Ask Slashdot: What Would You Include In a New Building?

First time accepted submitter weiserfireman writes "For the first time in our company's 60 year history, we are going to be building a new facility from scratch. We are a CNC Machine shop with 40 employees and 20 CNC machines, crammed into a 12,000 sq foot building. We are going to build a new 30,000 sq foot building. I am the only IT person. I support all the computer systems, as well as all the fire/security/phone systems. My Boss has asked for my input on what infrastructure to include in the new building to support current and future technology. 1st on my list is a telecommunications equipment room. Our current building doesn't have one. I have been researching this topic on the Internet, and I have a list of a lot of different things, all of them are nice, but I know I am going to have a limited budget. If you were in my shoes, what priorities what features would you design into the building?"

Comments

Suggestions

[Anonymous Coward]

Secret passageways

Re:Suggestions

[cod3r_]

Stripper poles. You never know, but you damn sure want to be prepared.

Re:Conduit

[Overzeetop]

80cm? Are you planning to have to send a synthetic to the other side of the complex with a laptop to pilot the ship in?

Re:Conduit

[MysteriousPreacher]

Cabling, everywhere. Conduits everywhere. Power for equipment that will use the cabling, everywhere.

Monster cables! Your Excel sheets will be crisper, warmer and more spherical than you ever thought possible.