FRAUSCHER CONSULTING supports you in special technical challenges or questions in the disciplines related to data centres with years of accumulated expertise. By making well-founded decisions, you can reach your goals more quickly. FRAUSCHER CONSULTING also acts as a legal expert in questions concerning data centre infrastructure.

At the beginning of every new project …

parameters are set that will have significant implications for the entire project lifecycle. From a multitude of ideas and concepts, it is necessary to filter out those that best support your strategic goals. Therefore, feasibility studies are seen as a crucial tool for the success of a project. Impacts on costs, quality requirements, scheduling effects or design aspects are examined early on, enabling well-founded further decisions.

Concepts, Designs, Submissions and Execution Planning …

A continuous and integrated planning process – throughout all project phases – is essential for achieving desirable consistencies in planning, construction and operations. This saves you time, money, attention and nerves. With decades of team experience, FRAUSCHER CONSULTING is by your side in all planning phases, to ensure quality and, if desired, to execute plans in

• Project preparation, basic investigation, strategic planning and concept development
• Sequential phases of preliminary, conceptual and approval planning
• Execution preparation: detailed execution planning, as well as preparation and participation in AVA (tendering, awarding and accounting)
• Project monitoring and control
• Planning and construction coordination, including construction-related specialist planning if necessary
• Planning and execution of project closure

Specifications, Cost Calculations and Transactions …

A key area in a successful project is the question: which partners can I trust? The crucial factor here is a thoroughly conducted procurement procedure, which is becoming increasingly important for companies due to compliance reasons. In accordance with ÖNORM A 2050 and if applicable, BVerG, FRAUSCHER CONSULTING supports you in selecting procurement procedures. For this purpose, procedural regulations must be complied with and created in parallel. This is followed by publications, management of applications, compliant selection of participants and dispatches of carefully prepared and meaningful tender documents. During award procedures, incoming offers are properly opened and checked for compliance with form and content, potential elimination of bidders, but above all, comprehensive evaluations and advice in selecting the offer for your award.

Quality Assurance in Construction

Since the sole purpose of a data centre is the uninterrupted operation of the IT equipment housed therein, the unconditionally high execution quality of the supporting technical building-equipment is of paramount importance. FRAUSCHER CONSULTING provides general, on-site, technical and even commercial construction supervisions, depending on the agreement. It ensures that the execution of the facilities complies with the requirements of the authorities, performance specifications and installation planning.

Performance Assessment, Defect Tracking, Commissioning and Integration Testing

As the execution phase of a data centre progresses, the day of “Go Live” draws closer – the day when the entire organism of the data centre must function unconditionally according to its specifications. The flawless operation of individual components, but more importantly, their concerted interactions, especially in failure scenarios, can be verified through a multi-stage commissioning and acceptance process. This process begins before the delivery of the main components with factory acceptance tests and continues after installations with functional tests at the component and system levels. The culmination of acceptance testing is the cycle of “Integrated System Tests” (IST), where the data centre is rigorously tested under load, simulating comprehensive failure scenarios in both primary and secondary fault situations. The ultimate Black Building Test examines the case of a complete shutdown followed by a restart of data centre operations. It is evident that meticulous planning, execution and documentation of these test procedures are key to ensuring future operational safety. After successfully passing all of these commissioning tests, nothing stands in the way of accepting the data centre and transitioning to real-time operations.

Support and Quality Assurance in Operations and Optimizations

Once a data centre is successfully handed over to the client, the operational phase begins, which is often designed to last for up to twenty years, according to today’s standard. The smooth operatons of the data centre organism during these years depends significantly on ongoing facility management. In its strategic aspect, facility management involves asset ownership, ongoing operating costs and depreciation. Tactical-operational facility management encompasses all aspects of technical operations, such as operations, preventive maintenance, standby services, energy management, renovations and modernizations. FRAUSCHER CONSULTING advises you in these complex matters over time.