Rider Levett Bucknall in major sports event deal
PROPERTY and construction consultants Rider Levett Bucknall has announced a partnership with one of the worlds’ leading international event management companies, the Event Planning Group (EPG).
EPG has been working with the cost and construction consultancy on the London Olympics 2012 for the last 12 months, and the new partnership was recently appointed by the Football Association to assist with the World Cup 2018 Bid.
As well as working on overlay cost management at each of the host cities the EPG/RLB team will also be helping with the creation of the all important Bid Book that is submitted to FIFA in May.
This process will conclude with the announcement of the host countries for 2018 and 2022 in December this year.
Mark Weaver, managing partner for Rider Levett Bucknall in Birmingham said: “The new partnership brings together the very best from the construction industry with the very best from the event management sector.
“We are able to present a unique and powerful package to the sports stadia and sports event market which will create some exciting new opportunities for us.
“The Football Associatoin contract is a fantastic, prestigious opportunity and if the bid is successful it could lead to a large amount of additional high profile work.”
In Birmingham, Rider Levett Bucknall is working for Warwickshire County Cricket Club as project manager and quantity surveyor to the multi million pound revamp of Edgbaston that will help the ground maintain its status as a premier cricket ground on the international circuit.
