Designing a Data Center
Designing a Data Center
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Is there any certain specifics (materials, overhead loadings from cable trays, etc.) you would suggest for designing a data center?
I have a client wanting to build a data center...the first for both of us. He's thinking about 3000sqft. I'm thinking a slab on grade with cast in place walls/fdns. spanning precast double T beams, perhaps cast in place roof, but I think the formwork may cost more money and time. I would think that a concrete structure would be a durable material, as well as a good insulator helping to make this structure more energy efficient when combined with the large cooling systems housed within.
I have a client wanting to build a data center...the first for both of us. He's thinking about 3000sqft. I'm thinking a slab on grade with cast in place walls/fdns. spanning precast double T beams, perhaps cast in place roof, but I think the formwork may cost more money and time. I would think that a concrete structure would be a durable material, as well as a good insulator helping to make this structure more energy efficient when combined with the large cooling systems housed within.






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Michael.
Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.
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Mike McCann
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Michael.
Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.
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As you can imaging, over the years, there ends up being a lot of abondoned cables sitting in the trays, and they become very heavy.
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One last question...assuming the electrical/computer designer supplies me with all necessary loadings superimposed on the structure, are the cable tray designs themselves typically done by the Structural EOR or is this a specialty item that typically is designed, fabricated and erected by a seperate sub-contractor? Meaning as the S-EOR, I would only provide design criteria and specs for the cable trays that would in turn be adhered to by the actual maker of the cable trays. I'm sure the final attachment to my structure would then fall back as part of my scope and callaboration with other trades involved.
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Michael.
Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.