• Britain benefits - OLYMPICS SPECIAL
Olympics-related business won by UK companies:

UK expertise and manufacturing have benefited from the Beijing Olympics with the supply of goods and services and design and engineering contracts for many of the structures that will define Beijing for the coming decades.

• Aggreko provided temporary power and temperature controls for media and sports venues

• Arup contributed significant consultative input towards the engineering of many Olympic and related infrastructure projects, including Terminal 3 of Beijing Capital International Airport, and construction services for the National Olympic Stadium (also known as the 'Bird's Nest')

• Arup was also involved in structural engineering design at Dongzhimen Transportation Centre, a huge new transport interchange station, for city metro and bus services, and for CCTV’s futuristic headquarters

• Brecknell Willis supplied conductor rails for Metro line No. 5

• Chloride Group secured contracts for a data centre project for the Beijing Olympics

• Clyde Pumps and Weir Pumps built a wastewater treatment plant that is a key environment protection project for the Olympic Games

• Colin Buchanan China (along with Legion Studio): Pedestrian simulation software for the metro

• Foster & Partners designed Beijing Capital International Airport, Terminal 3

• Hill & Knowlton (China) Public Relations: communications consultancy

• Hycontrol: Oxygen testing equipment for the underground lines to the stadia

• iLuka: corporate hospitality

• Invensys Rail Group supplied energy-
saving automated technology for Beijing’s metro lines, including Line No. 13, constructed in time to handle passengers during the Olympics.

• Knorr-Bremse Rail Systems (UK): platform screen doors for Beijing Metro Line
No. 5

• Northcroft: risk manager for bid evaluation, main stadium and pool

• Palintest supplied kits to test water quality at the aquatics centre, the Water Cube (National Swimming Centre)

• Peter Beales Roses supplied roses for Olympic Park

• PKL: supplied kitchens to the Olympic Village

• RMJM built the Olympic Green Convention Centre

• Sportsworld is UK’s official ticket and tour operator for Beijing 2008

• Telehouse is running the computer network for the Olympics

• Westinghouse Rail Systems (UK) manufactured the platform screen doors for Metro line No. 5