Data Centre Infrastructure Partners
Castle and Pryor are your perfect Data Centre Infrastructure partner. Using our electrical or battery powered machinery and utilising diamond cutting technology, we can drill, cut, breakout, dig and remove spoil generated to prepare reinforced concrete structures. Using our various services, we can partner with you to help create the ideal space and environment for your data centre, helping to move it from conception to operational.
We can:
- Form accurate and precise chases and recesses to accept Data Centre services.
- Form trenches to accept power, data, drainage and air conditioning services.
- Perform Safe Vacuum Excavation to locate existing services.
- Provide fixing and anchor load testing.
- We can remove screed floor coverings quickly and efficiently.
- With a fully electric or battery powered fleet of plant and equipment, we are capable of completing any environmentally sensitive internal works without the risk of toxic fumes build up.
- We pride ourselves on our Health and Safety record and demand all our works are completed to a high health and safety standard. We continue to invest heavily in remote controlled, autonomous equipment, allowing the operator to be removed from manual handling heavy tasks and from the point of work and potentially hazardous environments.
- All our operatives are trained to NVQ Level 2 standards, as set out by the Construction Industry Training Board.
- During early planning and design stages, using our Vac-Ex excavation services, we can safely find and identify existing services, avoiding potentially disruptive and expensive service strikes.
Forming Chases
We can create accurate and precise chases and recesses in your floors and walls to accept electrical, data, fire and alarm service cabling. We can provide this service with complete dust control using dust vac units using Hepa 3 filters technology. Utilising our robotic demolition equipment, floor chases and recesses can be broken out remotely avoiding HAV exposure tor the operators.
Forming Trenches
We can form trenches and rebates in floors to accept new or redirect existing services such as HV power, drainage, data cabling, and air conditioning. Using our fully electrical or battery powered equipment we can form the trench using 3-phase powered floor saws and breakout the concrete within the trench using a 3-phase powered robotic demolition machine. Then we can dig out the spoil and soft substrate below the slab using battery powered 360 machines and remove the soil using our battery powered walk behind dumpers.
Forming Holes/Coring
We can form any size hole in concrete or masonry with minimum disruption, utilising our diamond drilling equipment. Holes can be formed accurately, cleanly and without disturbance to surrounding structures. Holes linked together in a stitch drilled pattern can be used to form irregular shaped openings and apertures in deep structures/materials. Combined with our fixing supply, fit and pull testing services we can drill the hole, install the fixing and test to ensure meets required standard. Ideal for fixing hand rails, equipment bases, balustrades and base plates.
Vacuum-Excavation
Vac-Ex is a non-intrusive excavation method ideally suited to the complex infrastructure demands of Data Centre construction. Using compressed air to loosen ground before powerful suction removes material into sealed chambers, it enables precise, controlled excavation with minimal disruption. Operators maintain full control from a safe distance, significantly reducing the risk of striking critical underground services.
Data Centres depend on dense networks of power, fibre, water, and drainage. Vac-Ex allows trial holes as small as 20cm to verify service locations, supporting early-stage investigations. This accuracy helps prevent costly damage and programme delays.
In high-risk or live environments where services are present, Vac-Ex provides a safe, efficient solution. Reduced spoil, dust, and ground disturbance make it ideal for confined spaces and phased builds.
Pull Testing
Design Stage – Preliminary / Ultimate Load testing
We can provide load testing to a specific rating or to failure. This will establish the specification of fixing required and allow changes to be made before build/installation stage.
Installation Stage – Proof Load testing
After installation and to meet build regulations and specifications, fixings and/or anchors will often require inspection and testing by an approved independent contractor. Consequently, we can fulfil this and attend site at short notice and test a given percentage to ensure design specifications are met. If they pass, we can provide test certificates to allow project sign offs.
Floor Preparation
Using our Demolition Robots, we can remove screed floor coverings quickly and efficiently avoiding HAV exposure. Any area well adhered areas of screed or membranes found below the screed can be removed using either Floor Planning or Grinding techniques.
Speak to our team
We are dedicated to providing the highest level of service, ensuring that all aspects of your Data Centre Infrastructure is set up to your exact specifications, quickly, safely, and at a great price:
- Reputation and experience: With over 30 years of experience, Castle & Pryor is a trusted name.
- Quality and precision: Our skilled team will use the latest technology to ensure precise and high-quality service.
- Responsiveness and ability to meet tight deadlines: We understand the importance of timely completion and can work 24/7 to meet tight deadlines.
- Cost-effective: We offer competitive pricing, while never compromising on Quality or Health & Safety.
- Safety and environmental compliance: We prioritise safety and environmental compliance, adhering to our high standard good working practices and HSE guidelines.
Our team is highly qualified and experienced, holding certifications and accreditations from leading industry bodies, such as CHAS and Safe Contractor. We are Gold members of Constructionline, and affiliated members of the Drilling & Sawing Association, and Extruded Sealant Association.
Each member of our team is NVQ 2 Certified, with our supervisors and managers hold Site Supervisor Safety Training Scheme (SSSTS) & Site Management Safety Training Scheme (SMSTS) Accreditations.
