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  • Contingency (Supplementary) [4]

    • Question by: Murad Qureshi
    • Meeting date: 25 April 2007
    Finally, given that you have milestones and key milestones and a set date to achieve it, would it not have been better to have set up bonus payments rather than contingency sums, given that is going to be the name of the game - getting to key stages at key times at critical points? Clearly we would rather be giving them money for achieving that, rather than spending their time making those claims, which invariably half the building trade does.

  • Contingency (Supplementary) [5]

    • Question by: Murad Qureshi
    • Meeting date: 25 April 2007
    Sir Roy, if we accept the Government figures as the upper limits to the expenditure on the Olympics, I think the key thing is the management of the contingencies. I am worried that we find ourselves in contracts with contractors who then spend most of their time making claims for the contingencies. They are very generous; about 60% of the build costs. I have certainly had that experience of managing projects myself. What do you have lined up in the procurement arrangements with contractors which make sure they focus and achieve the milestones, rather than putting in the estimators to...

  • Contingency (Supplementary) [9]

    • Question by: Murad Qureshi
    • Meeting date: 25 April 2007
    You have mentioned the Cabinet Committees that are keeping an eye on this. Surely the building contract and the legality of that will supersede anything that they can decide about which contingency sums can be drawn from or not.

  • Employment, Training and Skills Legacy (Supplementary) [5]

    • Question by: Murad Qureshi
    • Meeting date: 15 February 2007
    My question, and emphasis here, is actually that rather than focus on the quantity of jobs, we have also got to look at the quality of jobs, and what have you. My experience of working in the East End, certainly on the local employment in construction, was that actually that was not their preference. And I think the trick is to get them into employment into things that they want to do. I do not know how much of your emphasis on this front is solely on construction. Whilst I see the possibilities, and many of us may do, it...

  • Environmental Commitments (Supplementary) [1]

    • Question by: Murad Qureshi
    • Meeting date: 15 February 2007
    One of the areas which you have not touched on in terms of environmental commitments is the waterways, I mean the backbone of the Olympic site has both the River Lea and canals. I just want to be clear what your commitments are there, how much progress you have made and what we can expect in the near future, in terms of check-off points.