Data Center MEP Estimating Services
Itemized quantity takeoffs and preconstruction cost modeling for hyperscale, colocation, and enterprise data center MEP infrastructure across North America.
What Is Included in a Commercial Data Center MEP Takeoff?
A data center MEP takeoff is a specialized preconstruction quantity survey encompassing mission-critical mechanical cooling, power distribution, and life-safety systems. It quantifies Computer Room Air Handlers (CRAH), liquid-to-chip cooling loops, central chiller plants, standby generator arrays, UPS systems, medium-voltage switchgear, and overhead busway distribution, rigorously factored for Tier II through Tier IV redundancy architectures.
Complete Mission-Critical MEP Takeoff Coverage
Our estimators quantify white space and grey space MEP assemblies across CSI Divisions 22, 23, and 26.
Mechanical & High-Density Cooling (CSI Div 23)
Complete takeoff of water-cooled centrifugal chillers, free-cooling plate-and-frame heat exchangers, evaporative towers, CRAH/CRAC units, hot/cold aisle containment baffles, and direct-to-chip liquid cooling manifolds.
- Chilled water supply & return welded piping with grooved valves
- Condenser water and glycol heat rejection loops
- Cooling Distribution Units (CDUs) & secondary fluid circuits
- Underfloor pressurization & air balancing damper takeoff
Electrical Distribution & Emergency Power (CSI Div 26)
Quantification of medium-voltage service entrances, unit substations, static UPS modules, battery energy storage systems (BESS), and emergency diesel generator arrays with paralleling gear.
- Paralleling switchgear and automatic transfer switches (ATS)
- Overhead busway / bus duct with tap-off plug-in boxes
- Power Distribution Units (PDUs) and remote power panels (RPPs)
- Rigid conduit feeder schedules & copper busbar quantification
Critical Plumbing & Protection (CSI Div 22)
Specialized data center drainage, domestic water utility tie-ins, and critical facility leak protection systems.
- Cooling tower blowdown and make-up water piping
- Underfloor condensate drainage & sump pump takeoff
- Zone leak detection sensor cables & monitoring panels
- Fuel oil piping systems from belly tanks to generator sets
Governing Codes & Redundancy Standards
Our data center estimates align with thermal and reliability benchmarks established by global standards organizations.
What You Receive in Your Takeoff Package
- Itemized mechanical equipment schedules: (tonnage, electrical loads, piping connections)
- Detailed chilled water loop and glycol heat rejection piping takeoffs with fitting counts:
- Busway and feeder run takeoff with voltage drop and conduit fill benchmarking:
- Direct digital control: (DDC) and Environmental Management System
- Color-Coded Bluebeam PDF Markups: Complete drawing markups showing every pipe loop, duct run, CRAH location, and feeder line color-coded by system and tier.
- Editable Excel Master Workbook: Fully unlocked spreadsheet itemizing materials, vendor equipment quotes, local prevailing wage hours, and bid-day recap summaries.
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