The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games andParalympic Games (LOCOG) today announces that Populous has been appointed asthe Official Architectural and Overlay Design Services Provider, becoming aTier Three commercial provider in the process.
Populous (formerly HOK Sport) is leading the teamcomprising Allies & Morrison and Lifshutz Davidson Sandilands to deliverthe project. The consortium will work with LOCOG’s Venue andInfrastructure team, which is responsible for installing overlay to existingand newly built venues to ensure that they are fit for purpose for the OlympicGames and Paralympic Games. The consortium will provide design anddrawing production services to support the development of these overlay designsfor London 2012 venues.
The scope of this work includes 36 competition venueslocated both inside and outside the Olympic Park as well as a large number ofnon-competition venues including the Olympic Village, and the InternationalBroadcast Centre/Main Press Centre (IBC/MPC).
London 2012 Chairman Sebastian Coe commented on thedeal, “Ensuring venues are ship-shape for Games-time use is a logisticalchallenge. Both new and existing venues will require additional work toensure that they are operational and meet the unique criteria of theGames. We welcome Populous to the team – and look forward to workingclosely with them to bring the Games venues to life for 2012. They have afantastic sporting pedigree and will, I am sure, be a fantastic asset to the team.”
Populous senior principal Jerry Anderson said: “We arevery excited to be able to bring our Overlay design experience to thisincredible global event, and also to support London in hosting what I believewill be a spectacular Olympic and Paralympic Games’’.
John Barrow, senior principal at Populous said:‘’We are privileged to have been involved with the London 2012 Games since itsinception, as part of the bid team, with the masterplanning and the design ofthe stadium itself. Considering the importance of the overlay for theseGames, we are delighted that our work will continue to play a major role in theoverall experience for spectators and athletes alike in the Summer of2012."
As part of the deal, approximately 100 employees fromthe consortium will work alongside LOCOG designers and project managers todeliver the architectural and overlay designs for the venues.
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