Or; what a University wants, and does not want, from Fibre installers - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Or; what a University wants, and does not want, from Fibre installers and some war stories

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Outline:- A (little bit) about me - so you know from. A bit about Lancaster Uni - so you know what sort of organization it is and what are like - and how they differ. Some info about what infrastructure we have, what we use it for Some of the challenges we face (hurdles to jump). things (amusing and otherwise that have gone

About me What I Head of Technical Infrastructure, Lancaster Uni Networking (wired and wireless) Datacentres and resilience Email, Telephones, Storage (SAN), Identity and IT Security Director of LUNS (telco) Small telco, big capabilities Full telco licence with code powers Large, high speed regional networking Rural broadband (fibre, wireless and LLU) - Consultancy, design and build.

About Lancaster University Research lead Campus Based Growing In the UK Top 10 50 years old 2k5 staff 13k students £229.3M turnover £500+ million invested since 2003 £190 million planned in next four years.

Also home to Ruskin Library

what that means

HPC - supercomputer

IOT and Green initiative

The nexus - Nerve Fibres

What the Internet really looks like

Hurdles between me and you Facilities (estates) Public sector procurement rules High staff turnover More with less

It's a very sobering feeling to be up in space and The joy of procurement realize that one's safety factor was determined b the lowest bidder on a government contract. Alan Shepard ttp://www.lancaster.ac.uk/procurement/category-management/how-to-supply-lancaster-university/tenders/

What we want from a contractor. want: Honesty, A quality job, done on time. Something that will last and give us minimum ssle. Results speak for themselves deliver a job you can be proud of and stand behind.

Clay ducts and brick opinion vs a hobbyist

My specification for the Data Centre looked like this

The Data Centre what we got

A Bridge too far? The Carlisle job Tent pegs in the park Circus Himalayan balsam + Japanese knotweed Roman Water Supply dig with a spoon Spawny fish Millwall Fans What else could possibly go wrong? Floods

Carlisle Flood Defence works.

Sub ducts

When backfilling a trench goes bad

A building entry water feature.

Storm Desmond never again, right?