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Engineer:Tim
Koch, P.E., Electrical Project Engineer, HDR
Inc.
Article: Wiring Underfloor - Not Underfoot,
Scott Siddens, July 2006
www.betterbricks.com
"Raised-floor systems
are of great benefit in medical facilities
as well. For example, radiology equipment
may be updated or replaced many times during
the life a hospital. Raised floors are common
in radiology equipment rooms, such as CAT-scan
and MRI rooms, which generally include new
control cabinets in different room locations
and new cables and routes." |
Engineer:
Kenneth L. Lovorn, P.E., Lovorn Engineering
Associates
Article: Wiring Underfloor - Not Underfoot,
Scott Siddens, July 2006
www.betterbricks.com
"Distribution flexibility
is definitely the greatest advantage. With
raised-floor systems, the designer can locate
an outlet anywhere on the raised floor and
route any number of conductors to that outlet.
When a client has a high churn rate, raised
floor is really the only economical type of
distribution."....."I was involved
in a design some years ago where every employee
moved at least once a year. Plug-in connections
for power, telephone and data eliminated the
need for an electrician to disconnect and
reconnect a floor box every time a workstation
was moved. The savings more than pays for
the higher first cost. " |
| Engineer:
Carter & Burgess
Article: Sustainable Contributions December
2003 - Phil Sheridan, Vice-President
www.buildings.com
“…a
raised floor system needs to provide circulation
only at the level occupied by people.
With a smaller volume of air to displace,
the system requires less energy to achieve
the same circulation rate…” |
Engineer:
Flack & Kurtz
Article: Future.....Perfect?
Building Design & Construction Magazine
October 1999 - Clark Bisel, Principal
“We have a big
high-tech market,” Bisel says. “Their
need for technical capability at the workstation,
the flexibility of their work force and changing
technological requirements are driving us
to promote or go with raised-floor systems.
Last year we were working on 10 (raised floor
projects) in just this office, and it is coming
up more and more. In 10 years we’re
going to be looking back as an industry, saying
‘Geez, we should always do this.” |
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