Project Description:  Office & Production Area Relocation
Client: 
European Broadcasting Union (EBU)
            Washington DC
Facts:
- Size: 25,000 square feet
- Project Type: Office & Production Area Interior Renovation
- Construction Cost: $1.1 million
- Contractor: Regency Commercial Construction, Inc.
- Architect: Fanelli McClain
- Services Provided: Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing & Fire Protection System Design; Construction Documents; Bid Review; Construction Administration
Features:
- Tech-Core Room with dedicated computer room type air conditioning systems
- Harmonic cancellation & surge suppression systems for clean power
- UPS system for the Tech Core Room equipment
- Television studios with special lighting & air conditioning
- Sound/recording rooms & Editing suites
- Special acoustical considerations in HVAC system design
- Multiple small supplemental air conditioning systems
- Office areas & administrative support areas
- Planning for a future generator for standby power
The European Broadcasting Union is the hub for the major European and Canadian broadcasting bureaus in the USA. Their unique space features two television studios, numerous edit rooms, sound rooms, and a Technical Core Room for their broadcasting equipment. In addition, the space provides office areas, conference rooms, copy rooms, pantries and other support areas. Today the EBU enjoys a very attractive high-tech facility and, along with Williams Notaro and Fanelli McClain, is working on several other projects in the same building.