Syska Hennessy Group’s
Critical Facilities Qualifications
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A member company of SH Group, Inc.
Syska Hennessy Group’s
Critical Facilities Qualifications
Table of Contents
Section One
• About Us
 Critical Facilities Team Profile
 Green Critical Facilities Committee
 Critical Facilities Team
Organization Chart
Section Two
• Critical Facilities Service Offerings
Section Three
• Representative Critical Facilities
Experience
Section Four
• Critical Facilities White Papers
Section One
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About Us
Green Critical Facilities Committee
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Syska Hennessy Group: Green Critical Facilities Committee
Syska Hennessy Group announced the formation of the nation’s first Green Critical Facilities (CF) Committee in
2006. This committee has members with diverse backgrounds from around the country in order to maintain a
broad perspective and knowledge base. We remain current on industry innovation and trends by continuously
researching and evaluating products, strategies, and services and promoting “best practices”.
The Green CF Committee is geared towards greener solutions for data centers in today’s world. The team
researches and evaluates technologies and recommends guidelines that promote energy efficiency and
sustainability, without reducing reliability. We maximize the synergies between the “Green Building” philosophy
and Critical Facilities performance demands, to include challenging present paradigms associated with Critical
Facilities when apparent conflicts between sustainability and reliability are encountered.
The Green CF Committee considers all aspects of Critical Facilities:
Requirement definitions
Site and equipment selection
Efficient use of resources
Design
Constructability
Commissioning
Operations and maintenance
Overall life cycle cost
Tracking Technology - Syska’s Green CF Committee assesses existing and cutting edge technology (for
example: Chemical Free Water Treatments) for suitability for use in critical facilities. We get the brochures and
visit the web-sites, interview the vendors, learn the pricing, consider how it’s been tested, and more importantly
discuss with end users their experiences as part of our evaluation. Then we compile and communicate the
results internally to our Project Engineers and Project Managers who can implement site-specific solutions
tailored to each client.
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Vendor Neutral - Syska Hennessy Group and the Green CF Committee take pride on being Vendor Neutral. Our
allegiance is to our clients and customers. We seek the best products, services, and solutions matched to each
client’s needs
info@syska.com
www.syska.com
About Us
Green Critical Facilities Committee
A member company of SH Group, Inc.
Industry Leadership - Syska Hennessy Group is an established industry leader in Critical Facilities and
LEED/Sustainability. We have active involvement and membership in many industry leading professional
organizations including ANSI recognized standards and code writing authorities (ASHRAE (includingTC9.9),
IEEE, NFPA, NEC, etc). Examples of Syska published materials include Articles, White Papers (available through
our website at www.syska.com), and News Releases such as:
Green Critical Facilities Committee News Release
Liquid-Cooling Energy Efficiency Comparisons
Air-Side Economizers (7x24, ASHRAE)
Eliminating Hot Spots (DCJ, Equipment Protection)
BMS
Green Power (BOM)
When Critical Meets Green
Disaster Recovery (SearchDataCenter.com)
Data Center Cooling Challenges (Computer World)
ZeroDownTime Editorial
Are STS Needed in 2N data Centers
Industrial Batteries
UpTime Updates
Industry Events
The Green CF Data Center Committee’s members are actively involved in Data Center Dynamics, ASHRAE,
AFCOM, and Data Center Journal and frequently attend as participants as well as speakers.
info@syska.com
www.syska.com
About Us
Critical Facilities Team
Organization Chart
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ICT and FMCx
Critical Facilities
Director
James Coe
Sr. Vice President
Production Team
Syska Hennessy
Group MENA, Inc.
Syska Hennessy
Group China, Inc.
Operations
Manager
Dubai,
UAE
Shanghai,
China
John Passanante
Greg Jasmin
Vice President
East
Research & Innovations
Design Solutions
Quality Control
Production Team
Chief Engineer
New York
Chris Johnston
Robert Ioanna
Sr. Vice President
Vice President
Chief HVAC
Engineer
Boston
Vali Sorell
Michael Eaves
Vice President
info@syska.com
Vice President
National
Account
Executive
Financial Client /
Facility Partners
Jay McGuire
Vice President
Sr. Vice President
West
Midwest
Southeast
Production Team
Production Team
Production Team
Los Angeles
Chicago
Jerry Burkhardt
Sr. Vice President
Princeton
Washington DC
Northern
California
Steven Fazio
Jerry Sumrell
Victor Steffen
Associate Partner Associate Partner
Ing Lim
Vice President
Vice President
Texas
Bob Stickney
Associate Partner
Joe O’Sullivan
Vice President
Atlanta
Southeast
Chris Walsh
Vice President
Charlotte
Richard Saizan Marcus Hassen
Richmond
James Willis
Senior Associate Associate Partner Associate Partner
Jacksonville
Kevin Meyer
Senior Associate
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Section Two
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Facilities Service Offerings
Critical Facilities Service Offerings
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Complete Data Center Offering Services
Our clients entrust us with the infrastructure of their most critical online facilities.
Syska Hennessy Group is the leader in delivering Engineering Design, Facility
Management Consulting, Structured Cabling/Audio Visual/Security Design, and
Commissioning services required for critical facilities.
Critical Facilities Balance Sheet Assessment
Energy Improvement Studies
Develop a Design/Construction Program and Cost Estimate
Engineering Design for a New Facility
IT Cabling Design, Security Design, and Audio Visual Design
Engineering Design for a Facility Upgrade or Expansion
Data Center Infrastructure Management Systems (DCIM)
Design Peer Review & Commissioning
LEED® Certification – New or Existing Building
Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Audits and O&M Staff Training
Write System Operations Maintenance Manuals (SOMMs)
“Methods of Procedure” (MOPs) Scripts for Maintenance or
Construction Activities
Incident Root Cause Analysis Investigations
Manage and Design Data Center Circuit Additions
Short Circuit & Coordination Studies, Arc Flash Analysis, &
Harmonic Mitigation Studies
Computation Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Studies
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Critical Facilities Balance Sheet
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Assessment for your Data Center
Compare your data center to industry standards in several key
categories of redundancy, availability, and reliability and
recommend the steps required to improve your baseline. ROM
Cost Estimates of each recommendation can identify the “low
hanging fruit” to improve the robustness of your facility’s
infrastructure.
The Critical Facilities Balance Sheet analysis is intended to provide
clear visual and comparative reasoning as back-up and support to
an “All Inclusive View” approach focusing on the following areas:
*A graphical representation of the balance sheet
summary
Energy Improvement Audit of Your Existing Data Center
Potential areas for improvement:
• Reset chilled water supply and supply air temperatures as high as possible based on new ASHRAE TC9.9
standards
• Consider converting existing constant volume CRAC units to variable flow; implement strategy to track
number of CRAC units to maintain constant under-floor pressure
• Relocate all thermostats at CRAC units from the return air to the supply air; implement "supply air
temperature control”
• Use return duct extensions at CRAC units wherever space permits to gain the highest return air temperature
• Implement humidification control strategy using dew point sensors; remove non-essential humidifiers
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Develop the Design and Construction Program for your New Data Center, including Cost Estimate
Syska Hennessy Group provides a Basis of Design for your data center that includes:
• Project Goals/Design Criteria, Energy Efficiency Goals, Availability Goals, The Design Parameters, and
Requirements for:
 Architectural
 Essential Power System
 Electrical
 Architectural floor plans
 Mechanical
 Electrical Single-line
 Plumbing
 Mechanical Concept Flow Diagrams
 Fire Protection
 Load Analysis
 Structural/Civil Engineering
 ROM Budget (Cost Estimate)
Design a New Data Center
New data center projects should include:
• Innovative Building Design
– Energy Efficient Design
– High Reliability/Maintainability
– Multi-Tiered Criticality Levels
• High Density Environments
• Modular, Scalable Solutions to allow:
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Day One Requirements
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Plug & Play for future expansion
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IT spaces as required to meet future growth
Design an Upgrade or Renovation to your Existing Data Center
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Project Drivers and Goals
– Out of Space
– Out of Critical Power
– Out of Cooling
Minimize Risks to Current Data Center Operations to
Assure Continuity
Construction Phasing
Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Evaluations for the
alternatives being considered
Flexibility for Future IT Requirements
Free Stranded Capacity
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IT Cabling Design, Security Design, and/or Audio Visual Design of your Data Center
Information Technology
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Inside & Outside Cable Plants
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Local & Wide Area Networks
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Telephone/VOIP Systems
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Voice & Data Wireless Systems
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Public Address Systems Design
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Data Center Programming & Design
Security Systems
• Access Control & Badge Systems
• Video Surveillance Systems Digital Video Recording Systems
• Asset Protection & Loss Control
• Command & Control Centers
Audio-visual Systems
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Conferencing Systems
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Digital Signage Systems
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Distance Learning/ Video Conference
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Broadband Video Distribution Systems
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Control Systems
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Remote A/V Asset Management/Monitoring
Data Center Infrastructure Management Systems (DCIM)
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Critical Facilities departments rely heavily upon information
for decision-making and Facility/IT Managers require an
astounding array of technology to support their wide-ranging
operations and responsibilities. DCIM systems exist to
support both narrow functional activities and strategic
management information needs.
