Job Well DoneAhead of Schedule

Project Name
Peak 10 Data Center
Chilled Water Plant and
Distribution System
Project Location
Alpharetta, Georgia
Project Team
Owner: Peak 10, Inc.
General Contractor:
Balfour Beatty
Architect: Reynolds,
Smith & Hills, Inc.
Engineer: Reynolds,
Smith & Hills, Inc.
Subcontractor: McKenneys, Inc.
Specializations

Building Information Modeling

Plumbing Shop Prefab

Pipe Shop Prefab
Markets
Mission Critical

cKenneys installed a 900-ton

air-cooled chilled water plant
and associated distribution
system for a new 1.5MW data center in
Alpharetta, Georgia.

space under the raised floor throughout the

facility. Careful planning and coordination
was essential to avoid losing capacity from
reduced airflow to the computer room air
handler (CRAH) units.

The Challenge
Turning an abandoned warehouse into a
20,000-square-foot data center was no simple task given the aggressive schedule. The
McKenneys team had to contend with limited

The Solution
Leveraging BIM capabilities, the team coordinated mechanical and electrical services to
maximize heat rejection capacity at the servers. McKenneys prefabricated most of the

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chilled water plant, connections to the major

pieces of equipment and distribution piping.
Concurrent operation ensured the piping systems were installed as soon as the structure
was ready, minimizing field installation time to
meet the compressed construction schedule.
The Results
A seamless start-up, and commissioning
accelerated the turnover of the Peak 10 data
center to the owner.
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