DSCO were appointed to provide M&E Consultancy and performance testing of the critical systems for ABN Amro for the fitout works of approximately 16,700 sqm of office space including space for 330 traders and a 60 rack Data Centre.
ABN Amro did not install any of their own infrastructure, they made use of the Landlord’s infrastructure albeit upgraded to cater for the anticipated loading requirements. The designs of the MEP systems supporting the Critical Data Centre were in accordance with an N+1 philosophy for resilience and redundancy. For the trading room to meet the requirements of 400Watts/Desk IT load, the design made use of naturally ventilated trading desks with the base building AHU upgraded.
This upgrading was possible as ABN Amro committed to the building whilst it was in the early stage of construction and such upgrades were issued to the base building main contractor.