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Interview with Sir John Armitt

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Monday, 19 November 2012
00:19 - 00:19
Duration: 4 mins
Publication date: 19 Nov 2012
Location: IETTV_Room, IETTV_Venue, London, United Kingdom
Part of event The IET's visit to the Kings Yard Energy Centre on the Olympic Park

About the session

This presentation is an interview with Sir John Armitt, the leader of the Olympic Delivery Authority, who outlines the scale of the engineering challenges, how the barriers were overcome and the role that engineers played in their solutions.

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Sir John Armitt

Olympic Delivery Authority, Chairman

Sir John Armitt, CBE, FREng, became Chairman of the Olympic Delivery Authority on 1 September 2007. He had previously been Chief Executive of Network Rail. During his career in construction, Sir John has been both a contractor and a client. He worked for John Laing plc for 27 years, where he became Chairman of its International and Civil Engineering divisions. In 1993, he joined Union Rail as Chief Executive, responsible for the Channel Tunnel Rail Link. Four years in charge of the construction and civil engineering group Costain was followed by his appointment as Chief Executive of Railtrack and its successor Network Rail. A Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Institution of Civil Engineers, Sir John was Chairman of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council until the end of March 2012.

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