A joint letter on behalf of 230,000 surveyors, engineers, planners and architects has been drawn up in support of the 2012 London Olympic bid.
The letter, sent this week to British Olympic Association (BOA) chairman Craig Reedie, was signed by RICS president Peter Fall, RIBA president Paul Hyatt, RTPI president Vincent Goodstadt and Professor Adrian Long, the president of the Institute of Civil Engineers.
The presidents have called on the BOA to take advantage of their “skills, advice and undivided support”.
RICS president Peter Fall said: “If invested wisely, the Olympics has the potential to provide long-term infrastructure and regeneration benefits across the country.”
He added: “Undertaking a task of the size and complexity of the Olympics will require a large amount of human and economic resources.
“We are inviting the British Olympic bid to tap into the huge range of skills and relevant experience which our professions are able to offer, including management consultancy, project management, development, planning, urban design, construction economics, architecture and engineering.”
References: EGi News 24/04/03
