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16th March 2009
When Scott Brownrigg, one of the UK’s leading Architect firms, planned the move to their newly owned offices in London’s west end, it was no surprise that in order to help drive the company forward, a high performance network infrastructure would be high on the agenda.
Previously based in two separate offices in Covent Garden, Scott Brownrigg decided it was time to consolidate their offices into a larger building. Work commenced on the full refurbishment of what would soon be their new London office on Endell Street, a state of the art environment for the Scott Brownrigg team to work.
Because of the nature of the work, with a number of architects moving around large design files up to and sometimes in excess of 5 GB, a high performance, high bandwidth network infrastructure was required. The group IT manager, Alastair Newman, considered a number of options for a 10gig solution. He comments ‘Taking into account we were moving into a new building that we owned, it was important for me to make sure we had the best possible network infrastructure that would future proof the building for years to come. ’
Alastair had been impressed by HellermannTyton's RapidNet solution from a previous project at their Cardiff office. He recalls ‘We had a Cat6 RapidNet system installed at our Cardiff office by ICS it was installed within 1 or 2 days’.
It was from this previous Cardiff project that he was familiar with ICS Ltd and Alastair added ‘Having already seen the RapidNet system, as soon as the Cat6A version was presented to me by Lee Hamill of ICS I knew that the product would deliver the network I set out to achieve’.
The RapidNet system installed was a cassette to cassette system where the cassette on one end of the Cat6A pre-terminated 6-way loom clipped into the patch panel the cassette on the other end was secured in the raised floor, allowing for connectivity for 3 desks or work stations. From the floor, high visibility patch leads were used to connect to desktop computers and telephones.
Alastair adds ‘I was looking for a modular system and RapidNet ticked all the boxes. It gives me the flexibility at both ends accommodating potential office moves and expansion. Our architects move around a lot and new architects come in. RapidNet provides a completely flexible work area’.
The Endell Street project was a milestone for Scott Brownrigg, ICS Ltd and HellermannTyton. This installation is HellermannTyton’s first specified RapidNet Cat6A to the desk project since its launch in 2008. ICS Ltd are the first company to install HellermannTyton’s Cat6A product in the City and Scott Brownrigg can boast a state of the art office with a high performance network infrastructure of the future.
HellermannTyton comments ‘This was a very important project for HellermannTyton. A lot of time and investment went into the development of our Cat6A offering to make sure it delivered the best possible performance and emerged as a market-leading product. With ICS’s knowledge and experience of RapidNet and Scott Brownrigg’s vision, the project was a success and is evidence of the benefits of a pre-terminated system’.