Olympic Delivery Authority chief executive says he has 鈥渆very confidence鈥� in LOCOG now baton has been handed on

How are you feeling now the big handover to LOCOG has been done?

Fine. There is still a lot for us to do, so it鈥檚 busier now than it has been for a while because for some time we were just working inside the venues but now we鈥檙e outside working on everything from landscaping to paving. We鈥檙e still very much engaged.


There is a bit of concern of LOCOG coming in with such a short time to get everything up together for the Games and not being an experienced construction client. Would you agree?

You have to look at the profile of what they are putting up. They are not digging deep foundations or anything or doing major works. A lot of their work will be putting up prefabs which are completely different to main construction schemes. I have every confidence in them because they are going to want to show their best face. I鈥檓 not at all worried.


What will happen after the Games for the ODA, and you personally, then?

I suppose when you put your whole life towards something it鈥檚 a bit strange when it comes to an end. But I definitely don鈥檛 want the ODA to hang around past our sell by date. The OPLC is the future. They were set up three years before the Games and they are in a fantastic position compared to previous games. So we don鈥檛 want to hang around. We just want to do our job and ensure all the right handovers go smoothly. Then we will take the experience leant from the Olympics and I hope that everyone from the ODA goes on to get good jobs off the back of it.
      

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