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Johnson Controls has won a new contract to provide facilities management services to the BBC's property portfolio in London and Scotland. The five-year contract will cover 129 premises and 700,000 square meters (7,532,000 sf) of workspace. Johnson Controls will also provide specialist services across the BBC's wider UK property portfolio. Johnson Controls created a custom-made technological solution for the BBC which addresses its critical broadcast continuity and customer service requirements. Johnson Controls will take over from the current facilities management provider, Land Securities Trillium, on July 1, 2006.

Johnson Controls will deliver building engineering services, building fabric maintenance, cable management, car parking, caretaking and hospitality, cleaning and housekeeping, conference room management; and customer service center for BBC properties in London and Scotland. The company will also manage health and safety issues, landscaping and planting services, management of office "hubs" (kitchen/meeting/reprographics areas), office reorganization, pest control, porterage, and post room. Specialist facilities management services for all BBC properties across the UK will include asbestos management, elevator maintenance, statutory inspections, and holding and maintaining CAD drawings.