Our Approach

Rubicon, a strategic advisor to data center developers, owners and end-users, provides value throughout the facility construction or renovation project lifecycle. Our skilled professionals bring extensive experience in the mission-critical industry, providing focused, expert leadership to the engineers, architects, contractors and equipment vendors who form the project team.

Rubicon starts by developing a thorough understanding of the business and financial goals of the project. We consistently challenge assumptions to enable our clients to maximize their investment. By understanding the end goals, we are able to make recommendations regarding facility location, size, scope and engineering requirements to attain greater operating efficiencies and an improved ROI for the Owner.

Our advisory services span the mission-critical facility delivery process. Rubicon's experience yields improvements throughout:

• Strategic Planning: Rubicon is your strategic partner from the inception of the project plan. Rubicon's professionals have experienced IT capacity planning and data migration challenges from the Owner's perspective, so we understand and can bring our expertise to the planning team to ensure that the IT planning and critical infrastructure design remain aligned.
• Due Diligence: Rubicon has the experience and real estate background to guide you through the site selection, due diligence, utility planning and entitlement obligations specific to the unique requirements of today's critical facilities development.
• Master Planning: Once a site is selected, Rubicon assists in architectural and engineering firm selection as well as development of the conceptual design and budget. This ensures that the highest return is realized on the client's investment.
• Pre-Construction: The success of any project is determined before construction begins. Rubicon's project engineers ensure this success by working closely with the design teams during all design development phases, providing detailed advice on increasing reliability, mitigating risk, and decreasing overall cost of ownership. During this phase, we facilitate contractor bid leveling, selection, integration, and procurement of all long-lead equipment.
• Implementation: Onsite construction management ensures adherence to budget and schedule. Rubicon's team of project engineers and experienced construction managers becomes the trusted advisor to the owner, supplying oversight to the design and construction teams to continually drive the project to meet the owner's evolving needs. Rubicon also provides quality assurance by overseeing and confirming the proper commissioning and close-out of the project.
• Post-occupancy Support: Through maintenance consulting and establishing standards and procedures, Rubicon ensures both short- and long-term facility optimization and continued reliability.