BBC opts for Enclosure
Solutions racks

Against strong international competition, Enclosure Solutions has won a substantial contract from the BBC to supply 347 racks of 36U, 42U and 47U heights as part of the complete refurbishment of their flagship Broadcasting House site.

The New Broadcasting House development is a ten-year long project, involving the refurbishment and modernisation of the original 1932 Broadcasting House for BBC Network Radio, followed by a new extension to house BBC World Service and BBC News. Though 350 cabinets were required for the Broadcast Department, additional racks for the TV and IT Departments were subsequently also ordered. However, it was determined that the differing needs of the three applications could be satisfied by variants of the core platform, Enclosure Solutions’ IMRAK 1400, whose design and accessories enable a virtually limitless variety of configurations.

Key engineering issues included the requirement for optimum cable space behind equipment; and, owing to its specialised nature, the ability to ground together or isolate individual cabinets in a bayed suite. A cabinet depth of 1000mm was required to accept IT Department servers and, unlike the Broadcast cabinets which are normally