We become wedded to one way of doing them and when we don’t get the results we want, we think we just need to try harder, to struggle more or to do more work.
Depending on the problem you're trying to address, you can set the level of the size of the Chip to the level that is appropriate to your analysis.A chip can, therefore, be a whole factory, a building, a production line, or a single machine within a production line.
These different levels will often result in a hierarchy of Chips, so that big Chips can later be broken into small Chips.They're used in different ways at different stages of a project, or in different ways by different users within a project..The data structures that we build around Chips allow data to be aggregated between different levels.. We can associate any type of data with a Chip.
Conventional engineering data is perhaps the most obvious, but we also include data like staffing levels, containment requirements, power consumption, or even the level of design uncertainty.This allows for visualisation of different issues within a project..
It's important that when we define chips, we don't leave gaps.
We aim to capture everything: the building, the equipment, operations, software, hazards, quality requirements, whatever is important in that system.Designing with the detail of assembly in mind, and making sure that M&E engineers work closely with architects and structural engineers, we deliver built assets with performance as part of their DNA.
And nowhere is this more relevant than in data centre design.. A data centre is about performance above all – minimising cost per kW, maximising IT yield per square metre, minimising energy and water consumption, maximising the efficiency of M&E building services, and minimising waste..There are standard ways to address all of these value drivers, and many companies to do that.
But to really raise the bar on what can be achieved with data centre design and M&E services, it’s essential to understand the mechanical and electrical systems, the architecture and the structure as being intimately interconnected and fully interdependent.Each of these facets must work in harmony to maximise the potential for optimal data centre design and that is impossible to do when the project is divided up and these areas are treated separately..