Armitt to spread Olympic construction gospel

Grant Prior 12 years ago
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Olympic Delivery Authority chairman Sir John Armitt is drawing up a report to share the lessons of the 2012 construction programme to help UK firms win major projects worldwide.

Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has commissioned Sir John to highlight and share best practice from the Stratford site.

Hunt believes the Olympic Park can be a blueprint for delivering large scale construction projects and that sharing its lessons will help British businesses win contracts around the world.

He said: “We need to ensure that the companies who built the Olympic Park, and others, learn from the experience of 2012, exploit the global spotlight and go on to bigger and better things in the future.

“I hope that Sir John’s report will pave the way for British businesses after 2012 and help secure a long term economic legacy for UK plc.”

Sir John said: “Building on the work already carried out by ODA in developing the Learning Legacy website as an industry resource for best practice, this report will help UK companies to learn from what has been achieved and reap the benefits of future projects at home and abroad, whether or not they have been involved in the 2012 Games.”

The report will be completed this spring, ahead of the British Business Embassy at Lancaster House that UKTI will run through the Olympic Games period to promote British companies.

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