Features and benefits Carillion completed the main IBC construction in July 2011, making it the fifth – and penultimate – venue to be completed on the Olympic Park. On the site there will also be a 200m-long high
street, featuring outlets such as banks, newsagents, travel agents and a post office, plus next to the MPC a 12,000m2
day. The MMC site also includes 29,000m2
catering village serving 50,000 meals per of green
office space, with four storeys of workspace, and the IBC has an innovative design that enables the building to be adapted after London 2012 for either a single tenant in the whole building or on each floor, as well as multiple tenants on each floor.
Inner vision In 2009 FCC Elliot, the contractor for the fit out of the IBC, invited ECA member Designer M&E Services UK to put forward a proposal for the electrical work on the IBC. Nick Baish, the company’s operations director, comments: ‘Based in Hammersmith, London, we have a growing presence in the UK and work with some of the world’s largest multinational companies. Our vision is to be a partner of choice in long-term relationships while working collaboratively to deliver project solutions for mutual benefit.’ In early 2010, the £10m contract was finally awarded
The International Broadcast Centre will be the home of broadcast organisations from around the world as they cover London 2012
The IBC will provide the best possible working environment and technology for the world’s broadcasters
to Designer M&E Services UK. In order to carry out some research into this type of facility, a team from the company visited the media centre building in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, which was constructed for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, to see how it had been done and understand better any issues they had encountered. Baish says: ‘We had already suggested that the best
way forward would be to use a modular wiring solution due to the fact that the timeframes on the project are extremely tight, and we have to strip it out and return the building to it original form after London 2012 is finished. Going to Vancouver provided us with excellent insight about what was involved with this type of process in a building of this nature.’
Look to the future According to research carried out by the Building Cost Information Service (BCIS) on behalf of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), only 63 per cent of site- based construction projects are delivered on time and only 49 per cent are delivered to budget. Off-site modular construction represents a step change in how buildings are designed and built, by making the process quicker and more cost effective. Modular systems are designed to customer specification
using the latest software, before being manufactured off- site in a quality-controlled facility using the latest high
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ECA Today January 2012
DAVID POULTNEY @ ODA
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