Press Release

2012 Olympic delivery boss hails engineers' role at ACE Annual Conference

27 June 2008

Olympic Delivery Authority chairman John Armitt praised the role of UK consultancy and engineering firms for their hard work and professionalism in getting the 2012 project to where it was today, in an address to ACE's annual conference on 25 June 2008.

Much of the groundwork for creating the infrastructure for staging the games had been achieved thanks to the work of members of ACE, Armitt told the conference.

ACE’s first-ever national annual conference was hailed a "fantastic success" as it struck a positive note in addressing the key business issues facing consultancy and engineering firms.

"The outstanding contribution that consultancy and engineering firms make to the UK economy has been hidden for too long and it's high time that we had a conference like this," said ACE chairman Neil Sandberg opening the event

The conference saw consultants, engineers and industry stakeholders gathering at the Renaissance Chancery Court Hotel to discuss and debate the key issues facing the sector in a range of breakout groups and plenary sessions.

For a full report on the conference click here.