{"id":2118934,"date":"2026-11-02T14:43:08","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T14:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/westmidlands\/?p=2118934"},"modified":"2026-11-02T14:43:08","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T14:43:08","slug":"engineers-behind-bbc%e2%80%99s-digbeth-tea-factory-move-to-colmore-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/westmidlands\/news\/2118934-engineers-behind-bbc%e2%80%99s-digbeth-tea-factory-move-to-colmore-row","title":{"rendered":"Engineers behind BBC\u2019s Digbeth Tea Factory move to Colmore Row"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">Engineering and environmental consultancy BWB Consulting has moved its Birmingham team into new offices at Cubo on Colmore Row.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bwbconsulting.com\/\">The firm<\/a> has relocated from Livery Place to 55 Colmore Row, a move it says reflects the growth of its team and project portfolio across the West Midlands.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">BWB set up its Birmingham office in 2000. It is the structural designer for the Tea Factory in Digbeth, the redevelopment of the former Typhoo Tea factory into the BBC\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/westmidlands\/news\/2110903-first-stage-completed-for-bbcs-purpose-built-birmingham-hq\">new Birmingham home<\/a>, where around 70% of the original building has been retained. The project has been shortlisted for the Institution of Structural Engineers\u2019 Structural Awards 2026.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Birmingham team has also worked on the 71-hectare Peddimore employment development, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/westmidlands\/news\/2115829-walsalls-53m-logistics-site-fully-let\">SPARK Walsall<\/a> and Worcester Six Business Park.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Shirley Dumigan, director at BWB, said: \u201cWe are working with fantastic clients on some genuinely significant projects across the region, while continuing to strengthen the team and the range of expertise we can offer locally.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cOur move to Colmore Row reflects that momentum. It puts us right in the heart of Birmingham and gives us a modern, collaborative base where we can bring our people, clients and project partners together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">BWB employs more than 350 people across offices in Birmingham, Leeds, London, Manchester and Nottingham.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BWB Consulting, the structural designer behind the BBC\u2019s new Birmingham home at the Tea Factory, has moved its Birmingham team to Cubo on Colmore Row<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":284306,"featured_media":2118935,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58124,9],"coauthors":[137138],"class_list":["post-2118934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-professionals","category-property","tag-featured-story","tag-greater-birmingham"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin 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