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680 m of busbar installed in a Rotterdam data center

First Case installed around 680 m of busbar in a colocation data center in Rotterdam, split across a high-power main distribution run and the distribution busbar to the rack rows. Handover ran through a Site Acceptance Test, within a window of six to eight weeks.

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680 m of busbar installed in a Rotterdam data center

Around 680 m of busbar installed in a Rotterdam colocation data center, handed over via SAT.

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//The brief & what we delivered

Install a complete busbar power distribution and hand it over test-ready in a live data hall.

Busbar is the backbone of power distribution in a data hall: reliable, expandable and tightly mounted. In a colocation data center in Rotterdam, First Case installed around 680 m of busbar, a high-power main distribution run plus the fine-grained distribution busbar to the rack rows. The work took place in an active environment, on weekdays and within fixed windows. The client wanted one crew to set out, mount, support and hand over test-ready.

The scope: four main busbar runs (~200 m) and forty-eight distribution busbar runs (~480 m), including support structure and insulation testing. Tap-off boxes were out of scope; handover ran through a Site Acceptance Test.

Region
Rotterdam
Client
Confidential
Type
Colocation
Scope
~680 m busbar
Handover
Site Acceptance Test
Service
Busbar Installation
The full work package05 components · one point of contact

Main busbar

Four high-power main busbar runs are mounted and aligned.

Distribution busbar

Forty-eight distribution busbar runs bring power to the rack rows.

Supports

The busbar is mounted on a fixed support structure, supported to measure.

Insulation test

Before handover, each run is checked with an insulation tester (Megger).

SAT

The system is handed over via a Site Acceptance Test, confirmed run by run.

ROUTESUPPORT STRUCTUREROUTE SET OUT · SUPPORTED TO MEASUREFIRST CASEFC-2304-01BUSBAR INSTALLATION01 · PREPARATIONSCHAALISO
//Preparation

Route set out, support structure mounted

Before the busbar goes up, the route is set out per hall and the support structure is mounted. Aerial platforms and rolling scaffolding make the work at height safely reachable. The supports are placed to measure, so every run sits tight and carried.

01Route set out per data hall
02Support structure mounted to measure
03Safe work at height with aerial platform and rolling scaffolding
//Busbar installation

Main and distribution busbar mounted, around 680 m

Four main busbar runs and forty-eight distribution busbar runs are mounted, around 680 m together. The runs are aligned and fixed joint by joint. The work happens in an active data hall, on weekdays within fixed windows.

01Four main busbar runs (~200 m)
02Forty-eight distribution busbar runs (~480 m)
03Aligned and fixed joint by joint
MAIN + DISTRIBUTION BUSBAR~680 mALIGNED · JOINT BY JOINTFIRST CASEFC-2304-02BUSBAR INSTALLATION02 · INSTALLATIONSCHAALISO
MEGGERSAT PASSEDINSULATION TEST & SATMEGGER PER RUN · CONFIRMED RUN BY RUNFIRST CASEFC-2304-03BUSBAR INSTALLATION03 · TESTSCHAALISO
//Test

Insulation test and Site Acceptance Test

Before handover, each run is checked with an insulation tester for a healthy insulation resistance. Then the Site Acceptance Test follows, in which the system is confirmed run by run. Only after a passed SAT is the installation considered handed over.

01Insulation test (Megger) per run
02Site Acceptance Test, confirmed run by run
03Handover only after a passed SAT
//The lead time

From support structure to passed SAT

A fixed flow: set out, mount, measure, test, hand over.

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01Preparation

Route & supports

Route set out and support structure mounted to measure.

02Installation

Busbar mounted

Four main and forty-eight distribution busbar runs mounted.

03Before handover

Insulation test

Each run checked with an insulation tester.

04Handover

Site Acceptance Test

The system confirmed run by run via SAT.

056-8 weeks

Lead time

From start to passed SAT within six to eight weeks.

The busbar sat tight and measured in place, and the SAT confirmed it in one go. One crew from set-out to handover saves us coordination on the floor.

Project lead · system integrator
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//The brief

Install a complete busbar power distribution and hand it over test-ready in a live data hall.

Around 680 m of busbar in a Rotterdam colocation data center: main plus distribution busbar. One crew sets out, mounts, hands over.

Including support structure and insulation testing, handed over via SAT. Tap-off boxes out of scope.

Region
Rotterdam
Client
Confidential
Type
Colocation
Scope
~680 m busbar
Handover
Site Acceptance Test
Service
Busbar Installation

The full work package

One crew mounts busbar, support structure and hands over tested.

Main busbar
4 runs · ~200 m
+

Four high-power main busbar runs are mounted and aligned.

Distribution busbar
48 runs · ~480 m
+

Forty-eight distribution busbar runs bring power to the rack rows.

Supports
Tight and supported
+

The busbar is mounted on a fixed support structure, supported to measure.

Insulation test
Megger per run
+

Before handover, each run is checked with an insulation tester (Megger).

SAT
Tested handover
+

The system is handed over via a Site Acceptance Test, confirmed run by run.

//Preparation

Route set out, support structure mounted

Before the busbar goes up, the route is set out per hall and the support structure is mounted. Aerial platforms and rolling scaffolding make the work at height safely reachable. The supports are placed to measure, so every run sits tight and carried.

ROUTESUPPORT STRUCTUREROUTE SET OUT · SUPPORTED TO MEASUREFIRST CASEFC-2304-01BUSBAR INSTALLATION01 · PREPARATIONSCHAALISO
01Route set out per data hall
02Support structure mounted to measure
03Safe work at height with aerial platform and rolling scaffolding
//Busbar installation

Main and distribution busbar mounted, around 680 m

Four main busbar runs and forty-eight distribution busbar runs are mounted, around 680 m together. The runs are aligned and fixed joint by joint. The work happens in an active data hall, on weekdays within fixed windows.

MAIN + DISTRIBUTION BUSBAR~680 mALIGNED · JOINT BY JOINTFIRST CASEFC-2304-02BUSBAR INSTALLATION02 · INSTALLATIONSCHAALISO
01Four main busbar runs (~200 m)
02Forty-eight distribution busbar runs (~480 m)
03Aligned and fixed joint by joint
//Test

Insulation test and Site Acceptance Test

Before handover, each run is checked with an insulation tester for a healthy insulation resistance. Then the Site Acceptance Test follows, in which the system is confirmed run by run. Only after a passed SAT is the installation considered handed over.

MEGGERSAT PASSEDINSULATION TEST & SATMEGGER PER RUN · CONFIRMED RUN BY RUNFIRST CASEFC-2304-03BUSBAR INSTALLATION03 · TESTSCHAALISO
01Insulation test (Megger) per run
02Site Acceptance Test, confirmed run by run
03Handover only after a passed SAT
//The lead time

From support structure to passed SAT

Preparation

Route & supports

Route set out and support structure mounted to measure.

Installation

Busbar mounted

Four main and forty-eight distribution busbar runs mounted.

Before handover

Insulation test

Each run checked with an insulation tester.

Handover

Site Acceptance Test

The system confirmed run by run via SAT.

6-8 weeks

Lead time

From start to passed SAT within six to eight weeks.

The busbar sat tight and measured in place, and the SAT confirmed it in one go. One crew from set-out to handover saves us coordination on the floor.

Project lead · system integrator
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