Vancouver 2010
Olympic Winter Games
Vancouver, Canada (VANOC)

Since 2007, Contemporary International has provided the Event Services function for VANOC. Embedded in Venue Management, the VANOC Event Services team is instrumental in the daily planning for Games-time operations.

VANOC initially requested that Event Services support all competition venues. VANOC subsequently determined that Event Services support was required at all non-competition venues as well, to ensure consistency in planning and delivery of the guest experience.

Later, Contemporary International’s role was expanded to plan, staff, and implement the Asset Protection solution for VANOC. Beginning in September, Contemporary International has been providing trained and certified security guards across all competition and non-competition venues 24 hours a day.

Vancouver 2010
Olympic Winter Games
Vancouver, Canada (RCMP)

In addition to the Event Services and Asset Protection projects for VANOC, Contemporary International partnered with the Canadian security companies Aeroguard and United Protection Services to create Contemporary Security Canada (CSC). In turn, CSC was selected by the Public Works & Government Services Canada to provide Games Security Screening Services to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP).

The scope of the project includes all aspects of planning and operational delivery for pedestrian screening areas and secure perimeter operations; which include, but are not limited to magnetometer, X-ray, materials transfer and occupant screening operations across all VANOC competition and non-competition venues.


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Beijing 2008
Olympic Summer Games
Beijing, China (BOCOG)

Over the course of four years, Contemporary international contributed to the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games through a variety of targeted projects and consultancies.

Contemporary International provided master planning and overlay design for Beijing Olympic Green (BOG), the largest precinct of venues for the 2008 Olympic Games. Scope involved creating standards, design parameters and protocols to be used for the BOG planning process, advising on operational design issues and Olympic planning best practices.

Contemporary International also provided executive consultants to the International Olympic Committee for the Beijing Organizing Committee in the areas of Event Services, Venue Management and Event Environments. 


World Boxing
Championships 2007
Chicago, USA

For the AIBA World Boxing Championships-Chicago 2007, Contemporary International was recruited to run key parts of this international event at the UIC Pavilion. Responsibilities included athlete back of house areas, front of house operations, accredited entries and workspaces, and integration of opening ceremony operations.

Rio 2007
Pan-American Games
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (CO-RIO)

Contemporary International was the Official Supplier of Event Professionals at the Rio 2007 Pan-American & Parapan-American Games.

Project scope consists of a two-phase project in Event Services, starting with executive consulting services and followed by provision of several CI Event Professionals to provide central leadership and management within the CO-RIO organization.

Sundance Film Festival (ongoing)
Park City, Utah

Working within the Sundance Institute's organization, Contemporary International's event professionals provide planning and management services to the Theatre Operations, Transportation, Entourage Management and Security Services program for the Sundance Film Festival.

Melbourne 2006
Commonwealth Games
Melbourne, Australia

Contemporary International's involvement consisted of a three-phase project in Event Services, beginning with provision of executive consulting services and followed by provision of CI's top management to provide central leadership and management within the Melbourne 2006 organization. This culminated in a full implementation of the Event Services function for the Melbourne Commonweatlth Games.

Scope involved 21 venues, 6 city precincts and 5,550 staff at Games-time.

In addition, CI delivered the general training program for Melbourne 2006 Security personnel.

Torino 2006
Olympic Winter Games
Torino, Italy (TOROC)

Contemporary International was tasked by TOROC with the comprehensive planning and management of the Event Services program. Contemporary International successfully recruited, trained and mentored local staff to deliver the Event Services operation under a compressed timeframe.

Contemporary International also planned and delivered the Event Security Services for the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) at the USA House and for Anhueser-Busch at the ‘Club Bud’ hospitality venue.

Athens 2004
Olympic Summer Games
Athens, Greece (ATHOC)

Contemporary International was contracted by ATHOC to provide a full delivery of the Spectator Services program, involving end-to-end planning, management, development and delivery for all Sport Events and the Olympic & Paralympic Games.

Key to the Athens project was the multi-level mentoring program. This program was developed to train our locally hired Greek staff on the international event methods required for their games-time roles. Through supervisor coaching, peer-led learning, and periodic testing and evaluation, our mentoring and development program was hailed by our Greek staff and ATHOC as one of Contemporary International’s lasting legacies to the Athenians.

In addition, Contemporary International senior management personnel provided planning and operational support to ATHOC Senior Executives and other Functional Areas (i.e. Security, Ceremonies, Transportation, Venue Design).

2003 Special
Olympic World Games
Dublin, Ireland

The Event Services executive consulting project focused on planning support, venue capacity planning, emergency response planning and operational management support.

Salt Lake 2002
Olympic Winter Games
Salt Lake City, USA (SLOC)

In Salt Lake, Contemporary International was responsible for the full delivery of the consolidated Event Services and Event Security programs for all SLOC events (Test Events, Olympic & Paralympic Games) and sites.

In addition to the delivery of Event Services, Contemporary International provided the comprehensive planning and delivery of the pedestrian security screening, 24 hour site security, electronic & physical security, talent & executive protection, SLOC corporate security and sponsor security coordination.

The Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Games was the first major international event following the incidents of September 11, 2001. Collaborating with the United States Secret Service, Contemporary International was responsible for helping secure the Salt Lake Games by developing new standards for event security screening and establishing best practices in our new heightened security era.

Sydney 2000
Olympic Summer Games
Sydney, Australia

As a result of their success in Atlanta, Contemporary International was given the responsibility for planning and managing Spectator Services, which SOCOG created as a new functional area, independent, yet still closely tied to Venue Management.

Spectator Services’ planning included all competition venues, common domains, and live sites – both front and back-of house.

Contemporary International was also involved in other Event Security Services initiatives outside of the Olympic arena. Some of the events and venues included The Royal Easter Show, Stadium Australia, Sydney Football Stadium and the Australian Film Awards.

Atlanta 1996
Olympic Summer Games
Atlanta, USA

As a sub-function of the Venue Management department, the Event Services program included all front-of-house and guest services roles.

CI provided planning and management of the Event Services program for the Olympic & Paralympic Games. Responsibilities included 30 venues, with 50+ management personnel and 6,000 staff and volunteers.