Delivering London 2012: ICT enabling the Games
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Early planning, a programme-wide approach, consideration of centralised procurement and analysis of all stakeholder requirements were key to delivering Information and Communications Technology (ICT), Security and Mechanical and Electrical (M&E) systems across multiple capital projects on a single campus. This enabled Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) delivered systems to be operationally effective and efficient; whilst providing flexibility for systems to integrate at a local and campus-wide level and accommodating additional ‘overlay’ systems provided by others during the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
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