The programme will start with a £100m package of renovation works to include rebuilding the iconic four chimneys.

Works will also include repairs to the external brickwork, wash towers and the steel frame.

Battersea Power Station Development Company is now focusing on finalising the detailed design of the interior of the power station, building on the existing Rafael Vinoly masterplan for the site.

It has stuck to the same consultant team it is using on the Circus West first phase but will use architect Wlikinson Eyre for the detailed design.

Buro Happold and Purcell will provide structural engineering and façade repairs advice. Buro Happold has worked on Battersea power station for over 10 years and has a huge knowledge of the listed structure.

Gardiner & Theobald is appointed as the repairs cost consultant, and Turner & Townsend is the project manager for the repairs.

The main contract for the restoration has still to be let with Sir Robert McAlpine widely regarded as favourite to bag the job, after overseeing partial demolition and erecting temporary supporting steelwork more than 24 years ago.

Chief executive of Battersea Power Station Development Company, Rob Tincknell, said:“We have assembled an outstanding team to handle the restoration of this iconic building.

“The reconstruction of the iconic chimneys is an essential part of the refurbishment and will be undertaken with great care and precision so that they remain a landmark on the London skyline for decades to come.”

Justin Phillips, partner at Buro Happold said; “We have several years’ experience and detailed knowledge of the power station building. We are extremely confident that the design solution we are working on with the Battersea Power Station team will ensure that Battersea power station has a bright and long future.”

The power station is one of the largest brick buildings in Europe and one of the most significant surviving examples of Art Deco architecture in the world.

The restoration work will also include the essential replacement of the power station’s four iconic chimneys, which will ensure their structural integrity and long-term future as the centrepiece of the project.

This vital body of work will be done in conjunction with English Heritage and London Borough of Wandsworth and working to the original architectural plans used at the time of their construction over eighty years ago.

Work on the power station represents the second phase of the 39-acre Battersea Power Station redevelopment.

Last week Carillion was confirmed as the preferred bidder for the construction of Circus West, the residential and commercial buildings to the west of the site.

Preparatory work on Phase One has already begun with main construction works expected to commence in the summer of 2013 and scheduled for completion in 2016.