CASE STUDY A data center equipment yard in Santa Clara, California required an extensive cable bus support structure and a multi-story main- tenance access platform to service and maintain key equipment integral to the operation of the zero-downtime essential facility. Steel was originally planned for this massive, intricate, structure; however, the design would have required sourcing almost half a million pounds of structural steel to transport, fabricate and erect with an aggressive construction schedule, scarce supply of skilled labor and challenging site access restraints given the weight of key steel members. Outfitted with these severe time, labor, and space constraints, the owners of the data center looked to Frost Engineering & Consulting to design an efficient, fast-

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