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To deal with these challenges, GAP’s Events
team met with the venue managers to
undergo crucial detailed planning, scheduling
the works to ensure that they met the
various build programmes. Additionally, GAP
purchased 2,112 new fence panels and 7,600
new crowd control barriers specifically for the
Championships. There were seven GAP project
managers involved to make sure everything
ran smoothly and there were over 3,000
hours of labour completed to fulfil the road
events alone.

The Events team factored in contingencies into their planning as they were aware that there would likely be changes
onsite, due to unforeseen circumstances, that they would need to adapt to. They worked well within the tight time frames
provided and overcame any obstacles that arose. All venues were fully cleared by GAP within seven days of the games
ending, succeeding in completely clearing 5,500 barriers within five hours in one instance. This meant that GAP helped the
event managers achieve their objective of minimising the impact the games had on the daily lives and routines of Glasgow’s
residents and commuters.

Summary

Since 2014, GAP has supplied all of Glasgow City Council’s yearly events, building a strong working relationship with them
in the process. GAP’s Events team’s past experience and success working with the Commonwealth Games, that were held
in Glasgow in 2014, meant that the council’s events team was confident in choosing GAP as their first choice with its ability
to supply the European Championships successfully.

GAP’s Event Services team has the knowledge and skills to be able to supply a branded fencing solution that will withstand
strong winds. Installing this type of solution is labour intensive and has to be done to exact specification to make it work.
The result of the installations by GAP was that there were no failures of the fencing throughout the entirety of the project.