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Section 1:
Concept Planning & Analysis
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Weight:
30% |
- Conduct a needs assessment with client to determine their objectives, operational needs, and suitability of data center model (e.g., cloud, colocation, on-premise build, availability class requirements) needed for the end user for a new data center construction or existing data center
- Identify future growth of data center (project phasing, shell space)
- Conduct site research or survey to collect necessary information and site circumstances (e.g., to confirm topography, adjacent areas, comparison of multiple sites)
- Collect risk/benefit factors for natural environment to determine impact on the data center
- Collect risk/benefit factors for the utility environment to determine impact on the data center (e.g., availability and cost of power, telecommunications infrastructure, water, gas)
- Determine financial implications (e.g., cost, tax incentives) of site selection and cost
- Evaluate how well potential site(s) met criteria to determine overall appropriateness of site
- Develop feasibility report based on client requirements and site evaluation and selection of search findings
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Section 2:
Systems: Architectural and Space Design/Mechanical/Electrical
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Weight:
20% |
Architectural and Space Design
- Design space based upon client requirements and feasibility analysis to ensure functionality of a complete data center
- Apply IT equipment capacity and space requirements to the space design in order to ensure suitable layout of IT equipment
- Apply ancillary systems space requirements (e.g., fire protection system, security, building automation) to determine the total impact on architectural space design
- Determine personnel requirements to ensure proper functionality and safety of the data center
Determine physical security requirements to ensure proper security of the data center
Determine support area/space needs and adjacencies as required by data center functions
Mechanical Systems
- Identify site utility requirements (e.g., water use/storage, fuel storage, gas use, sewer, storm water) that may impact the data center availability and overall detailed design
Electrical Systems
- Identify site utility requirements (e.g., medium voltage, underground, overhead) that may impact the data center availability and overall detailed design
- Coordinate client's power systems criteria (e.g., backup systems, distribution systems, voltage criteria) with electrical engineer to verify design meets the client's design intent
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Section 3:
Systems: Information Technology/Ancillary Systems/Communications Connectivity
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Weight:
20% |
Information Technology (Network, Storage, & Servers)
- Identify information technology site requirements (e.g., equipment, standards, facility layout) that may impact the overall detailed design
- Coordinate client's information technology criteria (e.g., cabinets, racks, SAN, stand-alone equipment, network requirements, physical systems/network security) with other discipline designers to verify design meets the client's design intent
Ancillary Systems (Fire Protection, Physical Security, Building Automation Systems [BAS])
- Identify ancillary systems site requirements (e.g., fire protection, physical security, building automation systems) that may impact the data center availability and overall detailed design
- Design space based upon client requirements and feasibility analysis to ensure functionality of a complete data center
- Coordinate client's ancillary systems criteria (e.g., fire protection, physical security, building automation systems) with other discipline designers to verify design meets the client's design intent
Communication Connectivity
- Identify site communications requirements (e.g., fiber, copper, pathways) that may impact the data center availability and overall detailed design
- Coordinate IT stakeholders communications criteria (e.g., fiber, copper, pathways) with RCDD and other discipline designers to verify design meets the client's design intent
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Section 4:
Data Center Operations and Maintenance Assessment
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Weight:
10% |
- Conduct optimization study to ensure data center meets client goals or requirements
- Assess current system state of data center (e.g., mechanical, electrical, ancillary)
- Assess current efficiency of data center systems (e.g., mechanical, electrical, ancillary)
- Assess current capacity and growth capacity level of data center
- Assess the ongoing performance of the data center (e.g., performance, utilization, capacity)
- Assess aging of all technologies and need for refresh
- Assess utilities (e.g., availability and cost of power, telecommunications infrastructure, water, gas)
- Assess physical security of data center (e.g., electronic systems, architectural security, bollards)
- Assess operational performance (e.g., personnel, policies, maintenance operations procedures)
- Assess data center's suitability against client's IT requirements (e.g., network, disaster recovery plan [DRP])
- Assess operations documentation (e.g., historical commission reports, logs, DCIM)
- Assess safety procedures (e.g., lock out/ tag out procedures)
- Develop report that captures findings from assessment
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Section 5:
Security Assessment
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Weight:
10% |
Manage threat assessment (identification, frequency, impact)
- Participate in the performance of a security audit (building inspections, security surveys, security analysis)
- Verify audit findings against the security assessments objectives (ascertain security status, current state, protection levels)
- Identify countermeasures (physical, electronic, organizational)
- Coordinate cost/benefit analysis, feasibility, and/or present value studies
- Translate client's DRP requirements into recovery design recommendations
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Section 6:
Construction Administration & Commissioning
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Weight:
10% |
Construction Administration
- Assist client in overall bid process and award
- Assist client or contractors with coordination during construction phase
- Assist client or contractors with coordination during project close-out phase
Commissioning
- Assist client with pre-commissioning activities to verify the commissioning tests meet the project design requirements
- Assist client or commissioning agent in the development of the commissioning plan
- Assist client or commissioning agent in execution of commissioning activities to verify the commissioning test results have met the project design intent
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