Colleagues,
Earlier this summer, DAS and OCIO gave tours of the 501 Building to the Governor and the Building Maintenance Committee to show off all the incredible improvements made possible by State Building Division (SBD) and Task Force for Building Renewal (Task Force) funds over the past few years. The 501 Building houses the State’s the data center, a behind the scenes, but essential operation for us to conduct work on behalf of the State of Nebraska.
Over the past several years, State Building Division undertook several efforts to support critical systems infrastructure at the building. In 2016, SBD determined that significant structural shoring would be required to support the load of the building’s data center. Additionally, between 2019 and 2022, SBD installed a 2MW backup generator in line with a new Uninterruptable Power Supply, specifically for the data center as well as new Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) air handling units and lines for the new data center in 2019. These improvements can be seen here.
Around 2018, the Task Force funded construction on the lower level, which included hand digging new footings and expanding them to 12’ x 12’. After the concrete cured, the building support steel was reinforced with additional steel to ensure proper loading on the footings. While lower-level work was occurring in 2018, the interior build for the data center began, and all restrooms were updated to ADA standards, which was also funded by the Task Force. Following the reinforcement, the Task Force funded the HVAC improvements mentioned above. The Task Force also funded other smaller projects in the building during this time, which supported the data center and included replacing three boilers, the chiller, and the water softener. These were among the improvements shown off to the Building Maintenance Committee this summer.
The Governor and the Building Maintenance Committee members were all impressed by the work that has gone into improving the building and taking care of the data center. Collectively, these improvements help to modernize our data center infrastructure and ensure the redundancy of our systems supporting the State’s network.
Special thanks to Pete Gierasch, Brent Flachsbart, Sarah Skinner, and the entire Building Division team for their work on this.
Regards,
Jason Jackson
Director, Department of Administrative Services
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| Description | Last Revised | Format |
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| Description | Last Revised | Format |
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| DAS Leadership Update | 08/05/2022 | |
| A More Efficient State Government | 08/03/2022 | |
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| State Personnel Almanac | 10/01/2021 | |
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| Successful 2021 Open Enrollment | 06/30/2021 | |
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