They often do not carry the overhead of strategic teams, and there is an opportunity to share, promote and assist their move towards more efficient use of solvents through the sharing of insights and examples.

Is on-site construction really all that bad?.Construction sites could be defined as locations where finished assets are built.

They can be messy, congested, dirty and chaotic places.But they don’t have to be.If the construction process can be transformed into the streamlined and predictable assembly of pre-manufactured parts, combined with on-site construction processes that are carefully managed to add the maximum value, much greater productivity can result.. To give a slightly left-field example, consider a circus tent.

Typically, these large structures are put up overnight by a small team of trained operatives.In a budget-conscious industry, every hour counts, so assembly is planned to be as quick as possible, and disassembly is just as quick.

It would be even quicker if the tent was pre-erected, of course, but this doesn’t make sense from a transportation and logistics perspective.

Instead, they use a component kit-of-parts that is easily handled and takes up very little space during transportation.Lincoln points out that multi-storey or retrofitted data centres may soon become more common, especially when operators seek low-latency connections in city centres..

However, building in dense urban environments introduces new complexities: community relations, architectural design considerations, and zoning regulations all come into play.The standardised ‘kit of parts’ concept helps here too, as a platform-based design can be more readily adapted to tighter sites or existing structures..

Ensuring adaptability and reliability.For all the emphasis on innovation, Lincoln reiterates that data centres are mission-critical: even minor downtime can be cripplingly expensive for operators.