

Keeping the fitness up here obviously works with the sport too.” “I’m in charge of a team where I am now so you have to show a bit of leadership and I suppose on the field that is there as well. “They won’t put you on the day before a big game. “Once you get your rest it’s fine and here, they’re very nice about it” says Flannery. It isn’t ideal preparation but it is part of a job she loves so she deals with it. Last Tuesday, Flannery was on 24-hour guard duty as a member of the Defence Forces. Today, Offaly host Tipperary at St Brendan’s Park in Birr with a place in the Liberty Insurance All-Ireland quarter-finals up for grabs. She has established herself among the camogie hierarchy since breaking through as a 16-year-old with Offaly in 2007, taking on many roles but largely controlling games from midfield or especially centre-back. It makes the feats of so many in Ireland in particular, all the more notable. When sport is not your means of making a living however, you have no choice and do the best you can within that framework. And even he wouldn’t indulge in such a draining exercise the week of a big game. They would recoil in horror unless perhaps in Ronaldo’s case, it involved 24 hours in front of a mirror. Try telling Rory McIlroy, Cristiano Ronaldo, Usain Bolt, Conor Murray, Steph Curry, Roger Federer or Tom Brady about the 24-hour shift. It is the area the amateur often has to skimp on.

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Site access control system utilized concrete barriers, steel bollards, redundant fencing and gates along with other physical methods integrated into a seamless controlled perimeter.IT IS THE aspect of being an elite amateur sportsperson that the full-time proponent can never comprehend.ĭoing everything, or close to it, that is required of a professional with regard to fitness, strength, conditioning, technique and skills and combining it with a ‘real’ job.įor the high performance athlete, rest and recuperation are just as important as any exercise in terms of injury prevention. Redundant access to the security system was provided to the main site office facility along with all shipping control information.Ĭivil Site improvements utilized speed bumps and sharp (90 deg) turning movements immediately prior to site entry to limit speeds of trucks and POVs. “Guard shack” is a high tech nerve center that not only provides gate control but has secure data, total site communications, CCTV feed for entire 35 acre site and provides temporary and permanent badging services. Gate Facility is currently staffed with 2 guards per shift and handles up to 60 trucks per hour. In meeting the clients’ requirements to minimize security staff increases to comply with the mandate, project included remote communication stands with electronic ID scanners, printer/fax machines for document publication.

Key elements to the project included, separation of POV from Commercial traffic, use of standoff distances around inspection areas, remote inspection via bridge mounted and undercarriage camera’s. was retained as the Prime consultant for approximately $1.5M of site hardening improvements at the WUT facility in the Port of Tacoma. As a result of the Department of Homeland Security mandates for improved screening and site control of major waterfront facilities, Sitts & Hills Engineers, Inc.
