Refurbishment of existing server room for EMDA
Based in Nottingham, EMDA is one of nine English Regional Development Agencies. Established in 1999, the Agency's aim is to bring a regional focus to economic development within its area.

Project objectives
EMDA's requirement was to create a new equipment build and prep area as the existing environment within the server room was cold and uncomfortable for staff to work in. Comms Room Services were asked to carry out a health check of the existing room and propose improvements that would also allow for a comfortable equipment build and prep area.

Complete refurbishment
The solution: refurbishing the existing room and building a fire rated and gas sealed wall while ensuring that the room was also gas sealed. The solution included a shut down system that - in the event of a fire - would protect equipment, a water detection system, a gas extraction system to vent the room if fire suppressant is released, a complete power installation and distribution system (down to data cabinet level) including a UPS, a FM200 fire suppression system, down draft air-conditioning and a raised floor.

Andrew Evans, Head of IS, commented, "Having taken over the project from a colleague, the amount of detail within the specification and proposal made it straightforward for me to pick up the project and run with it. The work involved the relocation of all our server and data cabling racks, this was carried out in a faultless manner. The overall quality of the completed project was extremely high."