Canterbury College Canterbury

Client
Canterbury College

Project
Manage and install the IT infrastructure throughout the college campus during a five-year rebuilding programme, including Category A and Category B fit outs in seven new buildings. The principal challenge was to keep the college IT network fully operational during the relocation of the main equipment room while each block was either renovated or built. The project was a major undertaking with an overall contract value worth around £40m to the main contractor, Wates Construction.

Duration
Five years

Our role

Installation (subcontractor via Wates Construction)

Key points

• Cat A and Cat B fit outs in seven new college buildings
• New MER and SERs to all new and existing buildings
• Full survey of existing cable backbone to determine resilience
• Installation of new fibre backbone, both single and multimode
• 5,000x new Cat 6 cabling data points throughout the campus