Telford International Centre

Contract Value: £6 million

The £6 million development at the venue, owned by Southwater Event Group, has involved the extension to the centre to provide it with a new entrance, public concourse and events suite, together with internal refurbishment and reorganisation of the Southern elevation of the centre. The new Ludlow Suite will provide the centre with a new events suite and is set to hold up to 1,500 delegates. The steel-framed, energy-efficient building also features low-energy lighting to manage energy consumption more effectively. The lighting has a presence detection feature designed to only emit light when the room is being used, a further energy-saving feature. Low water usage sanitary ware has been used to save water in the centre's efforts to create a more environmentally-friendly and sustainable building. A Building Management System (BMS) has also been fitted to control the natural ventilation of the building and generate energy savings. The computer-based control system manages the internal environment of the building by distributing air throughout the building and locally controlling the mixture of heating and cooling to achieve the desired room temperature.