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When anyone looks at getting involved with an Olympic Games there’s plenty to weigh up. For a company – just as for an athlete – you’re holding yourself up for comparison with a history steeped in success.
At Atkins we thrive on challenges; our skills are honed by taking on projects that others may lose sleep over. The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) placed its trust in us on the early design works – and as project managers, in collaboration with the delivery partner, the site for the Olympic Stadium was handed over on budget and ahead of schedule.
Since then, the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG) charged us with delivering the 100 or so temporary structures that are being built up and down the UK. We are putting our full energy and focus into that too.
It’s exciting work – we’re making sure that the athlete shooting for the hoop to win gold in the basketball competition will be doing so in a structure that will do justice to the occasion. We’re delivering the beach volleyball court that will transform Horse Guards Parade. And as the cyclists hurtle around the Velodrome they’ll be doing so above a bed of once heavily contaminated soil that our engineers helped to clean.
For Atkins this will be a project that will sit as a significant milestone in our history. It demonstrates not only our deep technical expertise but how we have a breadth of skills that are the envy of the industry. During London 2012 we have seen our civil, structural and specialist engineers, project managers, environmentalists, our security experts, and heritage teams, all working side by side on a project that’s all about teamwork.
For us the task is a perfect fit. The organisers’ ambition is to create the greenest Games ever – entirely in keeping with our carbon critical design agenda. It’s a project which must succeed – that’s always our motivation.
Most of all it gives us the chance to show off what we do on a truly world stage – that’s the sort of challenge we live for. The summer of 2012 will be the culmination of our seven-year journey as the official engineering design services provider for the Games.
Excellence is in our DNA, and that’s why we are truly proud to associate with the London 2012 Games.