John spent the first 3.5 years of his career in the mission critical field. His first project was a 2 MW data center build out in downtown Atlanta. This project gave him a strong interest in Mission Critical work and he went on to work on data centers for the main players in this market. His firm was awarded the next project in Sterling, Virginia. This was a 11 MW total critical IT load, N+1 redundancy fit out project. John was given the role as MEP and commissioning manager. He handled OFCI and MEP scopes of work. The 3rd project was a greenfield data center in west Atlanta. He managed MEP trades on this project as well as commissioning. 

PROJECT BUILDERS EXPERIENCE

TIDAL WAVE AUTO SPA – Nationwide – $37.8 million
Personally managed the completion of 15 Tidal Wave Auto Spa locations across the southeast.

EXPERIENCE PRIOR TO JOINING PROJECT BUILDERS 

CONFIDENTIAL ATL – DC2, Atlanta, GA – $98.1 million
Two-story, 350,000 sq ft, 48 MW, Type IIB, greenfield data center on 55 acres; scope of work includes demolition and site work; 200,000 sq ft white space including a 20,000 sq ft, 6 MW data center build-out with the deployment of busway power, ladder rack, and fiber trough for data, and installation of a hot aisle containment

CONFIDENTIAL Data Center Sterling VIII, Sterling, VA – $50 million
155,000 sq ft conversion of a warehouse to a data center; includes office and support space, a 50,000 sq ft equipment yard, major site and civil upgrades, and 50,000 sq ft of white space; Tier III, 150 W/sq ft density, 11 MW total critical IT load, N+1 redundancy

CONFIDENTIAL DATA CENTER, Atlanta, GA – $8 million
20,000 sq ft conversion of a 5th floor office space to a data center. Included office and support space