Dublin presentations: On the outside it's just another anonymous steel-and-glass building in Dublin's sprawling East Point Business Park, writes Carol O'Brien.
Inside, though, the second-floor of the building is abuzz with activity as volunteers rush to ensure that the gargantuan task of organising the biggest sporting event in the world this year is going according to plan.
"You'd never know what's going on in here to look at it," says Ms Jo McDaid, operations director of the 2003 Special Olympics World Summer Games. "The phones are hopping constantly, people are heading out to the venues, meeting suppliers. The list goes on and on."
This is just one of the nine departments in three main centres across Dublin which has been working behind the scenes to pull together the individual strands of the games - transport, catering, medical supplies, venue preparation - in time for the start of the games this weekend.
"We can't have people arriving at different times at the venues. For example, suppliers have to arrive at a certain time because of traffic restrictions. But if the time changes for one part of the operation, it impacts on everything else. We have to make sure that everyone knows what's going on," Ms McDaid said.
"You also get used to dealing with large numbers. 'A million' just rolls off the tongue. It's a massive operation and everyone, be it staff, volunteers, suppliers, contractors or local authorities, is working to the same timetables and procedures."
And the numbers are impressive. In catering, for instance, there are 220,000 bags of popcorn and crisps, 500,000 teas and coffees and 14 million cereal bars to be distributed to the 21 venues across the Dublin area.
Today, the staff are focusing on preparing medical kits for the games venues in the adjoining warehouse. But they are also juggling everything from bed assignments for athletes, progress reports on the venues and finalising transport timetables.
The staff working in the operations department are drawn from a wide variety of areas.
Many have no previous experience of working in this environment, others are civil servants on secondment and some people have worked in Special Olympics and Commonwealth games before.
The staff, who receive a salary, have opted to take a pay-cut to work full-time to prepare for the games.
Ms McDaid, who has worked as a volunteer with Special Olympics Ireland for the past 12 years, is a secondary school physical education teacher.
"The pace in this job is certainly a lot faster. There are longer hours and a much greater variety of different situations that you find yourself in," she says.
While almost everything is now organised, their only worry, Ms McDaid jokes, is whether they can last the pace of the games.
"It's been fulfilling, challenging and very interesting," she says. "There have been the highs and the lows, of course, but seeing it all fit into place has made it worthwhile."