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Case Studies

Many businesses in the South West have already embraced the tremendous opportunity the London 2012 Games represent and have successfully bid for contracts. Below are just a few examples.

Devon

  • TC Interiors, which operates from Bideford, fitted out the main contractor and trade contractor's accommodation and welfare facilities.
  • Torrington based Dartington Crystal has been awarded the licence to make a range of crystal and glass souvenirs to commemorate the London 2012 Games.

Dorset

  • In 2008 Dean & Dyball Civil Engineering completed the second of two multi-million pound projects it has carried out at the Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy, location for the Olympic and Paralympic sailing events.

Somerset

  • B&B Moulds, based near Ilminster, worked as a sub-contractor to Tarmac during the construction of the Olympic Stadium and Hockey Centre.
  • Blom UK from Cheddar has been contracted by the Olympic Delivery Authority to provide high-resolution, digital imagery of the Olympic Park.
  • Yeovil based Ribcraft Ltd has made 64 RIBs which will act as support craft during the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic sailing events at Weymouth and Portland.

West of England

  • Bristol-based Resource Futures successfully tendered the waste management scoping project for LOCOG.
  • Fenton Holloway from Bristol provided the designs for the shell membrane and steel frame of the 11,000 square-metre Olympic Basketball Arena – the biggest temporary structure of its kind in the world.

Wiltshire 

  • Swindon-based Thamesdown Transport has been awarded a contract to supply 5 buses and 16 drivers for the Games Family Bus Services in London.