London 2012 Olympic & Paralympic Games Opportunities for the Metalforming Sector Jim Johnston: AWM Business Manager – 2012 Games

London Olympic & Paralympic Games 2012  the greatest show on earth, the 30 th Olympiad, starts at 7.30 pm, Friday 27 July, 2012; and finishes Sunday 12 August  Cultural Festival between Olympics and Paralympics  Paralympics: Wed. 29 August – Sun. 9 September

Scale of London 2012 Games  International Olympic Committee (IOC) has 203 member countries  International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has 160 members  Olympic Park square kilometres site  9 new venues, with 169,000 seats  17,000 bed athletes’ village  Estimated peak of construction workforce will be 9,000 in 2010

Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA)  Land acquisition, clearance, demolition, remediation and bulk earthworks  Infrastructure  4 main buildings – main stadium; aquatics centre; media centre, athletes’ village  Subsidiary venues, many of which will be de-mountable  Venues round the country  Budget approx. £3.5 billion  Chair – John Armitt (ex C.Ex. of Network Rail)  Chief Executive – David Higgins  Board – 12 Members

How the ODA Works  2 – 4 – 1  “Delivery Partner” - CLM consortium  “Prior Information Notices” - PIN  “Industry Days” – Transport; Construction; Landscaping; Aquatics Centre; Utilities; Cultural Olympiad  Off-Site Construction  Sustainability

Some Tenders Awarded  Demolition and remediation – Edmund Nuttall and Galliford Try  Under-grounding of power lines - J Murphy & Sons – 52 pylons removed; 2 tunnels each 6 kilometres long  Master-Planning of Olympic Park and infrastructure – EDAW Consortium

Transport Expenditure for the Games  Estimated total of £17 billion – by TfL, Network Rail, LDA  Transport to, from and around Olympic sites (e.g 100 km of dedicated “Olympic” lanes)  Transport improvements in the 5 “Olympic” boroughs  Transport improvements London-wide (e.g DLR and tube extensions)  Transport improvements outside London (e.g Thames Gateway; Eurostar route, etc)  Transport Plan to be published summer 2007

The Five “Olympic” Boroughs The five London Boroughs, within which the majority of the Games will take place, all plan significant infrastructure improvements and developments:-  London Borough of Hackney (currently no tube station)  Newham (inc. “Stratford City” = £5 billion)  Tower Hamlets (Ballymore Properties)  Waltham Forest  Greenwich (Gymnastics; Equestrian; shooting)

Suppliers from WM to the Olympic Movement  Hycontrol Ltd.  Neoproducts  Northcroft Construction Consultants  Radford Ezynets  Robert West Consulting  Rojac Tooling Technologies  Simworx  Slick Seating  Vaughtons Working with Olympic organisations gives world-wide exposure; plus possible business from other major international sports events

How You can Start to Win  Register at  Register at  Attend industry days  Confederation of British Metal- forming

Summary  There ARE major opportunities for the West Midlands, from the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games  Handouts  You have NOT “missed the boat” – only a few Contracts let so far  However, let’s be realistic, and not create over-expectation – while still vigorously pursuing all opportunities  Be PRO-ACTIVE, as well as re-active