Firms wary of bad press over parliament refurb, says Armitt

By Jonathan Owen2019-05-23T05:00:00

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Man who delivered Olympics says risk of reputational damage is deterrent to working on such schemes

Contractors and designers will be wary about taking up roles on the £4bn restoration of parliament because of the potential for reputational damage, according to the man responsible for delivering the 2012 Olympic Games.

Sir John Armitt, who was chair of the Olympic Delivery Authority, told Building he expects construction companies to have the same caution about taking on the job as they initially had toward the Olympics.

“At the beginning […] work was plentiful, so they didn’t want to get involved with the Olympics because they didn’t want the reputational damage of getting it wrong or being late,” he said.

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