Data centres are a complex puzzle and in order to solve the puzzle you must coordinate a lot with the other disciplines.
Most of the projects Renée is working on, are in de data centre market. What is it that makes data centres challenging to work on? “Usually, structural engineering is one of the most important disciplines when it comes to designing a building. However, when it comes to data centres, other disciplines like mechanical and electrical engineering are so important, that you must make room for all those installations. This makes a data centre a more complex puzzle and in order to solve the puzzle you must coordinate a lot with the other disciplines. And luckily, we have all those disciplines in-house.”
The above means you always work within multidisciplinary teams who are cross borders, working on data centres all over the world. “What I like about working in those multidisciplinary teams, it that you can actually see what the other disciplines are doing and that it is all put together in one integrated model. This makes it really tangible and makes you look beyond your own field of expertise. Because we do projects in various countries, you have to deal with all kinds of local customs and regulations. In Switzerland, for example, they mainly work with in-situ concrete, while in the Netherlands we often use prefab.”
Then our global data centre competence team is the place to be.