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Facility and Equipment Preparation e following recommendations were made:

It was our responsibility to ensure the venue was • Base design to change
ready for the competition. e guidance of the IAAF • e track surfaces to be removed
Competition and Technical Delegates were necessary • Installation of new upper asphalt layer with correct
and valuable to the organisation. slopes and asphalt mix
The spaces and working areas required for the • Ensure IAAF Class 1 for the main competition track
competition operations specifi c to the event needed and at least Class 2 performance specifi cation for
to be designed and created. warm up track is achieved.
e IAAF Technical Delegate was responsible for While on the ground, he regularly engaged with the
KYEB
the fi nal decision on what was required for a specifi c
technical team, LOC engineers, equipment team
event and the location of each working area at the
lead by technical manager and the Sports Kenya
venue.
Stadium personnel.
For stadium and other facilities which were already
After completing the survey and making the re-
in place, a survey was conducted prior to the event to
ports he was to come back and supervise the laying
determine the remedial and necessary work upgrade.
of the track, but Mondo engineers took over the role
Prior to the Championships Deltatre made several
at the implementation stages.
site visits to advise the LOC on their requirements.
ere were other important delegates from IAAF
All their infrastructure needs were provided. ey
and Technical Suppliers who made site visits and gave
had almost the same requirements as Seiko, since
their input before the start of the Championships.
they work as a team. eir site visits were at the same
Seiko (IAAF Technical Suppliers)
Heribert Hammes Role
Prior to the Championships the team from Seiko
Facilities Inspection and Survey Visit
KENYA YEARBO0K
made several site visits to advise the LOC on their
requirements. e team was led by Danny Hawkes
Heriber tHammes, the Managing Director of Hammes
who was the event manager.
Consultancy based in Singapore, was engaged by the
Seiko requested and were provided with the fol-
LOC upon being recommended by IAAF.
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lowing during the event:
He visited the facilities from 10th to 25th November
2016 and did the following work:
a) A spacious workshop with an access to the track
for loading and unloading equipment.
a) Service meetings with the LOC’s Technical Team
b) Topographic and dimensional survey on the tracks b) Storage area of approximately 100m² for stor-
to meet IAAF performance specifi cation ing the empty crates, boxes and pallets that the
c) Laser survey equipment were delivered in.
d) Prepare civic works and BQ c) Timing and Photo-fi nish Operation Room. is
e) Draft drawings was the glass fronted working area overlooking
the fi eld of competition adjacent to the fi nish line.
e consultant’s initial visit was primed for 3 days A very good working space which was lockable.
but due to fi ndings on the ground it was extended e room contained the main timing computer
for another 9 days.

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