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Data Centers

Overcoming fire suppression challenges in data center design

Densely packed ceilings in data centers present unique challenges for fire suppression systems, and demands the expertise of a mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection...

Nov. 25, 2024

Even with some limitations, MERs present many prefabrication benefits. Photo courtesy Southland Industries

Data Centers

Modular electric rooms are the new normal

Since the market was reenergized in the mid-2000s, data center owners and clients have been looking to achieve lower first cost and higher quality deployments. First emerging ...

Feb. 6, 2023

Contractors

5 Lean principles of design-build

Simply put, lean is the practice of creating more value with fewer resources. The concept is inspired by the Japanese management theory from Toyota, where lean concepts are designed...

Aug. 9, 2022

AEC Tech

6 CFD post-processing tips to improve visualization productivity and quality

Post-processing computational fluid dynamics (CFD) data is a vital step in order to accurately derive the right conclusions from the models, present the results to decision-makers...

Dec. 20, 2017