Design Topics
February 2006
Server Rooms and Labs
A familiar tenant requirement in the Office and R&D leasing market is that of either a Server Room or an Engineering Lab and often both! This newsletter addresses the cost of such installations.
The specifications and figures that follow duplicate those of a 15,000 s.f. project recently completed by TiCon in Mountain View Ca. A server room and Engineering lab are presented here as if one were building one room OR the other. Size of rooms, electrical configurations and cooling equipment will vary from project to project depending on client requirements. In both models illustrated below the ceiling is presumed to be existing, the floors bare of any finish and the fire sprinkler protection to be adequate as it exists.
The pricing tables illustrate "portion" costs for flexibility in budgeting for differing conditions such as having existing rooms that can be modified to be used as a server room and/or a lab, extra cooling capacity and availability in the native system, adequate breaker space in nearby electrical panel.
| MODEL SERVER ROOM - Contains the following |
| Room Item |
Qty |
Cost |
Portion cost |
| 20 amp 120 volt cord drops |
4 |
$1,200.00 |
|
| L6-30 amp cord drops |
2 |
$640.00 |
|
| 20amp 120 volt outlets Dedicated |
10 |
$2,400.00 |
|
| *** Flush mt. 225 amp subpanel, home run of 100 l.f., breakers |
1 |
$6,300.00 |
|
Electrical portion of work
|
$10,540.00 |
| Split system - cooling, 70 SF per ton - 3 ton unit for example |
3 |
$9,950.00 |
|
Air Conditioning portion of the work
|
$9,950.00 |
| New walls - if required, painted |
55 |
3,100.00 |
|
| Door and frame |
1 |
$750.00 |
|
| Flooring - VCT |
180 |
$720.00 |
|
Architectural portion of the work |
$4,570.00 |
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Total complete room |
$25,060.00 |
Engineering Lab |
Server room |
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Drawing courtesy of MMA - Minden - Midiere Architects
| MODEL ENGINEERING LAB- Contains the following |
| Room Item |
Qty |
Cost |
Portion cost |
| 20 amp 120 volt cord drops |
0 |
0 |
|
| L6-30 amp cord drops |
1 |
$320.00 |
|
| 20amp 120 volt outlets Dedicated |
16 |
$3,640.00 |
|
| *** Flush mt. 225 amp subpanel, home run of 100 l.f., breakers |
1 |
$6,300.00 |
|
Electrical portion of work
|
$10,260.00 |
| Split system - cooling, 70 SF per ton - 3 ton unit for example |
3 |
$9,950.00 |
|
Air Conditioning portion of the work
|
$9,950.00 |
| New walls - if required, painted |
65 |
3,665.00 |
|
| Door and frame |
1 |
$750.00 |
|
| Fixed glass window - three foot x ten foot |
1 |
$900.00 |
|
| Flooring - VCT and rubber base |
228 |
$912.00 |
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Architectural portion of the work |
$6,227.00 |
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Total complete room |
$26,437.00 |
*** note that one subpanel is adequate for two rooms if they are in proximity.
Keep in mind that these prices are extracted from raw cost on a larger project. If they are to be done on a stand alone basis add 25% for drawings, permit and contractor's general conditions.
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