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Syska Hennessy Group DCIM consulting services offer a
unique combination of Facility Management and IT skills. As
a consulting firm, we help our clients:
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PLAN, SELECT, and IMPLEMENT DCIM software and related technology.
We can help you improve your use of data and information systems. Our Critical Facilities, IT and
Automation experience allows us to effectively support goals toward project success.
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Our experience suggests that choosing and implementing DCIM systems will be more successful if a qualified
external DCIM consultant is engaged to manage the process, and maintain a clear focus on delivering the
benefit and return on investment expected. Facilities and IT Managers also often need additional resources
for project management, asset surveys, technical documentation and more.
Project Management Services
Our Professional Services Team is made up of technical consultants and engineers with expert knowledge in the
design, development, implementation and support of mission critical enterprise monitoring solutions.
Our Project Management experience and approach allows us to drive the successful
deployment of DCIM technology within an FM operation by focusing on predefined deliverables, setting realistic expectations and goals and actively
contributing to the process at each project milestone. These are valuable
benefits that a consultant can provide:
– Requirements capture to identify the scope of the solution
– Creating a Request For Proposal for Vendor Competitive Solicitation
– Technical Assessment of Vendor Responses
– Technical advice about DCIM network and hardware requirements
– System Implementation - data transfer, system configuration etc.
– Defining User training requirements
– Ongoing project support
Peer Review of your Data Center
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Syska Hennessy Group conducts third party reviews of designs by other teams to ensure the design meets
the owner’s design intent and provides reliability, availability, flexibility, expandability, energy efficiency, and
environmental stewardship to the client.
During this process, we:
– Promote the growth and development of the design towards
better construction documents as well as alignment with latest
industry standards.
– Recommend changes to the design to improve the performance
of the facility.
– Apply value engineering concepts to assure the client receives the
best value for the facility.
– Encourage utilizing Syska as a sounding board for the design team
to assure that innovative designs are fully vetted before being
committed.
– Review construction documents at different levels of project completion (30%, 60%, and 90%-100%
complete).
– Provide qualified and objective technical checks and balances for the Design/Build team.
– Ensure compliance with the client’s basis of design.
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Commission your New/Existing Data Center
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Syska Hennessy Group Commissioning Team adapts our experience, materials, and procedures to meet the
exact requirements of each project
A successful commissioning program provides the client with tools necessary to reduce the life cycle cost of
the facility and to capitalize on the investment made in the facility and its commissioning.
The objective of a Commissioning Program include:
– Ensuring the applicable equipment and systems are installed properly and receive adequate operational
checkout by installing contractors.
– Verifying and documenting proper performance of equipment and systems as an integrated system.
– Ensuring Operational and Maintenance (O&M) documentation is complete and the owner’s operational
personnel are trained.
– Ensuring that facility performance meets or exceeds targeted levels.
The Commissioning Program is structured in 4 phases:
Design Phase
Construction
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Transition to
O&M
Personnel
Ongoing
Operations
LEED Certification for your New/Existing Data Center
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The objective is to produce an earning of LEED™ Certification rating for sustainability
Looking beyond the simplest engineering solutions, integrating natural ventilation and day-lighting strategies,
exploring on-site alternative energy sources and water treatment
Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Audit of your Existing Data Center
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Achieve peak operating efficiency by executing a Facility Operations Audit of your existing data center
Review the effectiveness of the policies and procedures used to operate the facility
The staff is interviewed to identify shortcomings in the facility systems and O&M program
This audit ensures that the procedures developed during O&M phase are maintained
Provides a uniform and continuous focus on optimizing the data center performance and energy efficiency
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Write System Operations & Maintenance Manuals for your New/Existing Data Center
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Syska Hennessy Group can write detailed site specific Systems Operations &
Maintenance Manuals to provide site operating engineers all documentation
necessary to operate and maintain the site.
We use the associated O&M manuals, as-built drawings, commissioning test scripts,
and other close-out documentation to compile the SOMMs.
Train the O&M Staff at your New/Existing Data Center
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Syska Hennessy Group can provide training on the O&M program. The activities
covered during this training include:
– Staff Training
– Project Close Out
– Training Documentation
– Collection and categorizing of installed equipment operation and maintenance documentation
– Warranty enforcement
– System Operations and Maintenance Manuals (SOMMs)
– System Orientation training
– CMMS implementation
– Preventive maintenance program
– Power down evaluation/exercise
– Facilities Organization development
At the conclusion of the O&M training, the client’s facilities team is ready to operate the building and its
features to achieve maximum operating efficiency.
Assist with “Methods of Procedure” (MOPs)
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Syska Hennessy Group can develop detailed “Methods of Procedures,” or MOPs that script specific
processes and procedures associated with switching, reconfiguration, and change activities for construction
and maintenance activities at your data center.
– We have developed the processes for construction and maintenance for large client’s critical
environments.
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– We have also developed MOPs including “switch-tags” and associated “double-verification” policies.
– We can manage the entire change control process for clients.
Syska Hennessy Group offers comprehensive support to day-to-day operations, maintenance planning, and
control.
Incident Root Cause Analysis Investigation
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Despite the best intentions of Owners, Operators, and Engineers, sometimes data centers experience an
incident that causes a failure to Critical Data Center IT Equipment.
Syska Hennessy Group conducts Root Cause Analysis Investigations at Client sites following an unplanned
incident.
Make us part of your disaster recovery plan to:
– Find out what caused your failure – not what assorted vendors tell you.
– Take the appropriate Corrective action.
– Ensure similar events do not recur.
During this process, we:
– Review all recorded equipment alarms and synchronize their timelines.
– Establish a sequence of cascading failures.
– Write an exhaustive report with prioritized remedial suggestions for management personnel.
– Follow-up with advice and a lessons-learned meeting.
Manage circuit additions at your existing Data Center
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Syska Hennessy Group’s Critical Facilities Team provides an ongoing service to manage and track circuit
additions requested.
Our circuit design services include site surveys (if needed) and current Electrical As-built Documents.
The up-to-date as-built is necessary to install power to circuits, and the information is based on rack load
information given by the client.
Analyze the HVAC impact of adding the circuit load in the data center and the corresponding HVAC solution.
Representative Critical Facilities
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Financial Transaction and
Commodity Trading Centers
Commercial Data Centers
Operational Control Centers
Telecom Network
Management Centers
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Utility Services and Transmission Centers
Server Farms and Hosting Centers
Broadcast and Communication Centers
Process and Pollution Control Operations
Surgical Suites
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MEP Design Tools
All the latest (and most expensive) design tools:
• AutoCAD MEP 2010, Navisworks, Revit
• SKM Software Suite (Short Circuit, Coordination, Arc Flash,
& Harmonic Analysis)
• Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
(6Sigma & Airpak)
• Romonet Prognose™ software
• AmpCalc (Neher McGrath Ampacity calculations)
• Piping Fluid Dynamic Modeling Program
(Pipe Flow)
• Reliability Analysis: Powertechnic Analyst, SKM
• Sustainability Design Tools:
– eQuest (Energy Modeling)
– ecotect (Climate and Solar Exposure Analysis)
– Radiance (Day Light Modeling)
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Computational fluid dynamics is the predictive study of the
thermal and mechanical behavior of liquids and gases through
computational modeling. Properties that can be predicted:
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Temperature
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Pressure
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Fluid velocity
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Heat flux
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Relative humidity
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Volumetric flow
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Heat flow
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Representative Professional Organizations & Affiliations
White Papers
The following is a representative listing of Syska Hennessy Group’s White Papers. They are available through
our website at www.syska.com.
Our Opinion Series
 Simplicity Is Eloquence
 Designing a Cost-Effective Data Center
Special Edition White Papers
 Opportunity Knocks: Managing airflow to enhance data center cooling performance and promote
energy efficiency
 An Electrical Win-Win Solution and Best Practice
 Will Liquid-Cooled Solutions Save Energy?
