GE Celebrates 10 Years of Olympic Games Sponsorship and Surpasses $1.5 Billion in Infrastructure Sales to Host Cities since 2...
August 17 2016 - 4:00PM
Business Wire
- Over 1,000 infrastructure projects
completed since 2006 with over 180 projects for Rio 2016
- GE technology included in all Rio 2016
Olympic Games competition venues
- GE infrastructure legacy gift program
to leave a lasting impact
GE, worldwide partner of the Olympic Games since 2006, today
announced it has exceeded $1.5 billion in infrastructure sales
related to the Olympic Games over the past 10 years. During this
period, GE has worked closely with host countries, cities and
Organizing Committees to complete over 1,000 infrastructure
projects for Olympic Games venues, health centers and surrounding
commercial buildings. The technology provided aims to support the
organizing committees’ goals of building sustainable Olympic Games
that improve the infrastructure of the host cities and provide
state-of-the-art healthcare for Olympians.
“We are proud of our work with the IOC and local Organizing
Committees in delivering a variety of critical healthcare, energy,
power, water, and lighting solutions for the Olympic Games across
six host cities to date,” said John Rice, Vice Chairman, GE. “Rio
2016 has been a great event that has further strengthened the
sustainable Olympic legacy for future generations. We are already
working with Korea and Japan to ensure their Games build further on
this legacy. ”
Our critical technology is in every venue for the Rio 2016
Olympic Games. Through Current, powered by GE, we are providing
state-of-the-art lighting with over 200,000 fixtures for the fields
of play and critical venues, including the famous Maracanã Stadium
for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the Olympic Games.
In the International Broadcast Center we provide power
connectivity and continuity to ensure live coverage of the Games
on-site and for billions of spectators around the world. All the
energy that fuels the Center’s operation passes through our system
with over 3,000 Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) units delivering
redundancy and reliability throughout the broadcast period.
Critical to the success of the Games is the provision of
world-class healthcare to maximize athlete performance and quality
competition. In the Olympic Games Polyclinic, GE has equipped
sports physicians with advanced medical imaging technologies
including a wide range of digital imaging equipment such as MRIs,
X-Ray and Ultrasound machines.
“The Polyclinic is the jewel in the crown of medical provision
at the Olympic Games,” says Dr Richard Budgett, Chief Medical
Officer, IOC. “During the Games, it’s about providing a medical and
diagnostic service which is fast and also really accurate, and that
has a level of excellence that everyone from all around the world
can be confident in. With that confidence, both the support staff
and the athletes can give it their best.”
In 2016, for the first time, all athletes at an Olympic Games
have access to Electronic Medical Records (EMR) powered by GE to
further enable more efficient care. This equipment allows medical
practitioners and trainers to determine an earlier and more
accurate diagnosis and recovery plan for today’s Olympians. To
date, GE equipment has generated over 1,000 scans including MRIs,
X-rays and Ultrasounds and 4,000 medical records in the system to
assist in the fast assessment and treatment of athletes from all
nations.
For Rio 2016, GE has also brought its global footprint to bear.
Over 5,000 jobs have been involved in the design, manufacture and
delivery of the technologies which form part of the infrastructure
behind a successful Olympic Games. These jobs and technologies
reach from Brazil to the US, Hungary, India, China and
Switzerland.
Legacy to Rio 2016: As part
of its contribution to the Olympic Games and to leave a sustainable
legacy, GE has made a triple donation to the city of Rio de Janeiro
and its population. The gifts come in the form of more efficient
lighting for critical public spaces including Flamengo Park, Rio’s
largest public park and the venue for sailing and cycling events
during the Games, as well as the Lapa district, a central and
historical area of Rio. LED floodlighting and roadway fixtures with
telemanagement technology will decrease power consumption with
between 50-78% energy savings and improve maintenance efficiency
for the Rio municipality.
In addition to these lighting donations, GE is transforming the
medical technology at Rio’s Souza Aguiar central public hospital,
which delivers care to a largely underserved population and
operates the second largest emergency center in Latin America. Here
they treat an average of 7,500 patients performing 600 surgeries
per month. To improve the efficiency, number of surgeries and
patient safety through lower radiation dosage, GE has replaced the
dated installed base of surgery/diagnostic imaging systems for the
renovated Radiology clinic. This equipment will mean more patients
can be treated faster with a potential increase of 30% in surgeries
performed, also decreasing waiting time for the patients.
About GE
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transforming industry with software-defined machines and solutions
that are connected, responsive and predictive. GE is organized
around a global exchange of knowledge, the "GE Store," through
which each business shares and accesses the same technology,
markets, structure and intellect. Each invention further fuels
innovation and application across our industrial sectors. With
people, services, technology and scale, GE delivers better outcomes
for customers by speaking the language of industry. www.ge.com
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