Pictured above: Mark Weaver, managing partner for Rider
Levett Bucknall
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.
The new partnership scored a great goal recently when it was
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 totally unique and powerful package to
the sports stadia and sports event market which will create some
exciting new opportunities for us.
"We have already seen the benefits of the strength that this
partnership will bring.
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 currently 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.