Recreating the nation’s favourite street

• The redevelopment includes two multi-functional new sound stages that house permanent and changing sets for interior filming. 
• Ensuring exceptional acoustic protection, the street was equipped with concrete roofs, triple-layered walls, and advanced reverb control for uninterrupted filming. 
• Mimicking Manchester's surroundings we built a five-storey, 80m backdrop of the Museum of Science and Industry and viaduct arches. 

Coronation Street is one of the UK’s most loved TV shows watched by over 9.5 million people each week. After 51 years of producing the show in the same studios, they decided to move into new a purpose-built facility fit for the 21st century, with four studios, a studio support building housing actor, production and post-production facilities. 
 
ITV's priority was to maintain continuity for viewers so that they wouldn’t notice a change once the move was completed. This required meticulous attention to detail and where new materials were used, they had to exactly replicate the old. 
 
Originally, we were the project manager securing planning permission for the new site, but Mace was then also appointed as construction manager. Our carefully planned construction programme meant that we completed and handed over ITV Studio’s new production facility on time, enabling the show to film at its new site from January 2014.