 Greening Reliability
 Green Critical Facilities: Exploring sustainable practices for implementation in critical facilities
 Mission Critical vs. Critical Mission Thinking: An Enterprise-Oriented Methodology
Global Best Practices Series
 Integrated Waterside Economizer Operation for Data Center Central Chiller Plants
 Integrated Automated Controls for Data Centers – Philosophy & Approach
 Battery Condition Determination for Critical Facilities
 Mission Critical Facilities and Operations
 Outsourcing Considerations for Critical Facilities
 Critical and Hypercritical Facilities™: Security Considerations
 The Use of Outside Air Economizers In Data Center Environments
 Equipment Protection through Hot Spot Mitigation
Section Three
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Critical Facilities
Experience
Representative Critical Facilities Experience
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Syska Hennessy Group has worked intimately with critical facilities around the globe. From consulting and design
to facilities management and on-site services, we work with our clients to deliver the best possible project for their
needs.
The following pages include our recent data center experience map, as well as representative examples of Syska
Hennessy Group’s critical facilities experience for various markets across the country.
Representative Critical Facilities Experience
Syska Hennessy Group: Recent Data Center Experience
Data Center Services Include:
Audio-Visual
BIM / Revit
CFD Modeling
Commissioning
Design Peer Review
Disaster Recovery Site
Electrical Design
Energy Services
Facilities Management
Fire Alarm and Life Safety
Fire Protection Design
Greenfield Data Center
Gap Analysis / Site Assessments
High Density Environment
Information Technology
LEED Document Management
Master Planning
Mechanical Engineering
On-Site Services
Plumbing Design
Raised Floors
Retro-Commissioning
Security Design
Sustainable Design
Representative Critical Facilities Experience
Northeast Region
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Cablevision System Corp DC Design, Parsippany, NJ
Citigroup DC and Employee Relocation, Jersey City, NJ
Cleveland Clinic Greenfield DC, Brecksville, OH
Colgate-Palmolive Tech Center, Piscataway, NJ
Confidential Banking Company DC Expansion, Chicago IL
Confidential Banking Company, DC Critical Systems Upgrade, Pavonia, NJ
Confidential Brokerage Firm New DC, Baltimore, MD
Confidential Brokerage Firm New DC, Norwalk, CT
Confidential Financial Client DC Expansion, Chicago, IL
Confidential Financial Client Disaster Recovery Center Infrastructure Upgrade, NJ
Confidential Global Financial Services Firm DC Warehouse Expansion, NY
Confidential Investment Firm DC, East Central, NJ
Confidential Telecommunications Provider Network Operations Center, Bedminster,
NJ
CS Technology DC, Somerset, NJ
Invitrogen Global DC, Frederick, MD
Kaiser Permanente DC CFD Modeling, Silverspring, MD
Knight Securities Remote DC (Designed only), Fairfield, NJ
Latisys DC, Oak Brook, IL
Lava Trading office space and DC, New York, NY
Lava Trading, (Designed only) Stamford, CT
Marriott Corp DC Expansion, Frederick, MD
OSI Pharmaceutical MEP Services for DC, Melville, NY
Peapod Data Center, Skokie, IL
University of Massachusetts DC Assessment and Design, Boston, MA
Verizon DC, Fort Wayne, IN
Verizon Wireless Greenfield Data Center, Cincinnati, OH
Wachovia DC Capacity and White Space, Boston, MA
BCGI Capacity and White Space DC, Malden, MA
Fidelity New DC, Merrimack, NH
Emerson College DC Mechanical Plan Upgrade, Boston, MA
ESPN DC CFD Analysis, Bristol, CT
Harvard Enterprise SE DC Peer Review, Cambridge, MA
Wellington Management DC Upgrade, Boston, MA
Cisco Systems DC Assessment and Coordination Study, Boxboro, MA
Oracle DC, Stamford, CT
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Baylor College of Medicine DC, Huston, TX
Confidential Financial Client Expansion & Upgrade, Louisville, KY
Confidential Financial Client Major DC Expansion, Richardson, TX
Confidential Financial Client Military Bank, San Antonio, TX
Confidential Insurance Client DC MEP Upgrade, Dallas, TX
Confidential IT Equipment Manufacturer DC, Allen, TX
Confidential Manufacturing Company DC, KY
Confidential Telecommunications Client DC Expansion, Southlake, TX
Global Automobile Manufacturing Company, New Remote Data Center, Phoenix, AZ
Lowe’s Disaster Recovery DC, San Antonio, TX
Midwest ISO Master Facilities Planning, Carmel, IN
National Banking and Mortgage Company New Production DC, Tempe, AZ
Safeco Disaster Recovery Data Center Facility, Westminster, CO
St. Joseph/Covenant Health System Oxford DC, Lubbock, TX
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Amazon.com Computer DC, Fairfax, VA
Clemson University DC, Clemson, SC
Confidential Banking Client, Atlanta, GA
Confidential Financial Client Renovations, Charlotte, NC
Confidential Financial Client Major DC Expansion, Richmond, VA
Confidential Insurance Company DC, Winston-Salem, NC
Confidential IT Manufacturer-RTP, Durham, NC
Confidential Telecommunications Provider Voss Tech Center, Atlanta, GA
Confidential Transport and Logistics Company DC Upgrade, Alpharetta, GA
Duke Energy Reliability Assessments, Charlotte, NC
E*Trade Financial Data Center Expansion, Alpharetta, GA
Food Lion Data Center, Salisbury, NC
Google CFD Modeling, Atlanta, GA
GTA, Atlanta, GA
HanesBrand Winston-Salem, NC
HP Windward Pkwy, Alpharetta, GA
LabCorp, Burlington, NC
National Vision, Atlanta, GA
New Hanover Regional Medical Center Data Center, Wilmington, NC
Office Depot Remote DC, Charlotte NC
SAS Institute DC, Cary, NC
SITA DC, Atlanta, GA
TIAA-CREFF Southern Service DC, Charlotte, NC
Time Warner Cable Data Center, Charlotte, NC
Wachovia, Charlotte and Winston-Salem, NC
BB&T Data Center Expansion Wilson, NC
BB&T Charlotte Data Center Expansion, Charlotte, NC
High Point Regional Health System Data Center, High Point, NC
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Confidential Communications Corporation Greenfield DC, Calgary, Canada
Confidential Technology Services Company, Calgary, Canada
Confidential Telecommunications Company, Edmonton, Canada
Oracle DC, Salt Lake City, UT
Safeco Call Center Evaluation, Seattle, WA
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Confidential Financial Client DC, San Francisco, CA
Confidential Telecommunications Provider Fairfield, CA
CPMC Data Center, San Francisco, CA
Health Net Corporation Generator, Rancho Cordova, CA
Kaiser Permanente DC, Napa Valley, CA
City of Hope DC Assessment, Irwindale, CA
Confidential Financial Client DC Services, Brea, CA
Confidential Financial Client DC Services, Los Angeles, CA
Confidential Financial Client DC Services, Pasadena, CA
Confidential Financial Client DC Services, Simi Valley, CA
Creative Artists Agency DC Services, Los Angeles, CA
Kaiser Permanente DC, Corona, CA
MySpace Assessment, Beverly Hills, CA
Riverside County Regional Medical Center MEP Services, Riverside, CA
San Diego Community College District Upgrade & Assessment,
San Diego, CA
San Diego Data Processing Corporation DC Analysis, San Diego, CA
Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District DC Services, Santa Monica, CA
Southern California Edison DC Services, Irvine, CA
St. Joseph Health System DC Development, Orangewood, CA
St. Jude Medical DC Services, Sylmar, CA
Telehouse Upgrade, Los Angeles, CA
UCLA DC Upgrade, Los Angeles, CA
University of Southern California DC CFD Modeling, Los Angeles, CA
Watson Pharmaceutical, DC Balance Sheet & CFD, Corona, CA
Northwest Region
West Coast Region
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Representative Critical Facilities Experience
A member company of SH Group, Inc.
Project Features
14 intermediate distribution frame
rooms
Administrative office space
eICU patient safety system
Data center
Medical office building
Services Provided
Electrical
Mechanical
Size
1,500 sf computer room
3,000 sf computer room
Completion Date
2008
California Pacific Medical Center
eICU Group and Administrative Offices Data Center
Tenant Improvement
San Francisco, California
California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC), a Sutter Health affiliate, is
one of the largest medical service providers in Northern California.
Comprised of four of the oldest hospitals in San Francisco, CPMC
provides acute, outpatient, home care, hospital and preventative and
health education services to the community.
CPMC is in the process of relocating their administrative offices to an
existing 175,000 sf, seven story building. This relocation will allow the
continued growth of their staff and support the addition of an eICU
patient safety system. As a prime consultant, Syska was contracted to
provided engineering services to customize the leased space to
accommodate two data centers and intermediate distribution frame
(IDF) rooms to support CPMC's critical information technology loads.
These data centers are located on the first and third floors with two IDF
rooms on each floor. Syska's team added a 450kW outdoor standby
generator and 275KVA UPS system to the building to provide power
and temperature regulation to these spaces.
