Watch as a 17-acre site is turned into a 370,000sf state-of-the-art mission critical data center facility. Managed by Structure Tone, Gensler provided the backdrop with their architectural vision for this LEED Gold certified structure. In just 45 seconds you can observe what takes hundreds of hours to plan, 30-months to construct and the perseverance of countless tradesmen.
The site work in the forefront of the video provides a glimpse into the ever changing seasons. From field to ditch, puddle to pond, snow to ice and then full circle back to field as a landscaping, a ring road, paved parking, and storm and fire services piping are installed.
The award winning structure received a Citation of Merit from New Jersey’s Annual Governor’s Occupational Safety and Health Awards (OSHA), and was constructed with on a foundation with spread footings with piers and perimeter grade beams. The building structure is a robust structural steel frame designed for high floor loadings and seismic concerns. Slabs are reinforced concrete on metal deck with shear studs to provide composite action. The building skin is a pretensioned, precast panel system with integral insulation and the roof system is a concrete slab with a fully adhered torch applied membrane over insulation.
Security concerns required construction of berms with boulders and bollards to provide force protection. We also constructed a perimeter fencing system, heavy duty lift gates and privacy landscaping. Interior security measures include card reader and fingerprint scan access to the white space.
The base building infrastructure includes new 26kV service. It is a dual feed system rated 2N. Each service transformer is rated 40mVA. In the data center we installed the cable plant infrastructure to support all information systems. This included racks, cabinets, RPPs and data cabling.
The data center is LEED Gold certified. As part of that pursuit, we worked closely with the project architect to coordinate documentation and submittals to USGBC. In addition, we prepared IAQ plans, not only to reduce VOC emissions, but, more specifically, to protect duct work and provide proper filtration at start-up. In addition to supporting the owner’s LEED goals, we had a 75% target for waste recycling and consistently achieved 90%.
Video produced by John Baer Building Images Construction Photography