March 6, 2015April 1, 2015 by Matt Seaton

London Central Build Blog – Week 55

This week has seen works under way in the electrical intake room, as well as other power-related areas throughout the site.

Glands being fitted to the top of the main generator breaker cabinet

A look at some of the copper inside of the main generator breaker cabinet

Here we see the generator / backup supply side of the electrical intake room taking shape

A look at the internals of the generator breaker cabinet, as the first two gen-sets are terminated

A look at the internals of the generator breaker cabinet, as the first two gen-sets are being terminated

A look at the internals of the generator ATS

Current generator feeds as they enter the breaker cabinet

External facials of the generator control and distribution cabinets reaching completion

A look at progress on internal cabling

BT circuit now live inside of the meet me room

February 16, 2015March 31, 2015 by Matt Seaton

London Central Build Blog – Week 54

Much progress has been made again this week, with a vast amount of the remaining cable pulls completed ready for extensive commissioning over the next few weeks.

Meet me room Emergency Power Off (EPO) unit in place

Final assembly completed on our custom cooling control units in the meet me room, with new Honeywell cooling controllers

Delivery of further Suprema BioEntry Plus units arrived this week

Cabling on our custom cooling control units under way

Final cable runs wind their way through the building – this shows an access point inside of the staff lounge

Riser cover fitted to cable containment on first floor data hall, as final commissioning is completed on the primary VESDA unit

Cutting of gland holes in generator power and control termination cabinets in electrical intake room under way

As you can see, we are now very much in the final phase of the project, with primary focus in the coming weeks placed on the electrical intake room, which will allow us to bring the site online.

February 6, 2015March 16, 2015 by Matt Seaton

London Central Build Blog – Week 53

Cabling continues this week, along with completion of final routes around the facility for cable runs. Our Emergency Power Off (EPO) system also took shape this week, which is an added safety feature that will allow the site to be blacked out should there be any major issues requiring a total power off (fire, electric shock etc).

Preparations for network riser between ground floor and first floor

First floor side of network riser completed, awaiting basket protection lid

Cable run holes in meet me room, which feed out to both data floors

Cable run holes in lift shaft, ahead of flexible conduit connections

Emergency Power Off (EPO) system being installed

All elements of the EPO system have been deployed in red

Another EPO junction and control box in the meet me room

Custom red face plates for EPO connection to core UPS units

Red continues all the way to the rear of the UPS, where the final connection is made

January 26, 2015March 9, 2015 by Matt Seaton

London Central Build Blog – Week 52

Fantastic progress yet again this week, as various elements of the project come together as we continue to head towards making the site ready for initial occupancy.