The artist’s impression above shows how the Olympic Stadium will look when it is completed. T Clarke’s work on the stadium is now in its final phase.
bridges that link the site to the surrounding area. Having worked on similar scale projects in the past – including the O2 arena – T Clarke submitted, and subsequently won, a two-part competitive tender for the Olympic Stadium’s electrical installation contract in November 2008. Danny Bryan is the project contract manager for
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Games Olympic Park has had a firm sustainability agenda from the very
beginning and has developed a number of innovative ways to reduce its impact on the environment
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T Clarke, and he believes that there are a number of reasons why the company won the tender. He says: ‘We have a tremendous amount of knowledge and experience when it comes to high-profile projects like the Olympic Stadium. There aren’t too many electrical contracting firms that would be able to deal with an installation of this size.’ Although the electrical installation is 75 per cent
completed, T Clarke still has 81 operatives on site – and during the busiest period of the installation there were 150. T Clarke is committed to apprenticeship schemes and has had a number of its apprentices work on the project, gaining valuable experience while doing so.
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T Clarke’s work has involved the entire electrical installation from low-voltage to extra low-voltage work. It has installed hundreds of metres of tri-rated flexible cable and all the associated sub-distribution panels and distribution boards. The installation has been straightforward, but there
was one small obstacle that had to be addressed during the procurement process. Bryan explains: ‘Within the Olympic Stadium, no company logos or branding of any description is allowed to be visible. This includes
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