April 17, 2014April 24, 2014 by Matt Seaton

London Central Build Blog – Week 14

Week 14 has seen further progress on technical areas of the facility, including the build room for the first data hall, and the meet-me / core network room. Structural works in the technical side of the facility, such as the construction of the cold plant corridor, will begin very shortly.

Build room for first data hall ready for decoration

Installation of new metal hung ceiling in shower room

Glass pane installation in board room partitioning

Completed board room partitioning

Another look at the completed board room

Finished board room ahead of table lid installations

Delivery of new exterior signage items

Test mount of signage on unfinished backboard without stand-offs

Our exterior sign is over 6 meters across, and is backlit with warm white LEDs. This will really make a bold statement in the local area, making our building stand out to visitors from a healthy distance.

April 10, 2014April 17, 2014 by Matt Seaton

London Central Build Blog – Week 13

Many areas of the new facility are now reaching completion, particularly in the ‘front of house’ expanses of the building. Apart from various finishing touches, more rooms have reached completion this week.

First UPS in place in electrical intake room

Customer kitchen area nearing completion

Entertainment centre and lockers in place in customer lounge

One of the 8 large flat screen TVs positioned around the new facility

Temporary systems now in place on ground floor

Flooring laid in reception lobby

Flooring in lobby completed, awaiting final decoration

Progress is very solid as we move towards the Summer. The heavy technical works in the first data hall are ready to commence in earnest, with works under way in the coming weeks to build our state-of-the-art man traps and cable management systems. Our large exterior signage is due for installation in the coming weeks also.

April 4, 2014April 8, 2014 by Matt Seaton

London Central Build Blog – Week 12

Week 12 has seen further developments across the entire site, with advancements in the electrical intake room, as well as further amenity improvements.

AMF and other enclosures during installation

Installation of AMF and enclosures reaching completion for this phase

Laying of new flooring continues on ground floor

Some of the batteries as removed from Sutton's Core UPS

Our storage area filling out nicely with new hardware

New state-of-the-art touch screen vending machines installed into customer kitchen

One of our NOC stations coming together, complete with red emergency line

March 28, 2014April 8, 2014 by Matt Seaton

London Central Build Blog – Week 11

Week 11 has seen further decommissioning of our Sutton site, along with fantastic developments at our new London Central facility. The offices were properly unpacked this week, allowing the Bermondsey site head quarters to come online. There is still a way to go until they are exactly as we want them (those that know our team will know that we take great pride in making our offices as personal / identifiable as possible), but they are well on their way to becoming our new home.

Further decommissioning of data floor in Sutton

Office layout taking shape

NOC area ahead of deep cleaning

Cardboard recycling pile in reception

Customer Lounge starting to take shape

Next week will see our first deep clean, which will bring the facility into a new light after the first stage of works.

March 21, 2014March 21, 2014 by Matt Seaton

London Central Build Blog – Week 10

The 10 week milestone has seen exciting changes to the Bermondsey site, with a refreshed staff kitchen, installation of both the glass partitioning system for the board room and the racking in the ground floor storage area.