Syska's engineers were challenged by an aggressive three-week
design schedule which required the team to solve several unanticipated
issues during construction. Currently the project is on track to achieve
CPMC's three-month project schedule.
Construction Cost
$1,000,000
Representative Critical Facilities Experience
A member company of SH Group, Inc.
Cisco Systems, Inc., Greenfield Tier III Data Center
LEED NC Gold
Allen, Texas
With the ambitious goal of creating a super-efficient model for future
enterprise company data centers, Cisco Systems selected Syska to
design what is the premiere data center in the world.
Challenged to leave no stone unturned in researching, evaluating and
comparing technology options, the client mandated a very extensive
programming, development and schematic design process for Syska’s
team of data center experts. Although each technological component
included in the final design is not necessarily unique when standing
alone, its notoriety will come from its combination of parts, pulled
together into one, world-class data center.
One of the most significant energy saving features going into the Tier
III, 25,000 square feet of white space is its utilization of outside air,
which promises significant energy savings. In fact, the design team is
estimating more than $700,000 in annual electrical cost savings from an
air economizer cycle and another $300,000 to $400,000 in annual
electrical cost savings from increased efficiencies associated with its
dynamic rotary UPS system. The increased capital costs are offset by
higher operating efficiencies, resulting in a payback of less than three
years.
The project was completed in 2011 with a U.S. Green Building Council
Gold LEED rating.
Project Features
Critical Load 5.25 MW total capacity
Medium Voltage Distribution
Built up Airhandlers
LEED - Gold
Estimated Tier Rating Tier 3+
No Ceiling
Air Economizer
CFD Modeling
Rotary UPS System
20,000 sf of white space
No-Raised floor- overhead
Total power capacity 5.4M Critical
Load
PUE 1.33 (annualized average)
Onsite Services
Greenfield site
High density environment
High efficiency heating and cooling
Equipment controls
LEED document management
Chiller plant
Emergency power
Fuel cells
Medium voltage electrical service
Backwash recovery/treatment
De-ironized system
Heat exchanger selection
Water temperature maintenance
system
Services Provided
On-site services
Electrical
Mechanical
Plumbing
Size
25,000 sf raised floor
Completion Date
2011 estimated
Representative Critical Facilities Experience
A member company of SH Group, Inc.
Citigroup
Data Center and Employee Relocation Office/Cafeteria
Jersey City, New Jersey
Citigroup, a leading global financial services company, which has some
200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 100
countries, is moving 1,200 employees to a newly leased Class A
commercial office building. This will be one of their primary office
locations, critical to business operations.
Syska's engineering team faced a fast-paced timeline with a full design
phase of only six weeks. Our team performed value assessments,
including a new generator study, and worked with the business units to
decide best purchase options. We coordinated closely with the
architect, contractor and all stakeholders to deliver integrated solutions
to the client.
Syska's technology team provided telecommunications consulting and
engineering services. The project included seven floors totaling
approximately 340,000 square feet and contained a main computer
equipment room, several computer labs, general office space, and a
cafeteria. Each floor was designed with redundant entrance facilities,
backbone risers and two IDFs. All cabling infrastructure was designed
to incorporate a voice over IP (VoIP) solution for the majority of the
facility. Provisions were made to also support digital PBX circuits for
certain business units.
The telecommunications infrastructure was designed for voice and data
environments. The design features fully redundant infrastructure
including dual entrance facilities, diverse fiber optic backbone risers,
and unshielded twisted pair cabling to each desk position. Some unique
telecommunications solutions included CAD-based construction
documentation with floor plans showing floor layouts and cable paths,
detailed drawings and cabinet/frame elevations and detailed cable plant
performance specifications and testing and certification requirements.
Project Features
Cable plant infrastructure design
New diesel emergency generator
design package
New UPS room
State-of-the-art full-scale
cafeteria/kitchen facilities
Tier II data center
Services Provided
Electrical
Fire protection
Information technology
Mechanical
Plumbing
Size
340,000 sf total
5,000 sf data center
10,000 sf cafeteria
Completion Date
2007
Construction Cost
$35,000,000
Representative Critical Facilities Experience
A member company of SH Group, Inc.
Project Features
Tier III Facility
Services Provided
Fire protection
Sustainable design
Electrical
Plumbing
Mechanical
Size
20,000 sf Raised Floor
Completion Date
2011
Construction Cost
$60,000,000
Cleveland Clinic, New Greenfield Data Center
Seeking Silver
Brecksville, Ohio
Cleveland Clinic is one of the largest employers in the state of Ohio,
and is on the forefront of mission critical applications in the healthcare
industry. The clinic selected Syska Hennessy Group to design a new
primary facility which is intended to replace their existing data center
facilities.
The data center will be designed to Uptime Institute Tier III standards
(concurrent maintainability with no single points of failure). The
programming requirements for the near term require one 25,000 square
foot module of raised floor area and the area to support the
infrastructure and office area of approximately 10,000 square feet. The
design allows for an additional 25,000 square feet of raised floor to be
constructed at a later date. The data center has been designed to
provide a load density of 150W/sf with a day-one critical power
requirement of 3.0 MW. ower will be provided by a clinic-owned
medium voltage substation built by the local utility.
Representative Critical Facilities Experience
A member company of SH Group, Inc.
Project Features
"Live" environment installations
Emergency generator system upgrade
Main facility supporting global
operations
Tier 3 data center
Services Provided
Commissioning
Electrical
Fire alarm and life safety
Mechanical
Plumbing
Size
6,000 sf raised floor
Completion Date
2006
Colgate-Palmolive Technology Center
Data Center Infrastructure Upgrade and Commissioning
Piscataway, New Jersey
Colgate-Palmolive Company is a $9.3 billion leading consumer products
company with 70% of its sales coming from global operations. A worldleader in its field, the client selected Syska Hennessy Group as an
engineering partner to upgrade its global operations technology center.
As the prime consultant, Syska assisted Colgate-Palmolive in
identifying upgrade requirements through a design criteria report and an
uptime reliability report. To keep the data center online during
renovation, a phasing plan was implemented. Syska rigorously detailed
and coordinated with IT, operations and facility management to develop
a tight script for all construction work. The plan minimized risk by
dedicating only critical work to the limited uninterrupted 10-hour window
per month for 24 months timeline; while non-critical preparation work
occurred during regular hours.
We delivered the lowest cost to value solution for new equipment
installation in the very limited space and our team facilitated the
upgrade without business interruption to the client's operations.
Construction Cost
$6,000,000
Representative Critical Facilities Experience
A member company of SH Group, Inc.
Project Features
Two-story design
150 watts/sf
2(N+1) UPS system
(N+1) standby power system
Central chilled water plant
Low PUE
100% fresh outside air capacity
Services Provided
Master planning
Mechanical
Electrical
Plumbing
Fire protection
Size
136,000 sf total
40,000 sf clean data hall space
Confidential Global Financial Client
Master Plan Study & Implementation & Major Data
Center Expansion
Richmond, Virginia
Syska provided programming assistance for the site, and is the lead
A/E for the project. In this capacity, Syska engaged the services of
Corgan Associates Architects and a local civil engineering firm to
complete the design team.
Essentially, this data center expansion is a stand alone facility,
connected to the existing data center facility via a connecting pedestrian
bridge and via fiber for data communication. This project is being
designed as an expandable, state of the art facility that will serve as a
prototype for future the bank's data center projects. The building is
approximately 136,000 sf of total space with 40,000 sf of “clean” data
hall spaces, with virtually all mechanical and electrical support for the
data hall spaces located off of the data hall floor.
A two-story design concept was selected to conserve space on the site
and to gain construction and operating efficiencies. An added benefit of
this design concept was that this design was consistent with existing
architecture on the site. The mechanical and electrical infrastructure is
located on the first floor and the data halls are located on the second
floor immediately above the infrastructure.
Completion Date
2008
Construction Cost
$100,000,000
Representative Critical Facilities Experience
A member company of SH Group, Inc.
Project features include an overall critical design load of 2.4 mW day
one nominal capacity at 2(N+1) redundancy, expandable to 6.0 mW
ultimate. Design also included 150 w/sf computer load density with
4160 volt electrical distribution and a standby power system with
4.5mW day one nominal capacity at (N+1) redundancy, expandable to
11.25mW. A central chilled water plant with 30 minutes of chilled water
thermal storage with 1200 tons of capacity expandable to 2400 tons.
Sixteen built-up air handling units are located in the galleries off the
data hall floor. Each air handling unit is provided with variable frequency
fan drives, and 100% airside economizer capability for energy savings
in cool weather.
Additionally, there is a pre-cast concrete structural system. The second
floor data hall is designed with double span beams, thereby reducing
the interior columns by 50% and affording maximum unimpeded data
hall potential for racks. There is no ceiling in the data hall for optimum
thermal performance.
