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Steve Redgrave gives technical support to G3 team

Sir Steve will give G3 unique and incisive input from the perspective of an athlete and competitor. He comments: “From attending five consecutive games as a competitor, and Athens as a media commentator I know how London 2012 can really change people’s lives. I am pleased that my experience is being used in this manner and look forward to working with G3 to ensure we in the UK deliver the best competitor facilities ever, allowing outstanding performances that inspire billions around the world.”

Rod Hoare, who is leading the G3 bid, commented: “Sir Steve’s independent and impartial wisdom will ensure we bring the best in innovative, joined-up thinking to deliver a bid that confirms G3 as the right partner for the ODA in delivering a world class London Games and a legacy that the UK can be proud of.”

Sir Steve has been Gleeds' Ambassador since the start of the year, offering inspirational and motivational advice to those inside the business. His role with G3 will ensure that as well as technical input he will assist in team building with the large group of partners who are allied to G3 throughout the bid process.

“We feel pleased to have input at many levels from Sir Steve, and look forward to working with him as a key member of our team,” said Rod.

Contacts:

AMEC – Charles Reynolds – 020 7634 0024
Balfour Beatty – Tim Sharp – 020 7216 6884
Jacobs - Louise Sloan - 0141 566 8252
Gleeds – Julian Barlow – 01844 347362

About G3
AMEC, Balfour Beatty and Jacobs 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.

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.

About Gleeds
Gleeds has over 125 years’ experience of working in the construction and building industry and employs over 1200 people in 15 countries across 5 continents making them one of the world’s leading management and construction consultancies. Working in every sector they deliver a comprehensive range of services ranging from Project Management to Cost Consultancy: They manage complex operations, control costs and ensure that projects are delivered on time: http:// www.gleeds.com.

About the G3 partners
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.

Rod Hoare
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.