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About 100,000 workers at the Olympics site in London are to be screened using advanced face and palm recognition techniques in one of the largest and most expensive security operations undertaken on a British construction project.
Every worker on the site – up to 10,000 at one time at the peak of construction in 2010 and 100,000 in total – will pass through a two-tier biometrics access system that includes palm-print reading and face recognition.
The biometric screening system, described as Britain's largest and most expensive security operation, may serve as a model for controlling access to ticket holders to stadiums once the games begin. Biometric testing is also being considered for the nine million ticket-holders as they enter the site. The use of biometrics is part of a £354 million strategy to secure the 500-acre Olympic Park during its construction, which starts in June. But it has raised concerns about data protection among unions and civil liberty groups.Experts said that biometrics were already being used successfully in the private sector to monitor contractors’ timekeeping and identity. “If it’s implemented in the right way, multi-modal biometrics are more reliable because it’s more of a challenge for people trying to defeat the system.
The complexity of the operation, and the possibility that the security threat to Britain may rise by 2012, means that further budget increases are possible. The cost has already risen sixfold to £1.2 billion from the £200 million estimate included in the bid document in 2005.
While the head of Britain's main construction union, Ucatt, claims that he is fan-goo with the security system, "providing the ODA guarantee that the biometric data will not be passed on to any third parties and will be wiped once the project is complete," the ODA has not guaranteed that it will not pass on any information to government agencies.
How much of a logistical and planning nightmare this will be remains to be seen but, given the UK's success when it comes to building big things—the Millennium Dome, and Wembley for example—there is a strong possibility that we will be seeing the Olympic flame being lit at an opening ceremony some time in 2019.
Every worker on the site – up to 10,000 at one time at the peak of construction in 2010 and 100,000 in total – will pass through a two-tier biometrics access system that includes palm-print reading and face recognition.
The biometric screening system, described as Britain's largest and most expensive security operation, may serve as a model for controlling access to ticket holders to stadiums once the games begin. Biometric testing is also being considered for the nine million ticket-holders as they enter the site. The use of biometrics is part of a £354 million strategy to secure the 500-acre Olympic Park during its construction, which starts in June. But it has raised concerns about data protection among unions and civil liberty groups.Experts said that biometrics were already being used successfully in the private sector to monitor contractors’ timekeeping and identity. “If it’s implemented in the right way, multi-modal biometrics are more reliable because it’s more of a challenge for people trying to defeat the system.
The complexity of the operation, and the possibility that the security threat to Britain may rise by 2012, means that further budget increases are possible. The cost has already risen sixfold to £1.2 billion from the £200 million estimate included in the bid document in 2005.
While the head of Britain's main construction union, Ucatt, claims that he is fan-goo with the security system, "providing the ODA guarantee that the biometric data will not be passed on to any third parties and will be wiped once the project is complete," the ODA has not guaranteed that it will not pass on any information to government agencies.
How much of a logistical and planning nightmare this will be remains to be seen but, given the UK's success when it comes to building big things—the Millennium Dome, and Wembley for example—there is a strong possibility that we will be seeing the Olympic flame being lit at an opening ceremony some time in 2019.
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