A building changing hands, full of equipment
Turner Construction was carrying out an interior demolition of the old AT&T Shannon Labs building in Florham Park, New Jersey for Jones Lang LaSalle, who had just sold it to ASCO — the world’s leading manufacturer of power transfer switches.
The building still held a working data center and a full company cafeteria. Quantum Technology was invited in to purchase the assets and decommission the data center equipment so the demolition could move forward.
Purchased, decommissioned, resold
Rather than simply hauling equipment out, Quantum purchased and resold the UPS equipment, Liebert air conditioners, PDUs, transformers, fire suppressant and the cafeteria equipment — recovering value from assets that would otherwise have been scrapped. Hazardous items were handled by trained technicians: Halon detonators were safely deactivated and the Halon recycled, and the sealed lead-acid batteries were removed by crews in Arc Flash suits using insulated tools and mats.
Strung in series, sealed lead-acid batteries carry enough voltage to burn, break bones or kill. Quantum’s trained technicians removed 16,000 lbs of batteries in Arc Flash suits with insulated tools — the way this work has to be done.
Data center and facility assets
A single crew cleared the technical infrastructure and the building services around it.
Value recovered, demolition unblocked
The data center and facility assets came out safely, found a second home, and cleared the way for Turner’s demolition.
Assets bought and resold
UPS equipment, Liebert units, PDUs, transformers, fire suppression and cafeteria gear were purchased and resold rather than scrapped.
Hazards handled by the book
Halon was deactivated and recycled, and 16,000 lbs of batteries were removed by crews in Arc Flash suits with insulated tools.
Demolition kept on track
With the data center cleared, Turner Construction’s interior demolition could move ahead on schedule.
From the project
Clearing a building before demolition?
We buy and decommission data center and facility assets — UPS, cooling, Halon, batteries, even cafeteria equipment — handling the hazards safely and recovering the value.