Nationwide Data Centre
Projects
Statistics
Client:
Nationwide Building Society
Sectors:
Commercial
Technology
Business:
Mace Technology
Services Carried Out:
Construction Management
Project Management
Safety, Health and Environmental
Value:
Conf.
Project Dates:
05.2010
Office:
Reading
Awards:
<ul>
<li>British Safety Council - five star health and safety audit 2009</li>
<li>British Safety Council - five star health and safety audit 2010 </li>
<li>British Safety Council- five star environmental audit 2009 </li>
<li>British Security Council - Sword of Honour 2009 </li>
<li>Nationwide Pride Award for outstanding performance by construction manager</li>
</ul>
Information
Mace constructed phase 1 of a new data centre with associated support facilities for Nationwide Building Society in southern England.
The brown field development site of nine acres comprises of the construction of a new 2,000 square metre single storey data hall, 1,600 square metres of operating plant space with additional plant enclosures located externally and a 1,400 square metre administrative area, consisting of mission critical back up / meeting room space, circulation areas, store area, welfare and kitchen facilities.
Groundworks commenced in April 2009 with the piling mat, piling and foundations followed by steelwork erection in July, envelope in the shape of roofing and cladding panels was underway in August and September respectively with the building being fully watertight by November 2009.
The fit out comprised four DRUPS rooms containing four 1,600kW diesel rotary, uninterruptable power supplies, diverse HV supplied via two utilities substations incorporated with in the framework of the data centre, 24 CRACS located in the corridors adjacent to the data hall on the east and west elevations supplied by flow and return chilled water from 12 chillers located externally on the flanks of the building.
The project required extensive removal and relocation of various species of natural wildlife as well as substantial ground investigation and re-grading works prior to piling and ground works being able to commence. On completion the surrounding areas have been substantially landscaped and mature trees and shrubbery installed in order to enhance the environmental design and construction of the building
Mace was appointed by Nationwide in a number of different capacities for the delivery of the data centre project:
• Project management appointment though a framework agreement
• Construction management for the construction (converted to fixed price lump sum in October 2009)
• Strategic planning integrated into the overall IT project
• IT / data centre optimisation
• Sustainability and environmental consulting
• CDM coordination
