R.
Baker & Son was recently challenged with performing selective
demolition of a large building that housed a critical data
center. The
renovation project for a New Jersey-based Fortune 100 Company, which
was to include new open-office spaces, conference rooms, huddle
rooms, and pantry areas, came with the strict stipulation that there
could be no interruption in operations during the demolition phase.
With a main MDF room, multiple IDF closets, and two computer rooms
located on different floors and nearly three decades worth of wire
and cable running throughout the facility, part of the Baker Team’s
challenge was to earn the confidence of an anxious and exacting
project engineer whose job it was to keep systems up and running
while overseeing the project.
Multiple
walk-throughs with the IT team and two technicians were conducted as
demolition progressed to identify what was should be removed and,
more importantly, what had to stay to support the operation. Walls
and ceilings were opened up to reveal miles and miles of live single-
and multi-mode fiber cable, copper communication wire, and CAT 5 data
cable running through innerduct alongside dead wires and cables that
had been disconnected years ago, requiring painstaking teamwork to
figure out what was what. Active cable was neatly bundled and marked
to stay with color-coded ribbons while old, dead cable was carefully
marked and removed. Simultaneously, a team of electricians worked on
regular power distribution, UPS power, and emergency power that ran
throughout the facility, marking critical feeders and circuits with
red spray paint while marking others slated for demolition with
black.
This
preliminary infrastructure phase culminated with two weekend
shutdowns during which R. Baker & Son coordinated closely with
electricians and the IT group to remove several electrical panels and
swap electrical loads over to new panels and to run new wires and
cables in floor openings. The shutdowns were successfully completed
with scarcely a hitch, to the great delight and relief of the
ever-worried project engineer. From there, the Baker Team moved on to
the careful demolition of walls, ceilings and other structural
elements in preparation for the renovation.
About
R. Baker & Son All Industrial Services
R. Baker & Son All Industrial Services, a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) in business since 1935, is a premier specialized contractor operating in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico, with over one hundred employees and an exemplary safety record (we have been directly involved in four sites that received VPP OSHA Safety Awards). R. Baker & Son is financially strong, with bonding capabilities over $10 million. Capabilities include industrial and commercial demolition, rigging, machinery- and plant-moving, dismantling, decommissioning, plant and equipment relocation, interior demolition, selective demolition, warehousing, wrecking and razing, millwright, plant reconfigurations, heavy rigging, salvage, environmental services, remediation, decontamination, abatement, and investment and asset recovery.
R. Baker & Son All Industrial Services, a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) in business since 1935, is a premier specialized contractor operating in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico, with over one hundred employees and an exemplary safety record (we have been directly involved in four sites that received VPP OSHA Safety Awards). R. Baker & Son is financially strong, with bonding capabilities over $10 million. Capabilities include industrial and commercial demolition, rigging, machinery- and plant-moving, dismantling, decommissioning, plant and equipment relocation, interior demolition, selective demolition, warehousing, wrecking and razing, millwright, plant reconfigurations, heavy rigging, salvage, environmental services, remediation, decontamination, abatement, and investment and asset recovery.
R.
Baker & Son - All Industrial Services
190 Boundary Road
Marlboro, NJ 07746
732-222-3553
http://www.rbaker.com
190 Boundary Road
Marlboro, NJ 07746
732-222-3553
http://www.rbaker.com
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