In Zurich Oerlikon, the former head office of the ‘Maschinenfabrik Oerlikon MFO’ (Engineering Works Oerlikon) was moved as a whole by 60 meters on May 22nd and 23rd 2012. Swiss Radio and TV SRF broadcast the relocation of the 62,000-ton mansion live. The move of the building brought together a whole variety of aspects including the conservation of historic buildings, the extension of the Swiss Railway network in and around Zurich as well as the development of the new city area ‘Neu-Oerlikon’. Swiss Radio and TV SRF helped to turn the house move into an Event.