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Bank Holiday works update

Posted: 14-04-2009 | Author: admin | Category: Construction | 1 Comment

While most people have been eating chocolate eggs, our team have been busy over the Easter break pressing on with construction in order to meet our June deadline.  Thanks go out to all involved over the Bank Holiday!

We’ve now removed all the original wiring from the unit, and temporay lights + sockets have been installed, all the computer room and office ceilings have been borded ready for finishing, the entrance hall has been boarded, and construction of the loading bay has begun.

We also got our first real look above the computer room ceiling.  This is where the air conditioning condenser units will go, recycling and cooling the air in the roof void rather than air from outside.  Not only will this enable us to use less power for cooling, but will help create a constant environment in the whole building, recycling the hot air removed from the computer room.

Temporary lights and sockets

Temporary lights and sockets

Above the data centre

Above the data centre

Office walls nearly complete

Office walls nearly complete

Loading bay under construction

Into the entrance hall

Into the entrance hall

Watch out for further updates during the week as work progresses!

Lights… Ceiling… Cisco!

Posted: 10-04-2009 | Author: admin | Category: Construction | No comments

After a great few days construction on site, we’ve had all the ceiling beams installed and fixed, and plasterboard is starting to go on. The team are continuing works over the bank holiday weekend, we’re hoping for all the ceiling to be done by the start of next week…

…then comes the floor.

The ceiling starts to go up fast!
The ceiling starts to go up fast!
Lights arrive on site, if only there was some plasterboard to put them onto.
Lights arrive on site, if only there was some plasterboard to put them onto…
...oh there it is.

...oh there it is.

Got a toy delivered to site... a brand new Cisco 3285 for the end of the fibre. It's gone into storage for "testing" or is that "playing"... definately "testing" :-)

Got a toy delivered to site... a brand new Cisco 3825 for the end of the fibre. It's gone into storage for "testing" or is that "playing"... definately "testing" :-)

Electrical works have also started with the lighting circuits and supplies to the generator.

Internal works ongoing

Posted: 06-04-2009 | Author: admin | Category: Construction | 2 Comments

This week’s started off well, with internal works flying ahead.  All the office stud work is up now, and 50% of the computer room ceiling beams have been installed.  We’re due deliveries of plasterboard and the internal electrics (lights etc…) on Wednesday, so expect to see massive transformation by the end of the week!

Internal works ongoing

Internal works ongoing

Office stud work now complete

Office stud work now complete

By the end of the week we expect the office to be boarded out, plus the first fix electricals installed, parts of the access control are scheduled to be installed this week too… watch this space!

Office walls going up!

Posted: 02-04-2009 | Author: admin | Category: Construction | No comments

Yesterday we took collection of a lot of deliveries on site, and construction started on the office area, with stud walls and the first beams going up before the end of the day…

Deliveries to site

Deliveries to site

Wood... lots of wood

Wood... lots of wood

Office walls going up

Office walls going up

After the end of day 1 the office stud wall is complete, and the first ceiling beams are in, all the rest of the beams are measured from here so it was important to get it right!!!