Representative Critical Facilities Experience
A member company of SH Group, Inc.
Project Features
2N mechanical plant
2N UPS system
Detailed CFD analysis
Fault-tolerant electrical system
High Density Environment
Scalable and expandable MEP
systems
Tier IV Criticality Level
Services Provided
Electrical
Fire alarm and life safety
Mechanical
Plumbing
CFD modeling
Disaster recovery site
High density environment
Confidential Insurance Client
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Due to rapidly expanding lines of business domestically and globally, a
successful financial institution has run out of power, cooling and floor
space in their existing data center. Rather than renovate in the current
space, our client seeks to build a new, larger data center to ensure it is
in compliance with best practices for data centers in today's world.
Syska's engineers worked closely with the client, architect and other
consultants to meet the fast-paced, 2 month design phase. The CFD
analysis was critical in helping us optimize our design and airflows
within the space. The client will house all the client's mission critical
servicers, networks and peripheral equipment along with associated
office space.
Size
15,000 sf total area
10,000 sf raised floor
Completion Date
2007
Construction Cost
$18,000,000
Representative Critical Facilities Experience
A member company of SH Group, Inc.
Project Features
(14) 2.5 MW generators N+1
(8) 1.8 MW data center pods
175 Watts/sf
2N 7000 ton chiller plant
2N modular UPS systems
30 MW facility load
Built-up air handling units vs. CRAC
units analysis
Chiller plant life-cycle cost analysis
Cogeneration plant study
PhotoVoltaic analysis
Short circuit ARC flash analysis
Tier 3+
Disaster recovery site
High density environment
Confidential Investment Firm
Disaster Recovery Data Center
Central New Jersey
To accommodate the need for growth, this investment firm contracted
Syska’s critical facilities engineering team to design a 320,000 sf facility
with 100,000 sf of raised floor. The client currently occupies six data
centers in the New York/New Jersey metropolitan area. This datacenter
will provide a single site for consolidation of these datacenters under
one roof to support the firm’s growth over the next 15 years. The site is
intended to provide synchronous processing between the clients
existing main data center facility and the new facility.
The design team transformed an existing warehouse space into a Tier
3+ data center facility utilizing multiple extensions and reutilizing as
much of the building’s shell as possible. The design team was
challenged to analyze each individual building system and not to strictly
adhere to a specific industry standard tier requirement. Syska worked
closely with the client’s operations staff to creatively keep costs down
without sacrificing overall reliability to the site.
Syska hired Sound Consultants to meet strict township criteria at
adjacent residential property line. Syska had a full-time staff member on
this project during construction and worked with sub-contractors to
coordinate building services utilizing a 3D BIM model of the facility.
Services Provided
CFD modeling
Electrical
Energy services
Fire protection
Information technology
Mechanical
On-site services
Plumbing
Security
Size
260,000 total sf
120,000 sf of raised floor and 5,000 sf
of office space
Completion Date
2009
Construction Cost
$250,000,000
Representative Critical Facilities Experience
A member company of SH Group, Inc.
Project Features
Platinum LEED®-Certified
Cooling for +400w/sqft of IT load
Tier III+ Criticality Level
Detailed CFD analysis
2N UPS System
Fault Tolerant Electrical System
N+1 Mechanical Plant
60mins Thermal Storage
3D CAD Modeling
2.5MW of critical load
PUE 1.6
GE Appliances Data Center
LEED NC Platinum
Louisville, Kentucky
This project involved the collaboration the Atlanta, Charlotte, Denver
and New York offices. In addition to the traditional MEP/FP engineering
services, Syska Hennessy Group provided technology/security designs,
preconstruction services and internal consulting with Syska’s High
Performance Building Group which generated the building energy
model and provided invaluable LEED directives.
The client’s data center resided on a brownfield site which is located in
a vacant factory in Kentucky. The complexity of the location pushed the
envelope of engineering ingenuity. Designing for IT loads that will
reach 4.6mW in the future, this data center had a robust yet simplistic
infrastructure that was tailored to the needs of the end user. The
project incorporated several sustainability measures which helped to
solidify the facility's LEED-NC Platinum Certification. In addition, the
design was Uptime Institute Tier III Certified.
Working closely with an Atlanta based architectural firm, Syska was
influential in the programming of the data center. Syska’s ability to view
MEP/FP systems in a holistic manner and collaborate between
disciplines resulted in a highly efficient building layout.
As a true sign of confidence in Syska, the client again hired Syska to
act as the owner’s representative for the duration of the project – from
design through construction. Syska realizes that fostering this type of
trust with our clients is not only crucial to the success of the project but
also to the success of our business. Syska’s ability to reach far beyond
the services offered by a traditional MEP firm has been very
advantageous to our client and to the success of the project. With this
approach Syska has the ability to transform from a consultant to a
project partner who holds stake in the owner’s end product.
Services Provided
Mechanical
Electrical
Plumbing
Fire alarm and life safety
Technology/Security
Energy Modeling
Owners Rep
Size
+ 70,000 facility
+ 20,000 data center proper
Construction Start Date
2011
Construction Cost
$44,000,000
Representative Critical Facilities Experience
A member company of SH Group, Inc.
Project Features
Containerized Data Center
Mega Data Center
Innovation in Design
Data center
Greenfield site
CFD modeling
Services Provided
IT/Telecommunications
Security
Plumbing
Sustainable design
Electrical
Fire protection
Mechanical
Size
900,000 sf
Confidential Telecommunications Client Greenfield
Mega Data Center Project Oasis
Somerset, New York
The proposed Greenfield Mega Data Center campus was to be
designed around the use of customized containers, ranging from
171kw-545kw, as the fundamental building block for the project. The
containers were to range from 171kw-545kw utilizing central
mechanical system, able to right size. The design featured the ability to
refresh IT components completely every 4 to 7 years.
An electrical analysis was performed based around efficiency/PUE, total
cost of ownership, carbon footprint, fault tolerance, availability and
concurrent maintainability. A 2N distribution with STS units and 25%
DRUPS backup was selected to supply 75kW of IT power to the
campus.
A mechanical analysis was performed based upon weather data for this
and all future potential Oasis sites; PUE; water consumption, total cost
of ownership, carbon footprint; electrical demand (associated with
HVAC plant) and reliability. Air Handling units with air-side economizer
and evaporative cooling only was the selected option. This option
included the understanding that no mechanical cooling is used or
required based on the clients acceptance of an expanded thermal
envelope with an upper limit of 85 degrees and a relative humidity of
70%.
A full wind analysis, CFD report (indoor per container bay and outdoor
for the campus) and security (indoor and outdoor) were also performed
for this project.
Completion Date
on hold after SD
Representative Critical Facilities Experience
A member company of SH Group, Inc.
Project Features
Quick pricing of big ticket items
Outcome E2C approach
Critical Facilities Balance Sheet
Outdated building infrastructure
Services Provided
Gap analysis
Master planning
Review of existing mechanical,
electrical, plumbing, fire/life safety
design, and facilities management
Security
Construction estimating
Constructability evaluation.
Size:
Cincinnati 12,000 sq ft
Plainfield 10,000 sq ft
Duke Energy Data Centers
Reliability Assessment and Infrastructure Improvement
Master Plan
Two Locations, United States
Having acquired two older data centers in Cincinnati, Ohio and
Plainfield, Indiana, Duke Energy, a diversified energy company
committed to delivering quality, uninterrupted service to customers,
commissioned Syska to conduct a reliability assessment and provide a
master set of recommendations to meet optimal uptime target levels
and comply with federal regulatory standards for utility providers.
The critical sites share MEP resources with other non-critical operations
and neighboring buildings. Syska will analyze the feasibility of
upgrading existing systems versus building a new dedicated data
center. To address the fast-paced budget schedule, Syska involved our
construction leads and key vendors during MEP assessment facilitated
big ticket item pricing. Syska's final "threat matrix" report will assist
client in evaluating risks, costs, and phasing of improvement scenarios.
Completion Date:
Assessment started June 2006
Construction Cost:
Not Available
Representative Critical Facilities Experience
A member company of SH Group, Inc.
General Motors Corporate Data Center
Registered LEED NC Gold
Warren, Michigan
General Motors is developing a world class data center in an effort to
consolidate its IT operations and meet company growth objectives. The
new facility will allow the company to raise operational efficiencies,
increase IT performance and security, reduce energy costs and become
more competitive as the company increasingly turns to digital
technology to run its business.
Syska followed rigorous GM standards while designing the data center
for total scalability and flexibility in order to limit the initial capital
expenditure and to meet the client's future business and IT needs. The
initial phase consists of the entire shell and exterior equipment yard to
accommodate four data hall modules, the supporting infrastructure for
the first module, IT technical and work-flow space, high-speed
backbone communications capability and limited administrative spaces.
