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ADV ANC ED T E CHNOLOGY
CISCO SYSTEMS
San Jose, CA
Type:
Rack Lab
Size:
10,000 SF
AlfaTech provided mechanical, plumbing, fire protection, and electrical
engineering services for the expansion of the rack lab in Cisco Building 16 for
SPRTG, affecting approximately 10,000 square feet. The scope of work included
adding new lab electrical systems (transformers fed from the existing building
electrical service) and chilled water distribution and CRAH units (fed from the
existing chilled water system). In order to facilitate the additional space required,
large conference room resources were relocated from the 1st floor to the 3rd
floor under a separate design-build contract. In addition to the MEP design
effort, AT coordinated and updated the lab rack layouts for approval by Cisco.
The typical SPRTG lab rack requires 6 to 15 kW per rack. Also included in the
scope of work were alterations to the rack layouts (related to new cabinet
dimensional requirements) as well as electrical modifications related to the
existing power distribution to the existing first floor lab spaces.