Field notes,
not marketing.
The things our engineers argue about on site, written down: what to insist on in a scope of work, what an auditor actually checks, and how to prove a claim instead of making one.
Field notes, checklists and guides
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- GuideProcess6 minDownloadable
The rack elevation is the contract
Most data center build disputes come down to one document nobody took seriously. Treating the elevation as a signed deliverable removes most of them.
2025-09-18Read - ArticleStructured cabling5 min
Certify every link, or accept that you have no results
Sampled certification is a common cost saving that produces a test report nobody can rely on. Here is what full certification costs, and what it buys.
2025-08-27Read - ChecklistDecommissioning7 minDownloadable
A decommissioning checklist that survives an audit
The twelve checkpoints that separate a tidy asset removal from one that produces findings, missing drives and an uncomfortable conversation with security.
2025-08-05Read - ArticleCommissioning6 min
Prove failover instead of claiming it
Redundancy on a design document and redundancy under load are different things. A practical method for testing the second, without breaking the first.
2025-07-14Read - ChecklistSafety & quality5 minDownloadable
ESD control on site: the six things auditors actually check
Electrostatic damage is invisible, cumulative and expensive. These six checks cover most of what an audit looks at, and most of what goes wrong.
2025-06-22Read - GuideProcess7 minDownloadable
How to write a data center scope of work that does not change
Scope creep in data center projects is usually a documentation failure, not a discipline failure. Eight sections that make the boundary explicit.
2025-05-30Read - ArticleThermal5 min
Blanking panels, airflow and the three-degree problem
Recirculation is the most common thermal fault in a rack, and it is almost always caused by something that costs two euros to fix.
2025-04-16Read - GuideField support6 minDownloadable
Remote hands SLAs: what to put in the contract
Response time is the number everyone negotiates and the one that matters least. These clauses decide whether the service actually works.
2025-03-11Read
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