BBC Broadcasting House

London, UK

Project outline

Phased 60,000m² re-development of the existing site, to provide state of the art radio and TV broadcasting facilities for World Service, TV News and Commercial Radio.

Contract value

£400m

Key features

• Flexible TV studio and 7 fixed TV studios
• 230 radio studios and radio theatre and
  drama studio
• Edit rooms/transmission suites/control room
• Apparatus and computer rooms
• Resilient services strategy
• 24 hour operation
• Low energy strategies including:
• Daylight and occupancy-linked lighting
• Use of ground water for heat rejection
• Low energy and maintenance chilled beam
  cooling to office areas
• Solar shading & thermal mass to reduce cooling loads
• Combined heat and power
• 100% standby generation and 30% UPS

Skills utilised

• Building Services
• Architectural Lighting
• Advanced Modelling
• BREEAM Assessors
• Infrastructure
• Advanced security