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ModuSec – Modular IT Rooms

ModuSec – Modular IT Room Construction

High Strength Construction
•	ModuSec pyro-foam panels are light (20Kg/sq.m) but incredibly strong
•	Walls need no structural framework
•	Ceilings can span up to 6m before requiring any additional support – exceeding BS6399 –the requirement for ‘walk on’ strength. Additional reinforcement can be included to fix heavy equipment.

Five men on a single panel (pictured right) supported only at the short ends – demonstrates the ‘walk on’ capacity for access to services above rooms. Steel container (pictured right) full of plant weighing over three tons supported on pyro-foam off cuts, demonstrates huge compressive strength.

Five men on a single panel supported only at the short ends

Steel container weighing over three tons supported on pyro-foam

Construction Options

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Slab to slab walls

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Walls and ceiling – to form a sealed 5 sided box

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Add a steel and ply floor – to provide a 6 sided steel Faraday cage for protection from electromagnetic interference

Or use panels as the 6thside to provide insulation from below

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Build inside an office or warehouse or in an outside space with an additional roof skin

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Add High Security options to some or all sides

Panels are placed into a base channel and locked together with camlocks. Last panel is cut to size on site

Ceiling panels are fitted onto wall rebates, secured by steel angles and fitted with coving –as are wall corners

Exterior corners fitted with steel angles where accessible

Pre-formed Corner Option
•	Improve looks
•	Increase speed of construction
•	Ideal where space is not tight

Pre-formed Corner

Additional Ceiling Support – For 6m + Spans

New structures to support ceilings over 6m - inside or outside the protected space.

Existing structure to support the ceilings: Fix to steel frame or concrete slab above

Functionality
Pyro-foam can have any number of cable ducts or strengthening channels foamed into the panels in any pre determined location to provide hidden cable runs or fixing points for heavier equipment.

Steel channels fixed to both steel skins with non conductive joining pieces. The foam is then inserted at very high pressures to surround the channels and fill all the voids to provide a fixing point using the strength of the whole panel. These are fitted centrally as standard to all ceiling panels.

Full height plastic conduit is glued to the skin at pre determined locations. Panel is then cut to fix back boxes on site.


Summary Of Advantages Over Traditional Build
•	Quick and clean to build to a tested standard – with no wet trades
•	High strength permanent shell – but easily extended or relocated
•	Provides integrity and insulation levels required by computing systems and computer media in the event of an external fire
•	Eliminates solar gain & heat from adjacent areas – providing a stable environment for air handling systems
•	Provides protection fromsmoke, water, dust, EMI, vandalism, sabotage, theft and explosion (depending on options chosen)
•	Pre finished, maintenance free, wipe clean surfaces eliminate dust risks associated with broken plasterboard and ceiling voids
•	Meets Turnbull recommendation to follow ‘best practice’ to minimize operational risks
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Advantages Over Mineral Wool Panels
•	Structural Stability: Pyro-foam core has its own structural integrity. Ceilings span unsupported up to 6m. Mineral wool panels depend on the steel skin and adhesives to bond sections of wool plus require additional steel for spansover 4m & round perimeter. If skin blows off in a fire or explosion – all structural integrity is lost.
•	Panel Joints: Mechanical connection between ‘tongue & grooved’panels –provides increased security, strength, speed of build & water/blast protection. Mineral wool panels are generally butted together and fixed at top and base only.
•	Contamination: Mineral wool fibres are very light and can contaminate hardware systems if panels are drilled. Pyro-foam particles are heavy and just drop.
•	Porosity: Pyro-foam is non porous. Mineral wool can take on boardwater – increasing risk of structural problems & water ingress.
•	Functionality: Pyro-foam can have cable conduits and strengthening steel cast into it. This is not possible with mineral wool.
•	Thermal Properties: Pyro-foam has half the U value of mineral wool – increasing protection from heat and providing a more stable environment for air conditioning systems and effectively eliminating solar and other (building) heat gain.
•	Pest Resistance: Poisonous to rodents and provides no nesting material

Advantages Over Other Foamed Panels
•	Most other foamed panels are only tested to 30 minutes. ModuSec pyro-foam panels have 90 minute certification
•	All other foamed panels are highly combustible and give off toxic fumes under fire conditions
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ModuSec pyro-foam panels answer all the issues for computer room environments. Mineral wool and other foamed system (PU, PIR) are designed for the food industry where the value and critical nature of the protected area is not in the same league.

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