02Data & technical

On site

Meridian Hall

A data hall where the interesting work is the plant, the power and the tolerance of the floor.

A low black data centre block beside a tall, finely striped metal-clad tower

Northspan’s brief is a building that disappears. Charcoal cladding, a screened roof, and a floor that will take a future densification without a second pour.

We are in substructure. The early packages — piling, the generator compound, and the primary steel — were tendered with the design team still in the room, which is the only way a hall of this type meets its power-on date.

Scope

  1. Piled substructure and raised technical floor
  2. Primary steel and charcoal rainscreen
  3. Generator yard and screened rooftop plant
  4. Coordination with the client’s fit-out contractor