NOC Building
Project Overview
| Sector: | Data & Communications |
| Location: | Australia - Canberra |
| Year Completed: | 2008 |
Project Features
- Occupied building
- Tier III Data Centre
- N+1 redundancy with no single point of failure
- High efficiency operation
- Heating and chilled water system upgrade
- Air handling system upgrade
- Switchboard redundancy
- BMS and controls redundancy
- UPS/Switch room air-conditioning redundancy
- UPS/Switch room exhaust redundancy
Project Details
Awarded the contract for the upgrade of mechanical services at the purpose-built data facility located in Symonston, Canberra, Benmax successfully completed work on the project in 2007. The three storey 4,720m2 building incorporates the necessary features and required capabilities of a Tier III rated facility with the redundant and always active power supply ensuring there is minimal planned and unplanned downtime.
Mechanical services at the site include: CRAC units (N+1) ducted to computer racks; switchboards for electrical and controls; chilled water pipework upgrade; and VRV heat recovery air conditioning with ducted fan coil units to serve offices including tempered outside air systems.
To ensure the facility could operate at N+1 redundancy level with no single point of failure, upgrade works included: dual chilled water piping systems with motorized changeover valves; switchboard redundancy (MSSB-3 replaced by MSSB-3A, MSSB-3B and MSSB-3C); BMS and controls redundancy; UPS/Switch room air conditioning redundancy (N+1) and UPS/Switch room exhaust redundancy.