[SBE] How long did it take you to move the studio

[Bob Reite]

As I remember the Santa Monica move took almost a year, but most of that 
time was other trades getting the building interior ready for us.  The 
full time class D I talked about was about 6 months from acquiring the 
building, but the actual move of the electronics was over two weekends.


Barry Thomas wrote:

> Good questions and responses so far.  I love this.

> 

> The shortest move time I ever had to do was 16 days.  Emergency move of 

> a radio station..lost the lease as well as all of the studio equipment.  

> We literally had to walk away from a working radio station and set up in 

> temporary space vacated by a sister station...without spending much 

> money.  1 control room, 2 production rooms, newsroom, "mix" studio, and 

> tech center.  The only way this was possible was the fact that the 

> facility had been a radio station and the trunk cabling was in 

> place...that and the incredible assistance I got from the sister station 

> chiefs, an assistant I was able to bring on board just for the project, 

> and my predecessor at the station (did I say that this happened in my 

> 4th month in a new job?...over the Christmas holidays?).

> 

> We moved the same station to their new home the company had previously 

> acquired.  It took a 10 months for design, demo, build, wire, install & 

> move.  On time and on budget!

> 

> Based on several "ground-up's" and "moves-in-place" I've been able to 

> do, the thumbnail I use is 8 months to a year from the point that a 

> lease is signed (and you have unfettered access to the space) to 

> move-in.  GM's will always freak when they hear that but it's a true.  

> It's also an aggressive timetable.  9 months goes by really fast when 

> you plan the project properly.

> 

> Just remember this mantra:

> 

> Cheap

> 

> Fast

> 

> Good

> 

> You may choose any two.

> 

> And once you start remember that the time you spent in design will 

> almost always save you twice as much time of "thinking on your feet" or 

> designing as you go.  Be patient and do all the paperwork first.  

> Mentally design the whole thing, down to every XLR or RF-45.  Write as 

> much as you can down before you ever pick up a punch tool or order 

> equipment.  You'll be working smarter and you'll be able to assign your 

> tasks to a your team...even temporary assistants, more easily.  In some 

> cases I found I could literally tear off a page from my notes, hand it 

> to a skilled (SBE-Certified) broadcast engineer and keep going...all 

> because the plan was done early.

> 

> 

> Barry Thomas CPBE CBNT

> President

> Society of Broadcast Engineers, Inc.

> 

> 

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> From: sbe-bounces at sbe.org <mailto:sbe-bounces at sbe.org> 

> [mailto:sbe-bounces at sbe.org <mailto:sbe-bounces at sbe.org>] On Behalf Of

> Glenn Williams

> Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 5:50 PM

> To: sbe at sbe.org <mailto:sbe at sbe.org>

> Subject: [SBE] How long did it take you to move the studio

> 

> 

> 

> Hi,

> 

> 

> 

> For those of you that had the joy of relocating your studios at one time

> or another:

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> 

> 

> How many Control Rooms/Production Rooms did you move?

> 

> How long did it take?

> 

> How many workers were involved?

> 

> What new equipment did you buy (new service tower, consoles, etc.)?

> 

> What did it all cost?

> 

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> Any other comments would be welcome.

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> 

> Thanks,

> 

> 

> 

> Glenn Williams

> 

> Chief Engineer, KLJC

> 

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