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The main settlements of South Yorkshire (UK) grew up around the old industries of mining (coal) and steel manufacturing. With the decline and fall of these industries in the 1980s and 1990s, unemployment in the region rose sharply, catapulting South Yorkshire onto the list of the least prosperous areas in western Europe. Regeneration was an absolute must and an improvement of the existing transport network a key pillar of the economic regeneration action plans. As part of the transport scheme for Sheffield City Council, the disparate systems and outdated tools used to monitor traffic would be replaced by innovative, sophisticated technology, bundled together in a brand-new Traffic Control Centre, the South Yorkshire Traffic Management Suite.
Thinking Space won the contract through tender process to be the principle contractor for the project. This role included the responsibility for all CDM works, interaction with the client and architect and the project management of the build. This project was won and installed in the Summer of 2008. Included in the scope of works was the complete refit of an existing office floor to create the new Traffic Control room space.
Included within the final delivery was a new control room, server room, kitchen, meeting room and three office areas. The facilities included state of the art technology including video conferencing, Smartboard facilities and a rear projection video wall from Barco. Thinking Space worked with the client and the Council’s architects to implement the impressive designs that they had created. An impressive curved glass wall partition surrounds the meeting room and Smart glass technology is installed between the meeting room and control room to open us the control room space as required. The fit out works included the installation of new ceilings, raised floor system, carpets, wall partitions and doors. Behind the scenes new Mu0026E systems were installed to provide a comprehensive air conditioning, data and electrical systems to the centre.
