Data Centres - Europe Wide

Overview

Data Centres

Over 450 Mega-Watts of Data Centre whitespace and infrastructure delivered and under construction across Europe from design and build projects through to full turnkey hyperscale facilities.

We are the largest Data Centre General Contractor in Ireland and operate a fully integrated design and build capability, coupled with experienced project management expertise from a Civil, Structural, Architectural (CSA), Mechanical and Electrical (MEP) standpoint. Combined with these facets of expertise we also operate an in-house capability relating to project compliance, documentation validation and management through to full turnkey commissioning from Factory Acceptance Testing to Integrated Systems Testing and handover.

We understand the industry requirements around exacting safety, quality and timely delivery as a pre-requisite in this fast-paced sector. To ensure we meet this need, we actively promote a partnership approach which starts with earliest possible stakeholder engagement. We seek to ensure all parties are aligned and working in tandem throughout this process, including Design team, Client Reps, specialist sub-contractors and main capital equipment vendors or suppliers.

Our experienced and established Data Centre delivery teams operate throughout Europe, and are supported by our in-house Data Centre Execution (DCEx) team within our Centre of Excellence. We appreciate and are fully aware of the complexities and challenges associated with all aspects of mission critical construction and fit-out. This is based on a shared knowledge and lessons-learned approach, where we continually strive to improve our offering working with a long-serving, trusted supply chain.

Our Capabilities

Design and Build

Design and Build

Fully integrated and knowledgeable design, management and construction teams and partnerships with capability and understanding to integrate with your planning/management representatives from pre-construction to bring constructability, schedule and cost refinement at earliest opportunity to the process.

Certainty of Delivery

Certainty of Delivery

Programme certainty and end-user defined milestones including Early Access and Handover requirements are identified and tracked to ensure alignment and certainty.

Modularisation

Modularisation

Our indepth experience in off-site assemblies and modularised plant brings quality, safety, and certainty to your project. Working with our innovative delivery partners, we will seek opportunity to assist you in achieving these goals in multiple works packages across your assets.

MCE / OFCI

MCE / OFCI

Integration and management of Main Capital Equipment (MCE) and Owner Furnished Contractor Installed (OFCI) plant into the construction and commissioning schedule is driven through close relationships with our vendors and suppliers.

Commissioning

Commissioning

Bespoke Client requirements specific to commissioning will be fully translated into our established and robust processes and procedures to meet all operational handover pre-requisites. Our commissioning teams hold significant experience in the execution of factory witness and acceptance testing, site acceptance testing, functional performance testing and integrated systems testing. Our capability extends to all mechanical elements coupled with electrical expertise ranging through low, medium and high voltage distribution systems and substations.

Compliance and Handover

Compliance and Handover

Collen's commitment to a seamless handover process is further demonstrated by our Compliance team who are tasked with ensuring all construction and commissioning elements are validated through documentary evidence. The core focus of this team is to achieve all specification deliverables. With this resource being in-house, it allows Collen the flexibility to structure this requirement to specific Client needs giving us the ability to offer a true turn-key solution.

Health, Safety and Wellbeing

Health, Safety and Wellbeing

Health, Safety and Wellbeing are at the forefront of Data Centre delivery, particularly in context to the completion of High Risk Activities (HRA), including associated works in adjacent live and operational facilities or campuses.

We have developed detailed and consistent protocols and working procedures to actively ensure the Health, Safety and Wellbeing of all of our staff and supply chains. These processes include HRA tracking and management, early engagement through collaborative planning and works coordination, forecasting and execution. The elements are then rigourously implemented from a preconstruction stage through to execution and completion.

Data Centre - Centre of Excellence

Data Centre - Centre of Excellence

In 2021, Collen opened a Data Centre - Centre of Excellence at it's Dublin office. This Centre of Excellence ensures that Collen remains firmly positioned at the forefront of cloud delivery throughout Europe, by supporting execution across a multitude of projects both nationally and internationally.

The focus of the Centre of Excellence is the optimisation and enhancement of Data Centre build completion through innovation, process mapping and refinement, operational excellence and collaboration.

Innovative Teams and Technologies

Innovative Teams and Technologies

Collen employs the latest innovative new technologies and processes to streamline data centre build activities. From BIM to modularisation, Collen is constantly striving to explore and implement technologies aimed at improving delivery for its Clients with best-in-class facilities to exacting timelines and milestones.

Collen has 450MW of Data Centre whitespace and infrastructure delivered and under construction.

Talk to our dedicated data centre team today.