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Higgins, Bransdon share lead in France

David Higgins and David Bransdon each shot six-under-par 65 Thursday and share the first-round lead at the Open de Saint-Omer golf tournament in France. Higgins had an eagle and Bransdon a string of five consecutive birdies in taking the lead.

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Given the size of the site and high profile of the Olympic project it is also important to have a perimeter fence that is an effective deterrent while also safe for the local community who live nearby
Olympic Park to get electrical fence Jul 05, 2008

We have carried out an exhaustive process with the industry and suppliers over the last two years to find a viable way of delivering a wind turbine on the Olympic Park site
Wind turbine scrapped at London Olympics Jun 04, 2010

David Higgins (born Brisbane in 1954), is an Australian businessman, the Chief Executive of the London 2012 Summer Olympics Delivery Authority.

Higgins was educated at Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview in Sydney. He then gained a degree in civil engineering at the University of Sydney; and a diploma at the Securities Institute of Australia.

After graduation, he worked in the United Kingdom and Africa, before returning to Australia in 1983, and joining the international property and construction company Lend Lease Corporation in 1985. In 1995 he was appointed managing director and chief executive, when the corporations developments included the 2000 Summer Olympics Sydney Olympic Park, and the Bluewater Shopping Centre in Kent, England.

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