7 Dec
2011
7 Dec
'11
4:32 p.m.
Richard wrote:
I figure there are three classes of "cheap"
for raised flooring systems:
- it's new and on sale
- it's used and removed/reclaimed from a decomissioned data center/machine room
- it's used and sitting in the existing machine room and you come pull
it out so they don't have to deal with it
I tried this a few years back when I was involved with NMoC; the conclusion
was that it's really expensive to buy the parts new, decommissioned floors
just sitting conveniently in storage free for the taking don't exist, and
folk wanting someone to come and pull out their existing floor don't exist,
either :-(
(I suspect it's a rare event for such a floor to be torn up, and if/when it
does happen it's part of other refurbishment work or demolishing of a
building by a single contractor, so it's all just ripped to pieces - with
any metal parts potentially sent for scrap value)
Ideally I'd like to pick up something for free,
because this is not a
high priority item for the museum. It's more in the "nice to have"
category. It would make it much easier to supply power to exhibits in
the middle of a large open area because I could run power and data
cabling under the floor.
Are you in rented space? Do you foresee the larger/heavier exhibits moving
around much, or will they pretty much always occupy the same spot?
cheers
Jules