Through our client, Chesapeake Mission Critical, we assisted in managing a small data center and office buildout for the DC Public Defender System.
Located at 633 3rd St NW, in Washington DC, we provided management expertise and a full-time, onsite superintendent to ensure the smooth progression of the project. One of the challenges of this buildout was juggling the coordination of our sub-contractors with the building GC’s other subcontractors, while still ensuring the project progressed smoothly.
Even a small datacenter buildout includes scheduling complexities that need to be managed efficiently. For example, consider the importance of effectively allocating the installation of UPS systems (Uninterruptible Power Supply), specialized raised flooring, data center cabling, specialized cooling pipes, other technical equipment, fire suppression and alarm systems, and other technical data center equipment. All of these details must be timed appropriately in order to keep the project running smoothly and on schedule.
One of the benefits of having an experienced General Contractor, such as Area Construction Group, handling your project is that they have the expertise to handle unexpected challenges that arise during the project. The size of the datacenter and the layout constraints created a unique issue in Meeting ADA requirements at first; However, thanks to effective coordination between us, the architect, our specialized datacenter flooring contractor, we were able to figure out an equally unique solution and complete the job accordingly.



