Stanhope PLC, London: Microsoft Teams Rooms at 8 Bishopsgate

A boardroom, four meeting rooms and two huddle spaces on Microsoft Teams Rooms, plus an all-hands reception space, for Stanhope PLC's City of London headquarters at 8 Bishopsgate.

Corporate

Completed May 2025

Project leadDavid Corker, Technical Sales Director

Quick reference: One boardroom, four meeting rooms and two huddle spaces running Microsoft Teams Rooms on Yealink, plus an all-hands reception space with Q-SYS audio and digital signage, installed for Stanhope PLC on Level 33 of 8 Bishopsgate in the City of London through Electracom Projects, with Crestron booking panels linked to the building management system over BACnet.

Stanhope's move to Level 33, 8 Bishopsgate

Stanhope PLC, the property developer, moved its headquarters from New Oxford Street to Level 33 of 8 Bishopsgate in the City of London. Strive AV was appointed through fit-out partner Electracom Projects to deliver the AV across the new floor. The brief covered seven meeting rooms, all running Microsoft Teams Rooms: a boardroom, four meeting rooms and two huddle spaces. Alongside them, the all-hands reception space needed audio, wireless presenting and digital signage for company meetings and events. Every room has a Crestron booking panel at the door, linked to the building management system. Before the kit list was signed off, Strive AV took Stanhope's stakeholders to the Yealink demo centre in Canary Wharf, then installed a proof-of-concept room so the hardware could be tested in the building itself.

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"Strive AV's delivery on this project has been outstanding. The team brought technical expertise, creativity, and attention to detail that elevated the end result. Their professionalism and commitment ensured a seamless experience from design through to installation - a job very well done."

Electracom Projects, Fit-out partner, 8 Bishopsgate

The challenge: a Cat B fit-out in a City of London tower

This was a Cat B fit-out in a live City of London tower, so the AV had to be installed alongside the other trades on site and to the contractor's programme, with a fixed handover date set by the move. The room booking panels added a second layer: they had to work with the building management system as well as with Microsoft 365 room calendars, which meant coordinating with the building's own systems team as well as the fit-out contractor. And with rooms ranging from two-person huddle spaces to a large boardroom, each size needed hardware that matched it rather than one kit list for every room.

Key Requirements

•Microsoft Teams Rooms in all seven meeting rooms, from huddle spaces to a large boardroom
•Hardware sized to each room rather than one kit list for every space
•Crestron room booking panels integrated with the building management system
•Audio, wireless presenting and digital signage in the breakout and events space
•Installation coordinated with other trades on a City of London fit-out programme

Microsoft Teams Rooms sized to every room

Strive AV standardised on Yealink Microsoft Teams Rooms and sized each room's display, microphones and audio to the space. The boardroom runs a Yealink MVC S40 Teams Rooms system on a 98 inch NEC display, with two Biamp column speakers, a Crestron AMP-X75 amplifier and a Crestron CP4N control processor. The four meeting rooms each have a Yealink MVC S40 with an NEC display from 65 to 86 inches, Yealink VCM35 table microphones (four in the largest room) and a BYOD extender so laptops can use the room camera and audio. The two huddle spaces use the Yealink A10 video bar on a 43 inch NEC display, with a Shure MXA310 table array microphone and a USB-C cable at the table. The MVC S40 was proven first in a proof-of-concept room, a 9.4 m by 5 m meeting room, in December 2024, before the rest of the floor was fitted out. Every room has a Crestron TSS-770 booking panel at the door, licensed for BACnet so room status reaches the building management system. Most rooms also have Yealink wireless content sharing and Extron Cable Cubby table boxes. The all-hands reception space runs a Q-SYS Core 8 Flex driving eight pendant loudspeakers, with an Axon C1 wall controller and two iPad Minis as touch control. A Barco ClickShare C-10 handles wireless presenting to an 86 inch NEC display, and an Onelan media player runs the digital signage.