The data halls are planned to support 240 w/sf of critical IT load with an
additional 30w/sf critical load designated for the in-row coolers within
Hot-Aisle Containment Structures (HACS). The in-row cooling
equipment delivers the conditioned air necessary to cool the IT
equipment and ambient environment. Raised floor and ceiling spaces
will provide raceways for all of the support system's interconnectivity.
Our team brought scalability to the project by building modular units in
uniform sizes to ensure that future growth is provided for in the
designed layouts. This provides accommodation for the equipment
profiles in the operating system. We also reduced risk by providing 2N
electrical distribution and fault tolerant design.
Project Features
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LEED Gold Certification (Goal)
Tier III+ Criticality Level
Project Features
Tier III criticality level
PUE 1.6
2.7MW day one UPS load
Scalable infrastructure
270 watts per raised floor sf @ 100%
UPS capacity
Electrical configuration at 2N with all
other at N+1
Ultimate build-out to 10MW UPS load
Command center
Production and lab space
Phased design
Thermal storage tank farm
Waterside economizer
CRAH units and in-row coolers
Hot aisle containment system (HACS)
DDC and PLC based controls
Diesel rotary UPS system
Emergency power generators for
mechanical systems backup
Greenfield site
Raised floors
Services Provided
Mechanical
Electrical
Plumbing
Fire protection
Security
Sustainable design
IT cabling design assistance
Fuel oil storage and distribution
Command center A/V design
BMS and DCIM reporting systems
Consolidation of multiple data centers
CFD modeling
Size
184,000 sf
Completion Date
Estimated 2013
Representative Critical Facilities Experience
A member company of SH Group, Inc.
Invitrogen
Global Data Center
Frederick, Maryland
Invitrogen and Syska have enjoyed a long working relationship. Syska
had recently completed a Master Plan that projected the increase in
data processing Invitrogen might experience though 2015. It was found
that their Global Data Center, which handles all the data processing
from the company's worldwide offices, had neither the capacity nor the
emergency back-up support needed.
In response to Invitrogen's critical needs and in order to bring the facility
to 2N level, a new generator will be installed with the capacity to
support the present and future needs of the data center. An extension
to the existing facility will be built to house the new generator as well as
a new battery room and UPS system. Additionally, new N+1 CRAC
Units in 30 ton modules will be added to support the cooling needs of
the data center, battery room, generator, and UPS systems.
Project Features
Commissioning
Facility expansion
Generator replacements
Master planning
Tier II data center
UPS System
Services Provided
Electrical
Fire protection
Mechanical
Plumbing
Size
Total: 5,000 sf
Expansion: 1,200 sf
Renovation: 3,800 sf
Completion Date
2007
Construction Cost
$2,400,000
Representative Critical Facilities Experience
A member company of SH Group, Inc.
Project Features
2,500 cabinets
Energy efficiency rebates
Fast-track project delivery
Site survey and recommendations
Tier III criticality level
Total renovation of original shell space
Data center
High density environment
Raised floors
Services Provided
Electrical
Mechanical
Plumbing
Size
100,000 sf raised floor renovation
Kaiser Permanente Napa Valley Data Center
New Data Center
Napa, California
Kaiser Permanente, a leading integrated healthcare organization,
sought diversity in their systems and retained Syska Hennessy Group
to conduct a site investigation and technical analysis of numerous
properties.
The chosen location was outdated and required a complete renovation.
The goal was to develop the site into a Tier 3 rated state-of-the-art data
center for the maintenance of healthcare records. The project required
a total replacement of the electrical system, as well as a major upgrade
to the mechanical systems.
A creative design approach was implemented to fully utilize the existing
infrastructure and to accommodate space limitations. This included
trenching for utility distribution below the data floor and creative use of
the facility equipment space in the existing envelope. On-site design
solutions were essential to the success of this fast-track project.
Additionally, Syska designed highly efficient building systems, which
qualified for energy efficient rebates by the local utility.
Completion Date
2008
Construction Cost
$60,000,000
Representative Critical Facilities Experience
A member company of SH Group, Inc.
Project Features
General Contractor Services
Data center
High density environment
Construction management
Services Provided
Electrical
Mechanical
Plumbing
Size
45,000 sf
Completion Date
2009
Construction Cost
Confidential
Latisys
Data Center Expansion
Oak Brook, Illinois
Latisys, formerly known as Stargate is a collocation data center,
catering to different customers. Latisys had begun renovating their
existing data center located in an occupied and running building.
Syska faced a few challenges when consulting with the client on how
the data center should perform. Syska took time to consult and inform
the client on several opportunities during this expansion. The client’s
focus was to be flexible and most of all to have enhanced capabilities
that will compliment expansion. A lot of undocumented conditions
needed researching as well. Lastly Syska had to demonstrate the
strategy and ideas to the client’s building department assuring them that
the design of the data center will only expand and enhance capabilities
by setting higher standards and implementing innovative best practices.
While on a fast-track schedule Syska’s team was on site daily working
with the client prior to design. By implementing best practice Syska was
able to allow highest power density at the lowest entry cost with
scalability and flexibility implemented in the design. Syska also reutilized the building systems to maximize use and save money, while
reconfiguring existing systems to more effectively reuse them.
In the end, Syska’s approach was successful due to the consulting
services and best practices performed. Latisys was able to expand with
minimal to no interruption in all services at any time.
Representative Critical Facilities Experience
A member company of SH Group, Inc.
Project Features
New nationwide facility
Office and support spaces
Tier III+ criticality level
Disaster recovery site
Greenfield site
High density environment
Raised floors
Construction management
Site selection
Services Provided
Electrical
Fire protection
Information technology
Mechanical
Outcome E2C(tm)
Plumbing
Security
Technical construction
Lowe's Data Center
Greenfield Disaster Recovery Data Center
San Antonio, Texas
Lowe's operates over 1,250 stores in 49 states and has been in
business more than 60 years. Their aggressive expansion led to the
addition of a new disaster recovery data center. This nationwide facility,
storing back-up equipment, will house all of Lowe's IT operations in an
emergency.
The structure built into the side of a hill minimized the building’s
footprint and wind profile, which in turn lessen the potential tornado and
hurricane impact. With a limited budget and wide range of expectations
from the client's four different operational units, Syska's project team
facilitated communication, providing expertise, and coordination
feedback to ensure consensus of overall project goals. Their aggressive
expansion led to the addition of a new disaster recovery data center.
Size
78,000 sf total
30,000 sf data center
48,000 sf. Office/Support Spaces
Completion Date
2007
Construction Cost
$30,000,000
Representative Critical Facilities Experience
Marriott Corporate Data Center Expansion
Frederick, Maryland
Washington-based Marriott International, Inc. is engaged in the
operation and franchising of hotels and related lodging facilities
worldwide. The company operates and franchises hotels under Marriott,
JW Marriott, The Ritz-Carlton, Renaissance, Residence Inn, Courtyard,
TownePlace Suites, Fairfield Inn, SpringHill Suites, Ramada
International, and Bulgari brand names. It has operations primarily in
the Americas, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa.
Marriott had installed “temporary” UPS capacity (approximately
500kVA) during stopgap work in 2007 and 2008. The scope of this
project was to replace this temporary UPS capacity with permanent
UPS capacity. Syska Hennessy provided MEP design to increase the
critical load capacity of the raised floor to meet 2N capacity based on
load forecasts that were determined as a part of this project. This
permanent UPS was designed with the potential of expansion to an
ultimate permanent capacity of between 2000kVA and 2250kVA. This
ultimate load will be proscribed by the initial installed capacity – based
on the selection of 500kVA modules or 750kVA modules in the UPS.
Project Features
Addition of 2000kW generators
Aggressive, accelerated design phase
Construction in a live data center
without disruption
Innovative utility connection
Tier III+ criticality level
Data center
High density environment
Services Provided
Electrical
Mechanical
Plumbing
Size
20,000 total sq ft
20,000 sq ft data center
Completion Date
2008
Construction Cost
$11,000,000
Representative Critical Facilities Experience
National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD) MEP/FP Design
Services for Global Data Center in Mixed Use High-Rise
Office Building
Project Features
High and medium density racks
Tier IV Modular Data Center
PUE 1.6 in UAE environment
Abu Dhabi, UAE
The National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD) plans to build their Tier IV
Data Center in Abu Dhabi. NBAD server numbers have experienced a
high level of growth. The proposed data center design will
accommodate this projected growth with the ability to receive the latest
technology.
Syska Hennessy Group and LZ Technologies will utilize the latest
cutting edge data center technologies to achieve the highest standards
in terms of efficiency (i.e. PUE) and agility/ A PUE target of 1.6.
