Evolution of Royal Albert Dockland and Continuing Professional Development

Running head: PROFESSIONAL AND CORPORATE STUDIES
Professional and Corporate Studies
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Task 1:
Introduction:
The paper is focused on the evolution of Royal Albert Dockland in the East London
region. The transformation of the Royal Albert Dockland into the London’s third business
and financial district produced significant amount of financial, social and environmental
impact on the people of the region (Londonsroyaldocks.com. 2019). The transformation
proved to be significant in the economic, social and environmental sustainability of the
region. The paper analyses the benefits of the mentioned aspects and the offerings of the
transformation to the development of the region. Along with this, the paper also provides an
in depth discussion on my experience of one continuous professional development activity
that I participated in. Apart from this, the paper provides a career development plan in
alignment with my profession.
Background of the development project:
The Royal Albert Dock is considered to be one of the most important dock among the
three docks in the Royal Group of Docks (Londonsroyaldocks.com. 2019). The major reason
behind the consideration is the significant connection of the dock in terms of the
transportation. The dock is connected to the London City Airport. The dock significantly
requires an infrastructural development in the aspect of the transportation as the dock is
facing notable amount of issues in forming the transport links on the north side of the dock.
The transformation project of the dock was observed to include an investment of 1.7 billion
pound and the main focus of the redevelopment was on the construction of the office
buildings, commercial and retail properties along with the residential homes and the
formation of the required facilities for the leisure and community spaces (Newham.gov.uk.

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2019). Along with this, the project included the plan of the redevelopment of the existing
infrastructure of the dock which are the public transport, pedestrian and the cycle routes.
Many of the business researchers were seen to comment on the fact that the project, covering
an area of 4.7 million square feet, was certainly going to increase the effectiveness of the
dock and improve the region’s infrastructure as well. Along with this, the plan of the
infrastructural development or specifically the formation of the commercial houses and office
buildings were significantly triggered with the intention of providing the scope to the Asian
companies for building the European headquarters in the mentioned area. The mayor of
London in the year 2013, Boris Johnson was seen to claim that the development project will
have a span of 10 years and the whole project will be completed in four phases
(London.gov.uk 2019).
Benefits:
Social Sustainability:
The importance of the developmental plan is observed to include various aspects like
the better health of the people of the region, the improvement in the comfort and the
satisfaction of the people residing in that region. The safety and security of the people of the
region which is experiencing the restructure, is also one major aspect of the social
sustainability. Several researchers of the social sustainability are observed to acknowledge
the quality of life, social cohesion and the development of the people to be important
dimensions of the social sustainability (Www1.eere.energy.gov. 2019). The development
plan of the Royal Albert Dockland was focused in the improvement of the public transport,
pedestrians and the cycle routes. Along with that, the plan ensured the construction of the
facilities and the spaces for the community and leisure activities. This was significant in
providing the much needed space for the leisure activities to the people of the East London.

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The improved facilities in the community spaces was significant for the people in having
better health with the construction of the gymnasiums (Www1.eere.energy.gov. 2019). The
construction plan was significant in increasing the fitness of the local people and at the same
time the practice of the cultural and community bond improving activities certainly had the
potential to improve the quality of life for the people of that region. Apart from that, the
construction of the cycle routes and the spaces for people to walk were also significant in
increasing the comfort of leading life for the people. The improvement of the mentioned
facilities were of great significance as it had the potential to improve the integration among
the people the people and create strong bond among the people of the region (Hamiduddin
2015).
Economic Sustainability:
One of the major reason behind the undertaking the project was the intention of
preparing the mentioned dock as one of the most important business and financial location in
Europe. Along with this, the concerned authority responsible for the redevelopment of the
dock was observed to have the aim of providing the business spaces for the headquarters to
the Asian organizations so that they be able to operate their European business conduction
effectively from London. Hence the project for constructing the buildings and residential
homes will be significant for the Asian organizations as that will be helpful for them in
dictating the business conduction from London. It is well known that the increment in the
effectiveness of a business notably depends on the management and the management of the
business conduction becomes significantly easy when the chosen location for operating the
business is at the heart of the operating area (Www1.eere.energy.gov. 2019). Hence the
development plan was of great significance in providing the exact place to the Asian business
organizations.