Confidential Investment Company
This project is a 160,000 ft² in occupation refurbishment of multiple buildings.
Introba (formerly Elementa Consulting) carried out a condition survey and oversaw a validation process to ascertain the equipment that could be retained through efficiencies in space. A landlord contribution had been agreed for plant replacement, subject to the scope confirmed through our survey work.
Staff is being accommodated within the existing buildings. Each of the three office buildings is being refurbished, including new MEP on floor equipment to suit the new GA plans developed over 9 phases. We have had significant input to the phasing strategy due to limitations placed on the phasing from the services infrastructure and, in particular, the comms infrastructure.
An existing data center is also being reduced in size from approximately 6000 ft² to 5,000 ft². The central infrastructure, cooling, UPS, and electrical distribution equipment are being replaced while the data center remains live. A new MEP plant location will be built and commissioned before a changeover and decommission of existing equipment. Once the decommissioning is complete, the final reduction of the data center and new rack layout can be completed.
Resilience and business, as usual, have been key points of importance in this project.