Studio and Outside Broadcast Projects

Studio Capital Projects Department, as the name implies, was responsible for the major capital expenditure needed to develop the BBC's studio infrastructure.  This included detailed (hands on) engineering development, commissioning work from other BBC departments and placing contracts with commercial manufacturers.  Much of the work involved specifying systems, supervising contractors and carrying out acceptance tests on new plant.  SCPD was the descendant of the pre-war Station Design and Installation Department, and then the Studio Section of Planning and Installation Department.