flujos de multitudes en algunos los recintos más importantes y reconocidos del mundo, desde estadios y arenas a grandes eventos y festivales. Llevamos casi 20 años trabajando con arquitectos, ingenieros, dueños y organizadores de eventos, en la creación de un ambiente seguro y una experiencia positiva para los asistentes y/o participantes. Nuestro asesoramiento en el flujo de multitudes ayuda a recintos y eventos a crear experiencias memorables y seguras, al tiempo que maximizamos el aforo, la flexibilidad de la operativa y el rendimiento comercial.

Research

September 1, 2020

Human behaviour during a healthcare facility evacuation drills: Investigation of pre-evacuation and travel phases

Dr Steve Gwynne, alongside other co-authors, recently published a paper about human behaviour during a healthcare facility evacuation drills.

September 1, 2020

The future of evacuation drills: Assessing and enhancing evacuee performance

Dr Steve Gwynne, alongside co-authors, recently wrote a paper about assessing and enhancing evacuee performance by employing better evacuation drills

July 17, 2020

A review of post-incident studies for wildfire-urban interface fires

Dr Steve Gwynne, alongside colleagues at Underwriters Laboratories, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, National Institute of Standards and Technology and the National Research Council Canada have recently published a paper on "A review of post-incident studies for wildland-urban interface fires"

May 1, 2020

Spatiotemporal mapping of evacuee response

Dr Steve Gwynne, alongside co-authors, recently published a paper about spatiotemporal mapping of evacuee response

March 1, 2020

Mitigating cognitive biases in fire engineering, Fire and Materials

Dr Steve Gwynne, alongside co-authors, recently published a paper about Mitigating cognitive biases in fire engineering, Fire and Materials

January 16, 2020

Simulating Movement devices used in hospital evacuation

Dr Aoife Hunt and Dr Steve Gwynne, alongside co-authors, recently published a research paper about simulating movement devices used in hospital evacuation

October 1, 2019

An open multi-physics framework for modelling wildland-urban interface fire evacuations

Dr Steve Gwynne, alongside co-authors, recently published a paper regarding an open multi-physics framework for modelling wildland-urban interface fire evacuations

September 12, 2019

Location, location, location data

Simon Babes, Director of Analytics at Movement Strategies, considers the opportunities presented by the growing amount of location data now being generated by networks and sensors in an increasingly “smart” world.

September 1, 2019

Guidance on Design and Construction of the Built Environment Against Wildland Urban Interface Fire Hazard: A Review

Dr Steve Gwynne, alongside co-authors, recently published a paper, reviewing guidance on design and construction of the build environment against wildland urban interface fire hazard

August 1, 2019

Engineering egress data considering pedestrians with reduced mobility

Dr Steve Gwynne, alongside co-authors, recently published a paper about engineering egress data, considering pedestrians with reduced mobility