What went into each space
Space	Rooms	Teams Rooms system	Display	Audio and extras
Boardroom	1	Yealink MVC S40	NEC 98 inch	2 Biamp column speakers, Crestron AMP-X75 and CP4N control, wireless content sharing
Meeting rooms	4	Yealink MVC S40	NEC 65, 75 or 86 inch	Yealink VCM35 table microphones (up to 4), BYOD extender, wireless content sharing
Huddle spaces	2	Yealink A10 video bar	NEC 43 inch	Shure MXA310 table array, Yealink CTP18 touch panel, USB-C at the table
All-hands reception	1	Barco ClickShare C-10 (wireless presenting)	NEC 86 inch plus digital signage	Q-SYS Core 8 Flex, 8 pendant speakers, Axon C1 wall controller, iPad control, Onelan signage player
Every meeting room	7	Crestron TSS-770 booking panel		Crestron BACnet licence linking room status to the building management system

Featured Solution

Boardroom Teams Room

Yealink MVC S40 on a 98 inch NEC display, Biamp column speakers and Crestron CP4N control.

Four Meeting Rooms

Yealink MVC S40 with 65 to 86 inch NEC displays, VCM35 table microphones and a BYOD extender.

Two Huddle Spaces

Yealink A10 video bars on 43 inch NEC displays, with a Shure MXA310 table array microphone.

All-Hands Reception

Q-SYS Core 8 Flex with eight pendant speakers, ClickShare C-10 and Onelan digital signage.

Products used

Yealink MVC S40-C5-000
Yealink A10-010
Yealink VCM35
Yealink MVC-BYOD-Extender
Yealink CTP18-STD
NEC E988 98"
NEC E868 86"
NEC E758 75"
NEC E658 65"

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NEC E438 43"
Crestron TSS-770
Crestron CP4N
Crestron AMP-X75
Shure MXA310
Shure IntelliMix P300
Biamp COLS41
QSC Core 8 Flex
QSC MP-A40V
QSC AD-P4T
Q-SYS Axon C1
Barco ClickShare C-10
Onelan NTB-HDN-10F
Extron Cable Cubby 1202
Extron DTP HDMI 4K 230
Chief AS3LD
Lightware CAB-USBC-AOC800K

The result

Project Success

Boardroom, four meeting rooms, two huddle spaces and the all-hands reception handed over
Booking panels linked to the building management system over BACnet
Hardware signed off after a live demo and a proof-of-concept room

Questions about the 8 Bishopsgate project

Can meeting room booking panels integrate with a building management system?

Yes. At 8 Bishopsgate, every meeting room has a Crestron TSS-770 booking panel at the door, and each room was licensed for Crestron BACnet, the protocol most building management systems use, so room status reaches the BMS. It means coordinating with the building's systems team as well as the fit-out contractor, so plan it early in the programme.

Which Yealink Teams Rooms devices suit huddle, meeting and boardroom spaces?

On this project: the Yealink A10 video bar with a Shure MXA310 table array for the two huddle spaces, and the Yealink MVC S40 for the four meeting rooms and the boardroom, scaled with display size (65 to 98 inch) and the number of VCM35 microphones. The MVC S40 was proven first in a 9.4 m by 5 m room. See which hardware is certified for Microsoft Teams Rooms for the wider shortlist.

Did Stanhope test the Teams Rooms hardware before the rollout?

Yes, twice. Stanhope's stakeholders saw the Yealink systems working at the Yealink demo centre in Canary Wharf before the kit list was signed off, and a proof-of-concept room with the MVC S40 was installed at 8 Bishopsgate in December 2024 so the hardware could be judged in the building before the full fit-out.

Can an AV integrator work under a fit-out contractor on a London office move?

Yes. Strive AV delivered Stanhope's AV as the AV package under fit-out partner Electracom Projects, working to the contractor's programme alongside the other trades, and still supports the rooms. It also contracts directly with occupiers for room refreshes. More on how that works for Microsoft Teams Rooms in London.