Work

Range of UK ITV estate projects

ITV plc

Status: Completed / ongoing

Overview

The Russell Bolton Consulting team has spent the past decade as a trusted adviser to ITV plc, delivering expert cost and project management services across its UK estate. Their work spans new builds, extensions, refurbishments, and fit outs.

Key projects include relocating the Coronation Street sets and production facilities from Manchester to Trafford, creating the Coronation Street Visitor Centre and Event Space, fitting out ITV’s 65,000 sq. ft. Media City offices, and building a dedicated Dancing on Ice studio in Hertfordshire.

Russell Bolton Consulting has also transformed ITV’s Yorkshire headquarters, adding a new studio, refurbishing six studios and over 50,000 sq. ft. of offices, creating a new restaurant, and constructing a custom visitor centre for Emmerdale Tours, along with expanding the Emmerdale Village set.

Its work has helped ITV to create cutting-edge, functional spaces for production and visitor engagement.

Services we are providing

  • Project Management
  • Cost Management

Key challenges and approach

Russell Bolton Consulting successfully managed several projects during the pandemic, with many completed while filming continued at adjacent facilities.

Despite lockdown restrictions and logistical challenges, the team developed bespoke procurement methods and project delivery solutions that overcame site limitations, commercial constraints and complex designs.

This approach ensured ITV’s quality and scope requirements were met. By embedding themselves with the client team, Russell Bolton Consulting gained a deep understanding of the client’s needs, enabling closer collaboration with ITV stakeholders, greater agility in service delivery, and a hands-on approach that added value to the project outcomes.