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FM200 gas installation in to Switchgear Room
Heavy duty tray work for LV cabling to Suite 1
Forming ducting for air conditioning in the comms rooms
Finishing the final leg of duct installation
Preparing to pull the first 200m of HV cable ducting
HV cable following pull through initial leg of ducting
Preparing North fibre entry point in to the facility
Pulling multi-core armoured fibre cable through dedicated duct
Constructing the formwork for the HV substation concrete base
Concrete arrives on-site
Pouring concrete for substation base
Finishing the concrete base for the HV substation
Concrete base with new duct installation underway to dedicated transformer
Progress has been rapid as there are now nearly 30 contractors on-site, so there are quite a few pictures in this update. Scroll down for the full batch!
Final reinstatement works for first stage of duct installation
Final reinstatement works for first stage of duct installation
Excavations under way for dedicated on-site HV substation base
25 tonnes of drywall awaiting installation
First sheet of drywall being hung!
Switchgear and South Comms Room taking shape (after only 5 hours!)
Internal view of Switchgear Room, very fetching in pink!
Work starts on the next 120m of duct installation, this time on public highway
Our contractors have been hard at work on-site at our new Centro datacentre facility over the past week — working 12 hour days, including the weekends!
Progress has been fantastic, with the structural elements of the secure “pod” for the Switchgear Room and South Comms Room completed and the roof starting to go in, and work starting on the steels for our staff room, store and build rooms, North Comms Room and the first part of Hosting Suite 1:
First stage of roofing being fitted to Switchgear Room and South Comms Room
First stage of structural work on North Comms room and Hosting Suite 1
We’ve also started work on the ducting that will connect us to our HV power supplies and fibre network connection points:
Cutting the first 120m of road surface for duct installation
Laying duct and warning tape within the excavated trench
As we’re installing our own private duct work for the connections, our electricty providers have been on-site to inspect and approve the quality of the works:
Inspection of works by the electricity board
After only 1 day of work, our contractors started backfilling the trenching
We’ve also been installing a comprehensive external digital CCTV and PIR lighting system, with work going on late in to the evening:
Installation of external digital CCTV cameras
Work has continued on-site at Centro over the holiday period and in to the new year. More pictures soon, but here are a few to keep you going in the meantime…
World's coldest meeting room...
Reinstatement works complete at North fibre chamber
Fibre duct ready for installation
Work is under way by our contractors at the new facility to install our diverse dark fibre connections.
We are installing two diverse chambers on to our provider’s national fibre duct route, and running our own private diverse ducts back to separate North and South comms rooms within our Centro facility.
Here’s the South chamber:
Road closure for South fibre chamber installation
Starting work on the South fibre chamber
Here’s the North chamber. The separation distance between the two chambers is over 200m, giving excellent diversity.
Road closure for North fibre chamber installation
North fibre chamber installed and awaiting reinstatement works
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