London Games - From Construction to Commissioning

By November 2011 the London Olympic Park, the Olympic Village and non London facilities will have been handed over to LOCOG for Venue Operations and Games - Time Readiness. By this time the public will be very familiar with the appearance of the main facilities. In this fifth in the series of MPA seminars monitoring the development of the London 2012 Games we shall look backwards at a timely delivery and determine if this is an opportunity to "celebrate UK Construction". The seminar will be opened by Jeremy Beeton, Director General of the Government Olympic Executive, who as the key note speaker will provide an overview of the obligations of an Olympic Client and the Government’s aspirations. Initially the seminar will focus on the part the contractors have played in the more intangible aspects of the programme, namely Legacy and Sustainability. In addition the role of Schedule Management in the successful coordination of construction and integration on a multi-contractor site will be examined, together with the technical challenges of integrating multiple systems in the testing, commissioning and subsequent handover processes to LOCOG. The seminar will be chaired by Gordon Masterton, Chairman of the Construction Industry Council and Vice President at Jacobs Engineering.