The full use of modular design will minimize energy efficiency on initial
start-up. The average power density will be 2.5kW/m2 with area design
of maximum 20kW/rack. The design will adhere to guidelines issued by
ASHRAE, Uptime Institute and TIA / EIA 942. This project is being
certified by the Uptime Institute.
Services Provided
Mechanical
Plumbing
Electrical
Size
35,000 sf
21,500 sf of IT Space
~2,000m2 of white space
Completion Date
2014 Estimated
Representative Critical Facilities Experience
Project Features
138 KV, 75 MVA five transformer bay
substation
Aggressive, accelerated design
schedule
Annual 1.3 PUE
Innovative building design
Owner's representative
Program management
Stakeholder consensus
Sustainability
Tier II+ criticality level
Data center
Greenfield site
High density environment
High voltage electrical service
Construction management
Site selection
Oracle USA, Inc.
Greenfield Data Center
West Jordan, Utah
Oracle focuses on business-to-business software and services to help
maintain business operability. Seeking to construct a new state-of-the art
Data Center in the Western United States, Oracle, engaged Syska’s
Construction Group as the Construction Manager as Agent to build a new
consolidated data center. Syska’s tasks included providing consulting
expertise to help Oracle prepare a business plan for Board approval.
Subsequent to Board approval, Syska was engaged as the Construction
Manager as Agent to lead the planning, programming, site selection, MEP
design, and Owner’s construction manager for the data center.
To limit the initial capital expenditure and meet future business and IT
needs, the center is designed for both scalability and flexibility. The initial
build phase will include the first complete computer room module and
shell to accommodate: the second computer room module; the supporting
MEP infrastructure for the second module; IT technical and work flow
space; and limited administrative space. The data center is planned to
support 300 watts/sf of critical IT load, using overhead air distribution to
the cold aisle to cool the high density raised floor environment. The
project has also been designed to leverage cool outside air along with
other sustainable engineering practices to achieve an annual 1.3 PUE an extremely energy efficient operating environment. The project will be
using LEED®-NC guidelines for implementing sustainable features in
design and construction.
Future shell expansion is planned to support two additional computer
room modules and associated MEP infrastructure space, for a total of four
modules at ultimate build out of over 350,000 gross sf.
Services Provided
Electrical
Fire protection
Mechanical
Plumbing
Size
200,000 sf initial
350,000 sf ultimate
Completion Date
2011
Construction Cost
$150 million
Representative Critical Facilities Experience
Project Features
Greenfield site
Raised floors
Water-cooled chiller plant
Waterside economizer
CRAH units
PLC based controls
Emergency power
Diesel generators
Flywheel UPS
SAS Institute, Inc. Greenfield Data Center
LEED-Gold
Cary, North Carolina
In an effort to support it’s growing customer demand for software as a service
and hosted solutions, SAS, the global leader in business analytics software and
services, set out to build a “cloud computing” data center.
Syska proactively employed Autodesk’s Revit® building information modeling
software on this Greenfield data center project. This design and document
delivery approach has resulted in reduced costs to the Owner and dollars
saved throughout the project discovery and construction process.
The project also achieved U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) LEED-Gold
certification, despite not having an office component associated with the
principal data center facility. Employed energy-saving strategies include the
specification of flywheel uninterruptible power supplies in place of standard UPS
equipment, as well as the use of a single isolation transformer with eight
distribution panels, instead of 28 power distribution units. In addition to saving
on square footage, this approach will also reduce electrical losses. On the
mechanical side, the current design includes a water-side economizer, including
both full and partial economizer operations, for additional energy savings.
Another strategy under consideration is a “containerized solution,” which would
involve dividing the second server farm into two sections. By doing this, the
infrastructure being built today could potentially support one half of the critical
load, while on-site “containers” of generators, chillers and pumps parked next to
the building would power the other half.
When the first of two 10,000 sq.-ft. server farms is completed in 2010, the enduser will plug into a 1.5 MegaWatt (MW), day one load at its new, Tier 1 data
center. Ultimately, the data center designed by Syska will provide 3 MW of UPS
capacity.
Services Provided
Mechanical
Electrical
Plumbing
Fuel/Oil
Fire protection
Structured Cabling
Security
CFD modeling
Energy simulations
Size
38,500 sq ft
Completion Date
Fourth Quarter, 2010
Construction Cost
Confidential
Representative Critical Facilities Experience
Project Features
PUE goal: 1.3
Day 2: 12.95mW ciritcal load, 110,500
sf white space
Diesel generators
Goal of achieving LEED Gold
Brownfield site
36" raised floors
Rooftop indirect evaporative cooling
units (no chiller plant)
Day 1: 5.5mW critical load, 85,000 sf
white space
Services Provided
CFD modeling
Fire protection
Plumbing
Mechanical
Electrical
Fuel Oil
T5 Partners, Wholesale Collocation Data Center
Seeking LEED Gold
El Segundo, California
Syska Hennessy Group is in the process of designing a new Wholesale
Collocation Data Center for T5 Partners in El Segundo, California. This
project is being designed by the CF team in Atlanta, the Architect is
Corgan (Dallas), and the CM is Holder.
T5 is in the process of constructing Data Centers in various markets
across the US (Atlanta, Dallas, LA, Charlotte, etc) for the Wholesale
market.
Typical for most developer led projects, the T5 team is mostly
concerned with total capital spent and less sensitive to total cost of
ownership. However, T5 is concerned with the cost of energy as they
will be passing these costs on to prospective tenants, so they needed
this facility to be competitive with other collocation type facilities in the
region.
A major challenge for the design team was the requirement to
incorporate sufficient flexibility into the design to allow T5 to market to a
broad spectrum of potential tenants. Since this project is speculative,
T5 does not exactly know what the demands of prospective tenants will
be. The design had to be flexible enough to provide options to
prospective tenants to meet their power, space, and reliability
requirements.
Size
225,000
Representative Critical Facilities Experience
Project Features
2-story Facility. Data Pods on 2nd
story Mech/Elect support spaces on
1st floor
Office component both floors
6 MW (Day 1), 12 MW (Ultimate)
Alternate Capacity Flexibility (Day 1
Provisions, Day 2 Invocation)
Densities: 4 KW / Rack (Average), 5.9
KW / Rack (Average) if Alternate
Capacity Invoked at Day 2
Pursuing LEED Silver
24 KV Duke Energy Primary Circuit
(Provisions for 2nd Future Circuit)
15 MVA Utility Substation
Medium Voltage Distribution
Time Warner Cable Greenfield Data Center
Charlotte, North Carolina
National telecom service provider Time Warner Cable is undertaking an
enterprise data center program to support its critical lines of business and
operations. The first step in the program is a new flagship data center at its
regional headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina. This is a two-story facility
comprised of 175,000 square feet total with the mechanical and electrical
support spaces on the first floor, data pods on the second story, and office
components on both floors.
The design provides for scalable growth of both raised floor and critical
infrastructure systems to afford an ultimate uniform density of approximately
150 watts/square foot with limited higher densities in designated areas. The Day
1 program will build out the first two (2) 12,000 square foot data pods with
provisions to add another two (2) 12,000 square foot pods as technology growth
dictates. The design of the facility shell and its critical systems are consistent
with the basic requirements and industry standards for Tier-III data centers.
Syska Hennessy is providing MEP and Fire Protection design services for the
data center, as well as the design for the 25 KV primary utility substations (25
KV). Syska delivered this project utilizing the Revit platform and facilitated in the
handoff of the Building Information Model (BIM) to the general contractor. This
relationship allows for seamless integration with the subcontractors for the
layout of the building systems and live progress “fly-throughs” with the Owner
as the building is being constructed.
An Energy Model for the project was developed inclusive of both the
infrastructure and technology components of the design, demonstrating a
significant improvement in energy performance beyond the ASHRAE 90.1
baseline. The project is pursuing LEED Silver and is expected to be
substantially complete in September of 2012.
UPS System: Static UPS; 3(N+1)/2
Topology
Mechanical System: Air Cooled
Chillers
Air Side: CRAH Units (in Galleries)
Thermal Storage – 15 Minutes RideThrough
Standby Power Plant: Seven (7) 2500
KW, 12.47 KV Generators
BMS and EPMS to monitor facility
infrastructure systems (Chiller Plant
has dual PLC-based controls)
Services Provided
Mechanical
Electrical
Plumbing
Fire Protection
Controls
Utility Substation Design Services
Size
175,000 sf total (four (4) 12,000
Square Foot Data Halls), 400 Racks
per Pod
Completion Date
September 2012 (estimated)
Construction Cost
Confidential
Representative Critical Facilities Experience
Project Features
Dual coil Liebert units (using chilled
water and DX cooling)
Gap analysis site assessment
UPS and standby power plant
Data center
High density environment
High efficiency heating and cooling
Underfloor air distribution
Services Provided
Commissioning
Electrical
Fire alarm and life safety
Fire protection
Mechanical
Plumbing
Size
3,600 sf
University of Massachusetts
Data Center Assessment and Design
Completion Date
2007
Boston, Massachusetts
The University of Massachusetts (UMass) Boston was founded in 1963 by
the state legislature to provide the opportunity for superior education at a
moderate cost at a public campus. With more than 13,400 commuting
students in its undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education
programs, UMass Boston is the second-largest campus in their system.
