COMMERCIAL GENERAL CONTRACTOR
Mechanical Support Framing
DATA CENTER STUDY
PROJECT PROFILE
LOCATION
Dallas, TX
COMPLETED
2018
PROBLEM STATEMENT
Retrofit to support additional significant mechanical loads in an existing building corridor is expensive and time-consuming to design and install.
TIMELINE
ADVANTIC SCOPE
Advantic engineered the solution to meet project and code requirements, generated PE-stamped design documents and calculations, fabricated the structural system, and performed field installation support to a local trade already working at the job site.
TECHNICAL APPROACH
Advantic Engineers utilized fiber-reinforced polymer structural profiles to meet Code-prescribed strength and serviceability criteria including seismic loads, and eliminated foundations by employing the existing slab. Project Managers facilitated BIM coordination with the mechanical trades and value-engineered connection details for the supported equipment.
ECONOMICS
The fabricated cost was less than galvanized steel, and lead times were improved by 50-percent. Total installed cost was improved by more than 20-percent.
