Client: Belfast Harbour Film Studios

Employer: Michael Nugent Ltd (Nugent)

Divisions Involved: PAC Switchgear & Controls and PAC Solar (PAC Electrical Sub Division)

 Project Overview

Belfast Harbour Film Studios is an 8-acre site located within the 340-acre Giants Park. They are the newest purpose-built studios in Belfast.

• The new studios incorporate high performance acoustic fabric, high-level walkways and rigging gantries with power, lighting and internal environment options to suit the full spectrum of film production uses.

• Two new identical purpose-built sound stages, each 32,000 ft², are capable of opening up for a combined use as one large space of 64,000 ft².

• The site includes two additional workshops of 11,000 ft² each and 36,000 ft² of purpose-built production offices.

With the growth of Belfast Harbour Film Studios and their increasing demand for a reliable and efficient electrical power distribution, they required a partner who could deliver a solution encompassing both conventional electrical systems and renewable energy sources.

Client’s Requirements

The client approached us with the need to price and supply all main low voltage (LV) electrical panels and distribution boards (DB’s), including small distribution boards (SDB’s) for all 5 buildings; Smil 1 & Smil 2, Studio 1 & Studio 2 and Workshop 2. A full range of electrical infrastructure was required.

These systems were critical to ensuring uninterrupted power supply and distribution throughout each building’s operations, which include high-demand areas such as sound stages, motion capture facilities, various production units, virtual and augmented reality, sophisticated 3D and 4D scanning and motion capture technology and mapping techniques.