The UMass Boston Data Center project was completed as part of the Life
Safety Upgrade for the UMass Campus. The Data Center is the "eastern"
hub for UMass and serves several important users (both in the UMass
system and other important city and state agencies). During the Life
Safety project, UMass asked Syska's Critical Facility team to assess the
existing condition of the Data Center and compare the findings to a
standard. Our team implemented the analysis comparing the existing Data
Center's critical infrastructure and operations to Syska’s Criticality Level
C-2. Syska developed a prioritized risk analysis and worked with UMass
and its contractor to develop an implementation program. Some of the
more important items discovered during the Gap Analysis that would
affect reliability were: Single UPS, poor grounding, single chilled water
riser, pressurized piping located in the data center, lack of reliable, state
of the art fire detection/protection, and lack of standby power.
Syska was also engaged as the Commissioning Authority to verify the
operational goals of the critical infrastructure equipment and assist UMass
with operating the equipment. The Commissioning program occurred over
five days and resulted in a completely operational Data Center.
Construction Cost
$2,000,000
Representative Critical Facilities Experience
Project Features
8 MW emergency generator plant and
fuel oil distribution systems
ConEd steam service upgrade
Energy-efficient, centralized airhandling system
Historical preservation
Ice storage study
New 3200 ton cooling central
refrigeration plant
New centralized building management
system
New ConEd 460V electric service and
distribution
Chiller plant
Verizon, 140 West Street
Critical Infrastructure Rehabilitation
Services Provided
Electrical
Fire alarm and life safety
Fire protection
Mechanical
On-site services
Plumbing
New York, New York
Verizon's largest office building and switching center suffered flooding and
heavy damage from the September 11th attacks. The 32-story 1928
landmark building serves some 300,000 voice lines and 3.5 million data
circuits. It was Verizon's objective to re-build a state-of-the-art facility,
within Landmark Building guidelines. As part of a multi-pronged rebuilding
program, Syska provided design consulting for a complete upgrade of the
building's MEP systems.
The project features include a new 480V electric service, an energyefficient, cost-saving centralized FanFarm six 63,000 CFM AHU's, a
ConEdison steam service upgrade, a new state-of-the-art free cooling
central refrigeration plant and a new ConEdison 460 volt electric service
and distribution.
Faced with continuous budget revisions, Syska issued design documents
in packages to enable month-to-month construction progress. Critical
cooling and electrical systems were relocated to the first and second floor
to prevent future damages from basement flooding. A new fire sprinkler
and standpipe system, a new domestic water system including central
drinking water, a new 8MV emergency generator plant and fuel oil system,
and a centralized direct digital control building management system were
added. Installation of the new chiller plant did not interrupt current facility
operation, which ran smoothly on a temporary satellite chiller.
The Project received 2004 Platinum Award of Engineering Excellence in
Building/Technology Systems from the New York Association of
Consulting Engineers.
Size
100,000,000 sf
Completion Date
2004
Construction Cost
$265,000,000
Representative Critical Facilities Experience
Project Features
Greenfield Data Center – 2 Story Facility
Tier III criticality level
8MW Ultimate (Critical Load)
Day 2, Day 3 infrastructure buildout
provisions
80,000 sf raised floor computer room space
100 watts / sf average density
300 watts / sf high density areas
36” Raised Floor, no ceiling
12 kV, 575V Distribution
400 amp RPP distribution
LEED Certification
Full Building Information Energy Modeling
Computer Room Air Handlers utilize
ECM fans
Rainwater Collection/Storage
Thermal Storage
Branch Circuit Monitoring
Verizon Wireless
Data Center
Ft. Wayne, Indiana
Verizon has launched an initiative to consolidate its IT data centers. The
first step in the consolidation plan will address Verizon’s Ft. Wayne,
Indiana site, and will be implemented in three phases: Phase 1 builds a
new data center having an initial raised floor area of 40,000 sf with
provisions (warm shell) for adding additional white space in Phases 2 and
3. Phase 2 will add an additional 20,000 sf. Phase 3 will complete the
final 20,000 sf. Syska was awarded the design professional services
contract, leading the effort as prime consultant, providing services to
include mechanical, plumbing, electrical, structural, civil, architectural, fire
protection, cost consulting and acoustical engineering.
The design shall provide for scalable growth of both raised floor and
critical infrastructure systems to afford an ultimate uniform density of
approximately 100 w/sf with limited concentrated loads up to 300 w/sf in
designated areas. The design of the facility shell and its critical systems
shall be consistent with the basic requirements and industry standards for
Tier III data centers. The building envelope and other exterior features
and systems will be designed to resist a basic wind speed of a F3 tornado
and seismic zone II.
This is a target Tier III critical facility intended to be a Verizon flagship
data center with emphasis on “smart design”, ease of maintenance and
high performance. The project will seek LEED certification and has been
registered with the United States Green Building Council. A complete
Energy Model for the project was developed for both the infrastructure
and technology components of the design, demonstrating a significant
improvement in energy performance beyond the ASHRAE 90.1 baseline.
Services Provided
Mechanical
Electrical
Plumbing
Structural
Civil
Architectural
Acoustical
Size
217,000 sf
80,000 sf of raised floor
Completion Date
On-hold
Construction Cost
$118,000,000
Section Four
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Facilities White Papers
Critical Facilities White Papers
A member company of SH Group, Inc.
The following is a representative listing of Syska Hennessy Group’s White Papers. They are available through
our website at www.syska.com.
Our Opinion articles feature an in-house expert's take on hot
topics within the industry.
Our Opinion Series
Simplicity Is Eloquence
by Christopher Johnston, PE
Designing a Cost-Effective Data Center
by Christopher Johnston, PE
Special Edition White Papers
Opportunity Knocks: Managing airflow to enhance data
center cooling performance and promote energy efficiency
by Kishor Khankari, PhD
An Electrical Win-Win Solution and Best Practice
by Christopher Johnston, PE
Will Liquid-Cooled Solutions Save Energy?
by Vali Sorell, PE and Terry Rodgers
Greening Reliability
by Syska Hennessy Group Green Critical Facilities Team
Green Critical Facilities: Exploring sustainable practices for implementation in critical facilities
Explore some of the realistic ideas for achieving the green goal in electrical and mechanical infrastructure and
equipment in this presentation.
Mission Critical vs. Critical Mission Thinking: An Enterprise-Oriented Methodology
While mission critical thinking has dominated the management approach of many affected enterprises, today’s
business environment merits an evolution in thinking and business practices to critical mission thinking.
Global Best Practices Series
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Integrated Waterside Economizer Operation for Data Center Central Chiller Plants
In-house data center experts explore the effectiveness of using an Integrated Water Side Economizer,
which differs from the traditional water side economizer, as it pipes a Heat Exchanger in series with the
chillers.
Critical Facilities White Papers
A member company of SH Group, Inc.
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Integrated Automated Controls for Data Centers – Philosophy & Approach
We examine embracing today’s technology trends and energy-efficient automation measures with
advanced environmental monitoring to get the most out of your data center.
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Battery Condition Determination for Critical Facilities
This white paper looks at the testing methods and record keeping procedures that can be used to
determine battery condition using normal troubleshooting instruments.

Mission Critical Facilities and Operations
Executive Overview of Threshold Considerations

Outsourcing Considerations for Critical Facilities
Today, it is not unusual to have companies consider outsourcing key functions in critical and hypercritical
facilities™.

Critical and Hypercritical Facilities™: Security Considerations
As security issues remain constant, global best practices suggest that organizations have an effective
security plan already in place, and make security a fundamental consideration spanning the entire life
cycle of the facility.

The Use of Outside Air Economizers In Data Center Environments
Syska’s Critical Facilities Team takes a look at airside economizers and the possibility of utilizing this
method of energy reduction in a data center setting.

Equipment Protection through Hot Spot Mitigation
This whitepaper addresses a process for analyzing the cause of “hot spots” and strategies to eliminate
them.
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Commissioning Critical Facilities
Increasingly, mission critical facilities such as telecom/data companies, financial institutions, federal and
state government agencies, laboratory and pharmaceutical corporations, and private companies are
adopting building systems commissioning as a policy. Owners of mission critical facilities believe that
reduced risk of poorly or non-functioning building systems is payback enough.