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G3 targets Olympic Delivery Gold

AMEC, Balfour Beatty and Jacobs announce today that they have formed an alliance, G3 (the Great Games Grouping), to bid for the role of Delivery Partner to the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) for the London Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2012.

The contract will be awarded this summer, with the successful partner taking responsibility for the management of the design and delivery of the Olympic infrastructure, the logistics for competitors and spectators and the subsequent conversion of the facilities to create a lasting legacy for London and the UK.

AMEC, Balfour Beatty and Jacobs bring together the full range and depth of experience, expertise and resources from the UK and USA necessary to deliver the Games. They are committed to the bid and making G3 a unified organisation that can work in seamless partnership with the ODA team to make the Games an outstanding success.

Sir Peter Mason, Chief Executive of AMEC, said: "The ODA will choose the delivery partner that commits the best people to the task for the duration of the job. Only G3 has the resources in the UK and the expertise gained around the world to make this happen. This is a role of national importance and deserves the best to achieve its goals."

Commenting today, Balfour Beatty Chief Executive, Ian Tyler, said: “G3 brings together the best programme management skills and an exceptional record of achievement in delivering the most complex projects. This, backed by the partners’ financial strength, creates the best team to fulfil this demanding role.”

G3 will help ensure that the benefits of the massive investment in the Olympics are felt nationwide, using the partners’ extensive supply chains to create jobs throughout the UK.

Craig Martin, Chief Executive Officer and President of Jacobs Engineering Inc., said: “G3 is committed to creating a sustainable legacy that the UK can be proud of. Our bid will focus not only on delivering world-class facilities, but also on how we will work to the highest environmental standards and use this opportunity to create a new generation of highly skilled engineering and technical workers.”

The partners bring a wealth of relevant programme management experience to the task gained from working across the UK and US public and private sectors.

Jacobs brings direct experience from the US and UK in managing Olympic delivery programmes in Atlanta and Athens as well as expertise in transport infrastructure, including the redevelopment of Stratford Station. It leads ODPM’s Millennium Community project at Allerton Bywater that shares construction best practice in brownfield regeneration and, for the fourth time in five years, was recently named Fortune Magazine’s Most Admired Engineering and Construction Company 2006.

Balfour Beatty is one of five partners responsible for the 30-year upgrade of approximately three-quarters of the London Underground system. It was part of the design team for the 85,000-seat Olympic Stadium in Atlanta and took a lead responsibility for its subsequent conversion into the Atlanta Braves baseball park. Balfour Beatty was voted the UK’s most admired company in the engineering and construction sector in the 2005 Management Today survey.

AMEC is the UK’s largest project management company and has delivered many large and complex projects such as extending the Docklands Light Rail, managing the final fit out of Terminal 5 for BAA and delivering a multi-billion pound oil field redevelopment programme for the Kuwait Oil Company. AMEC has topped the Dow Jones Sustainability Index in its sector for the last two years.

AMEC and Balfour Beatty have extensive experience of working together in partnership, including on the Jubilee Line extension’s most challenging segment between Green Park and Waterloo, the Limehouse Link Road connecting the City to London’s Docklands and the new University College London Hospital on Euston Road. AMEC and Jacobs are partners in the ONEgas contract to support Shell’s assets in the North Sea.

AMEC and Balfour Beatty were part of a team which won the top prize for Management and Process Innovation at this year’s Quality in Construction Awards.

The G3 bid team is being led by Rod Hoare. He led Metronet’s successful bid for the London tube PPP awarded in 2003 and was responsible for the creation of the Heathrow Express in the 1990s.

Contacts:
AMEC - Charles Reynolds - 020 7634 0024
Balfour Beatty - Tim Sharp - 020 7216 6884
Jacobs - Louise Sloan - 0141 566 8252

AMEC plc is an international project management and services company that designs, delivers and supports infrastructure assets for customers worldwide across the public and private sectors. AMEC employs about 44,000 people in more than 40 countries, generating annual turnover of around £5 billion. AMEC’s shares are traded on the London Stock Exchange where the company is listed in the Support Services sector.

Balfour Beatty is a world-class, £5 billion sales, engineering, construction and services group which provides customised solutions to clients for whom infrastructure quality, efficiency and reliability are critical. It serves the international markets for rail, road and utility systems, buildings and complex structures. It operates safely and sustainably.

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. is one of the world’s largest and most diverse providers of professional technical services. With annual revenues exceeding $6 billion, we offer full-spectrum support to industrial, commercial, and government clients across multiple markets. Services include scientific and specialty consulting as well as all aspects of engineering and construction, and operations & maintenance. Jacobs has over 40,000 staff world-wide with 6000 employees in the UK.