Waterman, who since 2005 has not only been tasked with the challenge of weaving health and safety into every aspect of London 2012 Olympic and Paralympics Games' construction works programme - venues and infrastructure - but also with the responsibility of transforming the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park for its public opening in 2013-2014.
In Delivering Olympian Standards of Health and Safety, Waterman will explain how leadership, workforce engagement, health and other elements of his team's work, has already led to their endeavours being described as the safest such programme in Olympic and UK history. Also, with Europe's leading construction project and largest new housing development largely built, the talk will also touch on how the focus is now shifting towards 24/7 operations, in the remaining few weeks before the sporting world descends on London.
The lecture, in its twelfth year, is held in tribute to John Watts, who for many years was the Royal Shakespeare Theatre's health & safety officer and, at the time of his premature death in November 2000, in charge of health and safety for the technical team, at the Millennium Dome (now the O2).
This annual event serves not only as a memorial to a man who did so much during his life to ensure that performance spaces were safe working environments but also to continue to promote his positive beliefs in the benefits of health and safety, to today's theatre technicians.
The John Watts Memorial Lecture is open to all registered visitors of the ABTT 2012 Theatre Show, on a first come first served basis. For free entry, register in advance at the web address below.
(Jim Evans)
